Who is more influential? More popular? Is there even a difference? These are the questions that social media monitoring firm Vocus aims to answer in a new white paper, which tries to define the qualities of an influencer. READ»
Hot new code, three-way Chrome browser action, and tunes by indie rock darlings--it's everything a geek could want (short of a girlfriend). UPDATE: Arcade fire's feats win the Grand Prix at Cannes Lions!READ»
What a tangled web is being weaved by the troubled musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. The record-breaking $50 million Broadway show has a new opening date. Let's hope investors don't have to issue millions of dollars in refunds again.READ»
My customer evangelist radar can always detect a not-waving-drowning plea for help between syllables. The unglamorous fact of fundraising life -- unless you're Lance, Haiti+CNN, or Obama on his home run -- is actually raising the funds.READ»
Google's Android OS has just passed the iPhone in the race for U.S. market share. Of course, it's still in second place, way behind BlackBerry. But still, it's a major victory for Android.READ»
Palm's safely in HP's hands now, but for several years it's been financially boosted by U2 frontman Bono's company Elevation Partners. With their involvement wrapped up, the rocker's financial experiment fared okay, but just okay ...READ»
It's one thing to pen a jingle. "I'm telling stories," says Joel Beckerman, the award-winning founder and President of Man Made Music. The idea is that sounds--from the lowliest chime to the most intricate composition, like ...READ»
U2 has worked for decades on various humanitarian efforts, but up until now the band has mostly overlooked potential environmental projects. Not anymore--the tireless Irish foursome is raising money for the Dora-1 geothermal plant ...READ»
This season, Americans will spend upwards of $450 billion on holiday giving, spending roughly $380 per household on gifts (down from last year's estimate of $418) according to the Conference Board. While retail spending is expected to ...READ»
Micro-video site Vidly (formerly TwitVid.io) has launched its new video commenting feature Vidly Express with the help of a rapper Chamillionaire. As you can see on his Web site, the feature allows users to record a video reply ...READ»
To brighten up your dreary winter's morning, here's something to tickle the dreamer inside you: Exactly how might we be enjoying our digital entertainment in the future? Three news pieces today point to different TV-based ways to ...READ»
Best Buy and Roxio CinemaNow announced a partnership today that will result in a whole new movie downloading service. It'll apparently be integrated into pretty much every Web-enabled device Best Buy sells too, which is a good way of ...READ»
"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award ...READ»
Augmented reality is reaching the public consciousness--proof, in case you need it, is that John Mayer is promoting his new song with an AR app. And while we're talking web tech, U2's going to stream a concert live on YouTube this weekend.READ»
Three years ago, Warren Buffett gave each of his kids $1 billion to give away -- suddenly thrusting them into the philanthropic elite. Here's what they learned.READ»
Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»
Radiohead's an interesting band--musically the guys seem to follow their own path to innovative sounds. And now they're also following their own path to publishing music, and ditching the album format in favor of single-track ...READ»
As it moves further away from anything that even remotely resembles the music business, it's beginning to look like the music industry is in deeper doo doo than we ever thought.READ»
