More young people are using Twitter, pushed to do so by an unlikely crowd _ their eldersCHICAGO — They think it’s pointless, narcissistic. Some don’t even know what it is. Twitter may cut ’suggested users’ list after rolling out feature that lets users make listsSAN FRANCISCO — If you’re trying to figure out who to follow on Twitter, you might soon be turning to fellow users for help, rather than the company itself. Music blog MOG to offer high-fidelity music streaming service with major-label partnershipsSAN FRANCISCO — Consumers seem reluctant to sign up for online music services that charge subscription fees, yet a music blogging site is hoping to reel in music lovers by offering unlimited access to a catalog of high-fidelity tunes for $5 a month. ‘This is It’; New Michael Jackson single debuts online for global audienceLOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s estate is acknowledging that Paul Anka co-wrote the pop singer’s first posthumous single, “This Is It.” Billy Ray Cyrus urges daughter Miley to return to Twitter after teen pop star quits siteNEW YORK — Most parents want their kids to twitter less, but not Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley Cyrus quits Twitter, deletes account, puzzling her fansNEW YORK — Miley Cyrus has quit Twitter, leaving her fans puzzled over her abrupt exit. From Leno and Fallon to the Twitterati, reaction pours in to Letterman revelationNEW YORK — Will David Letterman’s very public revelation of a new, very human flaw bring him closer to viewers, or will it cloud him in cliche showbiz debauchery? ViaSat agrees to buy satellite Internet provider WildBlue for $568 million in cash and stockViaSat Inc. is acquiring WildBlue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, the companies said Thursday. ViaSat agrees to buy satellite Internet provider Wild Blue for $568 million in cash and stockViaSat Inc. is acquiring Wild Blue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, the companies said Thursday. AP Source: ViaSat to buy Wild Blue Communications for $568 millionViaSat Inc. is acquiring Wild Blue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, according to a person familiar with the situation. New scrutiny after video shows NJ elementary school kids singing President Obama’s praisesBURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A school for kindergartners through second graders in this comfortable Philadelphia suburb has become the latest target of accusations by conservatives that schoolchildren are being indoctrinated to idolize President Barack Obama. Actual people physically gather in Los Angeles to talk Twitter at site’s first conferenceLOS ANGELES — Twitter was a trending topic Tuesday — and not just on Twitter. Keeping it simple: Twitter’s new terms of service show it learned a lesson from FacebookSAN FRANCISCO — Twitter keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service. Keeping it simple: Twitter’s new terms of service show it learned a lesson from FacebookSAN FRANCISCO — Twitter keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service. RealNetworks’ Rhapsody on-demand music streaming service headed to Apple Inc.’s app storeLOS ANGELES — RealNetworks Inc.’s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices in the United States. Gimmick or the future of reruns? Fox adds on-air tweets to ‘Fringe’ repeat broadcastNEW YORK — Summer reruns are ho-hum television, but Fox is trying out a possible solution: Add Twitter. Country music industry ready for Shania Twain as she slowly steps back into the spotlightWASHINGTON — Country music singer Shania Twain is slowly stepping back into the spotlight after the break up of her marriage to Robert “Mutt” Lange in May 2008. As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten the openness that spawned e-mail, YouTube and TwitterNEW YORK — Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online. London’s Royal Opera House to perform excerpts from opera composed on ‘Twitter’LONDON — It probably won’t be “Madame Butterfly,” but it should be fun. Review: Songs sound good on Sony X Series Walkman, but other features fall flatSAN FRANCISCO — Thirty years after revolutionizing portable music with the Walkman for playing cassette tapes, Sony is trying to master the digital media player with the X Series Walkman. Finding stardom from a blog may be rare, but you can find success: Here’s 5 waysNEW YORK — Chances are, your blog is not going to land you a book or movie deal like Julie Powell or make you a superstar like Perez Hilton. A blog that became a memoir, that’s now a movie, Julie Powell of Julie & Julia found rare fameNEW YORK — Julie Powell says she wasn’t thinking book or movie deal when she began blogging her recipe-by-recipe adventure through Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” ESPN reporter Erin Andrews surreptitiously videotaped nude in hotel, video posted on WebHARTFORD, Conn. — ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was secretly videotaped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room, and the video was posted on the Internet, her attorney said. CBS shakes up Boston radio properties, creating all-sports station and moving WBCN to InternetBOSTON — A major shakeup on the Boston radio dial is marking the end of an era for one of the nation’s first progressive rock stations, which helped launch U2 and other prominent artists. Review: Feeling like a twit on Twitter? Here’s a book for ‘tweeple’ in need of adviceSAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes Twitter can make newcomers feel like twits because the online messaging service isn’t as simple as it sounds. Twitter’s real-time dispatches suggest a new media landscape: rapid and rife with rumorsNEW YORK — Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought and later pronounced dead. Mormon-affiliated Brigham Young University lifts YouTube blockade, citing educational benefitsPROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University, the Mormon church school where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking access to YouTube. A Twitter uprising in Iran, now a Twitter celebrity death: Jackson death was new media momentNEW YORK — “Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died,” the woman called out breathlessly upon boarding a Manhattan bus, moments after the news had broken. Not a word was spoken in response. But nearly every passenger reached for a BlackBerry, a cell phone, whatever device was at hand. Author of book about wisdom of free products on Web acknowledges lifting Wiki materialNEW YORK — The author of a new book about the wisdom of free products on the Web has acknowledged taking some liberties in his own work. Iranian authorities attempt to clamp down on media comes up against Internet ageCAIRO — Iran clamped down Tuesday on independent media in an attempt to control images of election protests, but pictures and videos leaked out anyway — showing how difficult it is to shut off the flow of information in the Internet age. Does she have the talent? Ultimate test for UK’s Susan Boyle as Saturday showdown loomsLONDON — Susan Boyle, the Scottish church volunteer whose soaring voice has taken her to TV fame in a matter of weeks, goes into the finals of “Britain’s Got Talent” on Saturday as the public wonders if she will crack under the pressure. The Susan Boyle YouTube sensation: Cause for celebration, or a massive missed opportunity?NEW YORK — The final act of the year’s biggest pop culture sensation will not be seen on TVs, beamed out to multiplexes or heard much on the airwaves. Well, at least not in America. Irish student hoaxes world’s media with florid but phony quote from dead French composerDUBLIN — When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news. GOP senator calls on Obama to tell America where he will send Guantanamo prisonersWASHINGTON — Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, delivering the Republicans’ weekly radio and Internet address, said Saturday that President Barack Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo detention center “is a dangerous case of putting symbolism over security.” Tired of sad songs that don’t pay so much, performers try again for royaltiesJack Ely, the singer whose 1963 version of “Louie Louie” still makes the rounds on oldies radio, lives with his wife in a mobile home on a horse ranch in Oregon. Ely says they share $30,000 a year from her teacher’s pension and his Social Security checks. They are paying down a mortgage. |
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