Amazon Swoops In For Video Site Twitch, The Latest Piece In Growing Content Empire
Amazon Inc. has swooped in for video game site Twitch in a deal worth more than $1 billion, according to reports.
SoundCloud And Snapchat Get Serious About Revenue, But What About Users?
Twitter and Facebook serve as models for social networks building ad businesses.
Should Musicians Pay To Play The Super Bowl Halftime Show?
Why should the NFL treat big-name performers any differently from Super Bowl advertisers?
Twitter Adds Features To Vine Video Service As It Proves News Value In Ferguson
Unrest in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting is giving Twitter's Vine another opportunity to shine within the video sharing marketplace.
Cable TV Bills Outpace Inflation And Cablevision Is Nation's Highest
Cable bills went up 4 percent in the past year, on average.
Well Played: Bill Gates Just Took The Ice Bucket Challenge To Another Level
Gates becomes the latest tech titan to get wet for Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Cable Bill Too High? Here's Why, And How To Get A Discount In 7 Easy Steps
Cable has turned us into a nation of negotiators. Here's how to get a deal.
Tech Titans Help Drive Ice Bucket Challenge Tally To $9.5 Million To Benefit ALS Research
Tech helps the Ice Bucket Challenge go viral.
Why Big Media Is Snapping Up YouTube Networks
StyleHaul is the latest YouTube network to get big media's attention.
Verizon: We're Planning To Use Our 4G LTE Network For Wireless TV
Video already accounts for 70 percent of Verizon's wireless traffic.
Yahoo Joins Google, Microsoft In Developing Encrypted Email By 2015
A billion Yahoo Mail users will have an encryption option by 2015, the company said.
Want To Drop Your Landline But Keep Cable TV? Good Luck With That
Landlines can seem like a relic of another age. So why doesn't cable want you to drop yours?
Aereo Shows Why True Web-TV Is A Pipe Dream Until Big TV Decides It Isn't
Some of the biggest tech companies on earth have attempted to take on Comcast, DirecTV and Time Warner -- and they have all failed.
Rebirth of Aereo? Web TV Startup Asks Federal Judge For Permission To Become Cable TV Company
Aereo Inc. failed to evolve the pay-TV industry, so in a pivot it's now seeking to take on cable giants likes Comcast, Time Warner and DirecTV.
Upstart French Telco Ilia Swoops In For T-Mobile In Surprise $15 Billion Bid
Deal might face less regulatory scrutiny than a T-Mobile-Sprint merger.
US Judge Rules Against Microsoft On Email Privacy As Cloud Computing Takes Another Hit
Microsoft argued that personal email should have the same legal protections as paper.
Advertising Trends And The Smartphone War: Why Don Draper Would Want A Wireless Account
The smartphone wars are making mobile one of the biggest advertising categories in the world.
With Fire Phone, Amazon Faces Expensive Ad Battle With Samsung, Apple And Google
With mobile titans like Samsung, Apple and Google in the mix, wireless is the most competitive category in advertising.
For A Gluten-Free Trip With Kids, Try Italy, Land Of Pasta And Pane
In Italy, gluten-free isn't a fad diet. It's a serious issue for 'Celiacos.' That's why it's a great place to take kids.
Twitter Shares Up Sharply As Microblogging Service Beats Expectations On User Growth, Sales
Market breathes sigh of relief after Twitter beat expectations on the metrics that matter.
Twitter Q2 Earnings Preview: Why User Growth Is The Only Number That Matters
Twitter has a noisy, loyal following. But can it expand into the masses? Tuesday afternoon's Q2 report should provide some answers.
At AT&T Stores, Hype For Amazon's Fire Phone But Apple's iPhone 6 Casts Long Shadow
Can Amazon sell a phone in Apple's long shadow?
Is The Amazon Miracle Of Rising Stock And Slim Profits Finally Coming To An End?
Amazon just said it might lose close to a billion dollars next quarter, and investors barely blinked.
Amazon Built The Fire Phone In Order To Figure Out The Future of E-Commerce
Mobile conversion rates are one-third that of PCs, which is a problem for Amazon.com. Which brings us to the Amazon Fire smartphone.
Major League Baseball Is No Fan of The FCC's Proposed Net Neutrality Rules
"Fast lanes would serve only one purpose: for broadband ISPs to receive an economic windfall," the filing said.
Privacy Group Files Complaint With FTC Over Facebook Mood Experiment
The group is also asking Facebook to make the News Feed algorithm public.
Mobile Ads To Surpass Newspaper, Magazines And Radio By Year-End
We're in the midst of a great migration away from print to digital devices.
Grisly Twitter Hashtag #calamitywillbefallUS Is Battleground Between ISIS, US In War For Minds
Twitter isn’t taking down the extremists' grisly images, and the State Department may be fine with that.
Facebook Experiment Creates A Trust Gap
Facebook is starting to resemble a utility that people hate but can't live without.
ESPN Smashes Own Web Streaming Record During USA-Germany World Cup Match
WatchESPN recorded 1.7 simultaneous streams during both Group G matches.
