For many in the tech space, it’s only a matter of time before the TV is banished from the living room and is replaced by large screens hooked up the internet. At the heart of that very gloomy picture for Television is the rise and rise of video. Many predict it will account for more [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
Somehow along the way, Blip.tv lost much of its appeal as the web’s number ne destination for series video, but the site has quietly maintained its focus. So much so that it still manages to attract investor funding. The company recently raised over $12 million in a fresh funding round, to the surprise of many [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
Barak Obama is one of those presidents that just ooze cool; not only is he good with a basketball, he’s also perhaps the most tech savvy leader the world has ever seen. Just in case his social media and tech credentials were ever in doubt, the President has set new standards again by signing up [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
The plots and sub-plots to Super Bowl 46 were so heavy, that viewership was bound to smash records. NBC had the biggest coverage ever with millions tuning in to watch the big game. And whilst NBC was busy breaking records on TV, its streaming of the game was also racking up some history as well. [...]
February 21st, 2012 by Anthony West
Lady Gaga has such huge followings on Facebook and Twitter, that many speculated she might one day launch her own social network. Well, that day is here. A fledgling start-up called Backplane has partnered with Gaga to launch LittleMonsters.com, a space where Gaga fans can share related content and generally shoot the breeze over the [...]
February 20th, 2012 by Anthony West
The tech space is now far removed from the potential sale of Hulu that it is hard to believe that it is the same company that had no fewer than 4 suitors a little more than 6 months ago. Instead of selling Hulu, its board and owners decided to plot a new course for profitability [...]
February 19th, 2012 by Anthony West
Just 2 years into its life and after countless naysaying, it seems as if Vevo is finally picking up steam. Its President and CEO Rio D. Caraeff revealed as much when he spoke recently at media conference. According to Caraeff, Vevo generated over $150 million in revenue over the course of 2011. At the same [...]
February 18th, 2012 by Anthony West
Star power seems to be working very well for mobile video app maker, Viddy. So far big-name celebs like Snoop Dogg and T-Pain have helped push the app platform to new heights and the latest figures suggest that Viddy is growing faster than expected. According to a statement released by the company, Viddy had over [...]
February 16th, 2012 by Anthony West
Just last year SnagFilms was able to raise $10 million in funding to further its business in the entertainment industry. Recently they got another $7 million in funding to continue their success and business. Snagfilms is a company that works with more popular and big name companies such as Hulu & Netflix. It helps out [...]
February 13th, 2012 by Daniel Renfro
Facebook is by design, built for sharing, and while most people are aware of just much photos are shared on the platform, not many appreciate the scale of music shared. All that might have changed recently when Dan Rose, the VP of Partnerships for the company, let slip that over 5 billion songs have been [...]
February 11th, 2012 by Anthony West
Social gaming is such a force online these days that whole companies are contributing to the coffers of other companies. This is the case with Facebook and Zynga. According to Facebook’s SEC filing in preparation for its upcoming IPO, Zynga contributes around 12% of Facebook’s overall revenues. If that detail is correct (and there’s no [...]
February 9th, 2012 by Anthony West
There are many social networking sites on the world wide web today. Everyone remembers Myspace which was primarily a hit about 10 years ago and which has taken a big hit from the popularity and emergence of Facebook and Twitter and various other social networking sites. Facebook is probably the most popular social networking site [...]
February 8th, 2012 by Daniel Renfro
The growing use of smartphones and the increase overall in terms of their capacity is fueling speculation and prediction on what the smartphone landscape will look like in the next year or so. According to Slots of Vegas, a whopping 113.9 million new mobile internet users will emerge in 2012; of that number, 106. Million [...]
February 7th, 2012 by Anthony West
YouTube is about to become more of a commercial enterprise where content is concerned, but that hasn’t dented its number of visitors—in fact, the opposite seems to be happening. According to a release from Google, YouTube is now generating over 4 billion video views per day, a number which is up 25% on figures reported [...]
February 4th, 2012 by Anthony West
The way things have been working out for Spotify sort of makes you wonder if record executives are working too hard to kill online freedom. Not only are people signing up the service like crazy, they are converting into paying customers at a rate of 20%. At that rate, Spotify is doing better than most [...]
February 3rd, 2012 by Anthony West
Internet traffic used to be mostly text and photos, but more and more each day video is becoming the ‘It’ thing. Today video is the most pervasive entity on the web and experts have long since predicted that in the next few years, most of the traffic will be video. It was only November 2011 [...]
February 1st, 2012 by Anthony West
The online video statistics are out for December 2011 and whilst the dominance of a few players was consistent with expectations, Facebook had a slight slip. Nothing to give Zuckerberg a headache of course; but enough of a slip to set the analysts thinking. According to ComScore, who measured the audience numbers for December, Facebook [...]
February 1st, 2012 by Anthony West
Whatever you think of Lady Gaga, one thing is universally accepted—she’s a pop icon. This status as one of the most celebrated entertainers on the scene is evident in record sales, but it is also evident in the social media space. The Gaga is apparently so loved that she’s become the first Twitter user to [...]
January 31st, 2012 by Anthony West
