Verizon and DVD kiosk company Redbox said Monday that they're teaming up on a streaming video partnership, a move that puts Netflix squarely in their crosshairs.
In most football locker rooms, the words recruit Yuri Wright used on Twitter tend to pepper casual conversation between teammates -- provided no coaches are around. Most players would not use the kind of language Wright used around their mothers, their grandmothers or their teachers. Nor would they stand before a room packed with more than 1,600 people and repeatedly yell out their favorite slang term for a particular part of a woman's anatomy.
Singer-songwriter Katy Perry will lend her "distinctive talents, style and personality" to the virtual world of The Sims through an extensive collaboration with Electronic Arts, the computer game company said Tuesday.
IBM recently released its annual 5 in 5 list, in which the technology company tries to predict emerging trends and technologies that will transform our lives over the next five years.
Declan McCullagh of CNET discusses how an online piracy bill could affect the internet.
The Obama administration said over the weekend that it would not support legislation mandating changes to Internet infrastructure to fight online copyright and trademark infringement.
Recently, a reader dropped the following query into our inbox:
Google search is about to get way more personal.
Nine technicians responsible for monitoring operations at a Louisiana nuclear power plant spent on-duty time surfing the Internet -- visiting websites that included news, sports, fishing and retirement information -- jeopardizing the safety of the plant, federal regulators say.
A month ago, Google's three-year effort to push its Web browser, Chrome, took a major step when analysts said it had passed Mozilla's Firefox to become the second-most popular tool of its kind on the Internet.
In 2012, a strong Web presence must be part of every political hopeful's strategy.
CNN's Ali Velshi looks at how often the GOP presidential candidates are mentioned on social media sites.
It was a year of crippling -- and creative -- hacks, a year of blockbuster sequels and (yet again) a year of slinging vengeful birds at corpulent pigs.
CNN's Ali Velshi speaks to a defendant in a lawsuit brought by his former employer over the ownership of twitter followers.
Who, exactly, owns your Twitter account? It's a potentially complicated question when an account is used both professionally and personally. Now a case regarding whether a Twitter account belongs to a company or its former employee has raised questions about the use of the social media phenomenon.
The Internet doesn't have a flag or a national anthem, but it does have a government.
For Americans who own cell phones or other mobile devices (at least 85% of the adult population, according to a new survey), 2011 ushered in a whirlwind of news.
A social media exchange-traded fund has made its debut, but experts say to hold off before you "like" and "+1" it to share it with all of your friends.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is no longer the world's most-used browser, according to a Web analytics firm. But its replacement isn't a different version of IE: It's Chrome, Google's upstart Web browser.
Digital gifts may be tough to wrap. But they can be more convenient for both givers and recipients.
A proposed new ".africa" internet domain name will provide a stronger brand identity than current little known country domains, while preventing registration revenues flowing abroad, say backers.
Is it just me or is the ICANN plan to corral online porn going terribly wrong? We already have reports that universities are snapping up XXX domains in an effort to get ahead of porn pranksters who want to besmirch a few good online names with smut.
Google made its first foray into the growing field of social facial recognition technologies on Thursday, introducing Find My Face, a tagging suggestion tool for its Google+ social network.
Indians expressed outrage Tuesday at a top telecommunication official's push to get social media sites to screen content considered defamatory to religious and political leaders.
It's either a new, safer era for adult content on the Web or the first step in creating a digital porn ghetto, depending upon who you ask.
We already knew about YouTube's redesign, which tech-savvy readers have been enabling for the past 10 days. As of now, however, the new YouTube is available to everyone.
Napster, the music-industry scourge that blazed a trail that led to modern digital music services, is about to head off into its final good night.
Do you know why you should have a blog?
Google opened an online music store and a free Web storage locker on Wednesday for listening to tracks from computers, tablets and phones, the company announced at a news conference in Los Angeles.
A year and a half after Google admitted that it had inadvertently collected unsuspecting people's personal information sent over the Internet via their wireless routers, the company has implemented a way for people to opt-out of having their routers tracked in the first place.
Jaelithe Judy has been taking her son with her when she votes ever since he was born. They've been talking about politics since he was 4.
iTunes 10.5.1 is now available, and with it comes iTunes Match, Apple's cloud-based music subscription service.
DARPA, the agency that really did invent the Internet, is now looking at ways the Web might be used to fight the next war.
The blogosphere -- arguably the first engine of the new-media age -- is becoming more female, while traditional media is horning in on the blogging action, a new study said Friday.
Google TV had such potential when it launched in October 2010. But for many users, the lack of Hulu -- along with the awkwardness of the interface and lack of cooperation from TV networks and content providers -- was a huge turnoff.
It was a joyous day for Lucie Fink when she received her acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins University.
TV on demand website Hulu, which has been not-so-quietly hunting for a buyer for several months, said late Thursday that it has decided not to sell itself.
Nanhao Group is, in many ways, an ordinary technology company. Its staff make online scoring systems, exam-mark scanners and other educational hardware and software.
Armed with her mobile phone, Temiloluwa Akinremi embarks on her daily online routine, scouring the internet to keep up-to-date with what's happening in her city of Lagos, Nigeria.
Sprint is trying to convince investors that it really could be the comeback story of the year -- next year. Or maybe the year after.
Streaming music service Rhapsody will buy Napster subscribers and other assets in a bid to boost its user base.
At 31, Sean Parker has a lot more going for him than Justin Timberlake.
Facebook's first president and the co-founder of Napster, Sean Parker, discusses his next move. CNN's Dan Simon reports.
It pays to be a content provider these days. This morning, both Netflix and Amazon announced new digital video streaming deals.
When Spotify debuted in the U.S. two months ago, the streaming-music service was starkly different from its competitors.
First, some perspective: Even after yesterday's big Facebook f8 hullabaloo, people will still listen to and discover music without Facebook, as hard as that might be to believe right now, given all the attention paid to the social network's shift into media sharing, which suddenly made Twitter look like the stripped-down communications protocol it has always been.
Do you prefer to get a text message or a phone call if someone wants to reach you on your cell phone? According to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 31% of American adults prefer text messages to phone calls.
Cable companies were ticked off when "cut the cord" became a rallying cry in 2009, with disgruntled consumers vowing to cancel their expensive TV plans in favor of cheaper options -- namely, Netflix.
Netflix's move to rebrand its DVD-by-mail service as Qwikster sets that business up for a spin-off and underscores Netflix's longtime desire to go all-in on streaming. But it's a high-risk strategy: Streaming video has become a very expensive game -- and Netflix's rivals have much fatter wallets.
The ubiquitous red envelopes will endure, but they will carry a new name.
Configuring your Facebook settings from a laptop is confusing enough, but try monitoring your Facebook privacy and security setting on a mobile phone. It's even more of a mess.
Two researchers who set up doppelganger domains to mimic legitimate domains belonging to Fortune 500 companies say they managed to vacuum up 20 gigabytes of misaddressed e-mail over six months.
Mexican authorities charge two people with terrorism and sabotage for allegedly posting false information online.
Smartphones may attract nearly all of the marketing hype and news coverage, but comScore's latest statistics show that smartphones still comprise only a minority of the U.S. mobile market -- about 35%, as of July 2011.
Google is making plans to turn its +1 button into a crowdsourcing tool that helps it re-order search results and fight web spam.
People keep on flocking to sites like Facebook and Twitter, and young women are leading the way.
When the ground starts shaking, the tweets pour in.
What do you get when you combine the top-selling PC game franchise of all time with the world's biggest social network?
LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has a suit-and-tie type of reputation in the flip-flops-and-hoodies world of the Internet.
Dennis Crowley of Foursquare, tells CNN about what makes Foursquare different from other social network sites.
Firefox 6, the newest version of Mozilla's popular Web browser, is set to be released Tuesday. But some savvy Web folk have snatched it up early and are describing the features that are on the way.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are considering misdemeanor charges against rapper The Game for allegedly tweeting the phone number of a sheriff's station and prompting hundreds of his followers to flood dispatchers and deputies with phone calls, a spokesman said.
Ever since online music service Spotify launched in the United States last month, it has caused about as much confusion as it has excitement.
Would you rather buy or rent your music? With 15 million songs, Spotify's digital music service could rival iTunes.
With a few thousand bucks, a tool box and some technical skill, you could bring about the cyber apocalypse.
Repeated and constant cyber attacks against the United States have turned the country's assessment of national security threats on its head.
Expensive TV and newspaper ads are so passé. This year retailers are betting on Facebook to hype their deals on backpacks and jeans during the critical back to school shopping season.
As members of Congress navigate the shifting political sands of the debt-ceiling crisis, many of them are turning to a digital platform more associated with sharing personal updates and funny videos about cats: Facebook.
Are users of other Web browsers smarter than the people who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
Sprint is losing its most valuable subscribers to its biggest rivals. Shares are plummeting. And its once-leading 4G coverage is getting passed by.
When you're a new tech company with a cool product, life is good. But once you become an industry leader, pleasing people is a lot tougher. Just ask Netflix.
With so many rumors about a Hulu buyout swirling around, it might be easier to list who isn't interested in snapping up the video streaming service.
Apple could be considering a purchase of popular online video service Hulu, according to "two people who weren't authorized to speak publicly."
Spotify founder Daniel Ek said Thursday he has been "overwhelmed" by the response to the U.S. debut of his music-streaming service and hopes to attract 50 million users stateside within a year.
Popular wisdom holds that because they're more intuitive, approachable and inviting than traditional video games, social games are shallow.
For one day, at least, you can call off the cyberwar.
Spotify launches the much-hyped U.S. version of its music-streaming service after years of delays and negotiations.
The hottest music venue in Europe opened its doors on Thursday morning to a select group in the United States.
Ken Parks, Chief Content Officer for Spotify on the U.S. launch for Europe's most popular music streaming service.
It's hard to escape buzz about Spotify this week -- especially since Britney Spears and others are "so excited" about it.
Say goodbye to the Picasa and Blogger names: Google intends to retire several non-Google name brands and rename them as Google products, Mashable has learned.
In the not so distant past, Netflix was known mainly for its red envelopes. The DVD-rental-by-mail service was the company's core, and streaming video was a side perk for subscribers.
There's an old joke in the tech world:
When you're traveling and something goes wrong, all you want is for someone to help you get back on track. That used to mean lengthy lines in the airport or long hold times on the phone, but that's been changing, thanks to social media. Airlines are quickly learning that social media tools, particularly Twitter, can act as an excellent customer service channel.
Twitter gives users unfiltered access to one another. It's a strength and a curse. CNN's Doug Gross explains.
Your Facebook friends aren't the only ones reading those wall posts.
Hulu is considering an unsolicited takeover offer, according to several news reports making the rounds on Wednesday.
CNN's Josh Levs shows some of the best videos for and about dads.
It's been a scrappy day on social media for Roger Ebert.
Hacking groups Lulz Security and Anonymous have teamed up to target governments around the globe in what they're calling "Operation Anti-Security."
On Monday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to allow a new array of Internet domain endings.
The trusty old Internet addresses we know and love -- the .coms, .nets, .orgs -- are about to get some new competition.
CNN's Phil Han explains how the domain name, .xxx, has finally been approved for porn sites after a ten year fight.
Coming soon to a website near you: dot-anything
The plain Google search box will soon be able to handle more than taps on a keyboard.
The turn of the 21st century was rife with bitter anti-piracy lawsuits pitting studios against their potential customers, with music labels banding together to blast Napster -- and its massive user base -- to smithereens.
Today hundreds of Internet giants, including Google and Facebook, are participating in the first worldwide "test flight" of a major engineering upgrade to the Internet's infrastructure.
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