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The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series For January 2010
Each month, our partner Visible Measures compiles a list of the top ten most popular web video series, and we share those results with you and provide analysis.
mashable.com (February 8)

Adult Industry Uses Vobile To Fight Online Piracy
The Free Speech Coalition, a trade association representing members of the adult film industry, will be introducing its new anti-piracy program this week in an effort to weed...
newteevee.com (February 8)

MTV, CCTV launch joint video site
"SpongeBob" moves in first deal with statecaster
feedproxy.google.com (February 5)

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The Bids Are In For AOL's Sale Of ICQ
AOL has taken another step closer to selling off its ICQ instant messaging service, culling seven bids to four "serious" ones, said sources close to the situation. The price for...
kara.allthingsd.com (February 8)

DOJ on Google Book Settlement: Get Me Another Rewrite
The Department of Justice still isn't sold on the Google Books settlement agreement. In a brief filed late Thursday, the agency said that significant legal problems remain...
digitaldaily.allthingsd.com (February 5)

Smartphones Evidently Quite Popular
The fourth quarter was a record one for smartphone sales. Research firm IDC reports that the industry shipped 54.5 million of the devices during the period. That's a 39 percent...
digitaldaily.allthingsd.com (February 5)

Ripping the Wrong Page From Apple's E-Playbook
On January 20, a major speech took place: No, it was not the State of the Union address, but Steve Jobs' announcement of the release of the iPad. The iPad has already started to...
www.ecommercetimes.com (February 8)

Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change
Apple intends to stay “nimble” on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.
blogs.wsj.com (February 8)

Authors join fight in Macmillan's battle with Amazon
Amazon's e-book pricing war with Macmillan has drawn the ire of authors. Amazon has yet to restore to its site major titles from Macmillan, affecting the books' authors. The...
www.guardian.co.uk (February 5)

TweetDeck Brings YouTube And Flickr Inside The Client
All right Tweetdeck fans, rev up your engines and prepare to update to Tweetdeck 0.33, which adds a slew of new features, better API management and more in-Tweetdeck media...
mashable.com (February 8)

How Social Gaming Is Improving Education
Today, technologically eager schools are replacing textbook learning with social video games, and improving learning outcomes in the process. Here’s how they’re doing it.
mashable.com (February 8)

Number of Tweets Gone Wild for Some Users
Twitter seems to be experiencing some problems again, as some users report their number of tweets is off the charts, usually up to tens of thousands although the real number is...
feedproxy.google.com (February 5)

Loopt Launches Local Advertising
Loopt has partnered with Mobile Spinach to provide special offers and discounts from local businesses through its social mapping service. The deal will allow mobile users in San...
www.mediapost.com (February 8)

Super Bowl XLIV Stats: Game Day Rocks Twitter, Ad Sites
The CDN reported that sites from advertisers that are also Akamai customers saw close to three times as much traffic right after the game than during the week leading up to the...
newteevee.com (February 8)

Dot Eco Domain Name May Be Calling Vancouver Home
At January's Vancouver Enterprise Forum, Jacob Malthouse participated in the Lightning Pitch panel and had 100 seconds to explain that his team was planning to become the...
techvibes.com (February 8)

Flurry: Google Sold 80,000 Nexus Ones In January
Google sold around 80,000 Nexus One units in January, according to mobile analytics firm Flurry, an indication that the online-only sales model for the phone is not generating...
www.fiercewireless.com (February 8)

BlackBerry Curve Tops iPhone In Q4 Smartphone Sales
Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve was the top-selling smartphone in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC, beating out Apple's iPhone 3GS. Although the Curve...
www.fiercewireless.com (February 8)

Sony Ericsson Names New Sales Chief
Sony Ericsson named a new head of global sales and marketing, who will take over beginning in April, just as the company's first phone running Google's Android platform hits the...
www.fiercewireless.com (February 8)

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Nokia Announces Job Cuts
The layoffs are aimed at improving the company's position as competition from Apple's iPhone, Google's Android, and RIM's BlackBerry shows no sign of abating.
feeds.informationweek.com (February 8)

Is Our Children Learning? Geeks Make Sure They Is
Smartphones were essential for scavenger-hunters hitting San Francisco's streets as part of a "Tech Search Party" to benefit a local school's technology program.
news.cnet.com (February 8)

IBM will inch up heat in new data centre
Huge facility will rely on outside air for cooling for more than half the year. The company expects it will be among the most effecient data centres in the world
www.itworldcanada.com (February 5)

'BioShock 2' Review - Big Trouble With Little Sister
The original "BioShock" reached hall-of-fame status in the gaming world, so the appearance of a sequel isn't exactly a surprise. It does, however, create some pretty lofty goals...
multiplayerblog.mtv.com (February 8)

iPhone Chart Toppers: Rock Band Still Untoppled
I guess dropping a few new songs in the Rock Band store and releasing a free version really boosts sales. Rock Band continues its position as king of the hill for iPhone games,...
feeds.gawker.com (February 8)

Free Realms Celebrates 8 Million Players
It's been awhile since we checked in with the player population of the free-to-play, family-friendly MMO Free Realms, and Sony Online Entertainment snuck in more than five...
feeds.gawker.com (February 8)

Q&A: Verizon Business Dev Director Ed Ruth
Verizon's Ed Ruth discusses why music licensing costs are holding up mobile music subscription services, the opportunities for artists to go mobile, and what Verizon learned...
www.billboard.biz (February 8)

EMI posts $2.48 bil net loss
EMI Group, at the center of an acrimonious legal dispute between buyout house Terra Firma and Citigroup, posted a full-year £1.56 billion ($2.48 billion) net loss and said it...
feedproxy.google.com (February 5)

Report: Terra Firma To Ask Investors To Cover EMI Shortfall
Guy Hands will reportedly ask investors in Terra Firma for £100 million pounds ($159.9 million) to cover a shortfall, saying EMI will be unable to meet its loans from Citigroup...
www.billboard.biz (February 4)

Concerns Mount Over British Digital Economy Bill
The UK Digital Economy Bill is facing mounting criticism, as an influential group of MPs has expressed concern the bill may violate human rights.
www.michaelgeist.ca (February 8)

US, EU Defend ACTA Secrecy, UK Demands It
Faced with mounting criticism over ACTA secrecy, officials from both the U.S. and the EU are speaking out.  In a letter to the editor at the Financial Times, the USTR's Stanford...
feedproxy.google.com (February 5)

Hints Of Deep Discord in Canada-EU Talks
Troy Media reports on possible discord in the Canada - European Union trade talks over the intellectual property chapter.
feedproxy.google.com (February 5)


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