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Label boss encourages artists to avoid record companies

Danny Mendez — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:25:50 +0000

How are record labels supposed to survive if label bosses are condemning the very idea of them? In a major win for artists and arguably art itself, music industry mogul Alan McGee recommends bands avoid signing with a label.

Who’s [...]

Virgin Mobile is officially Helio’s new master

Danny Mendez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:41:06 +0000

We told you it might happen, and it did. Faced with money problems that never seem to disappear, today, Helio announced its allegiance to a new master, Virgin Mobile.

Though the news seems abrupt, we’ve been waiting for [...]

Killing cable, satellite: Sony says it’ll give the PS3 a video download service before Fall hits

Danny Mendez — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:34:44 +0000

It’s about damn time. Sony says it’s going to give the PS3 some kind of video download store / rental-service sometime this summer. That’s awesome / cool.

We found this [...]

It’s now illegal to talk on a cell phone and drive in California

Danny Mendez — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:52:04 +0000

Remember cell phones were huge? I don’t, but it’s 2008 and starting on July 1st, it’ll be illegal to talk on a cell phone and drive in the great, golden state [...]

The origin of Google’s Android

Danny Mendez — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:48:07 +0000

Last year, the web started buzzin’ that Google would enter the mobile phone arena, but no one knew what that meant. Google is a different kind of company, which means consumers, speculators, and investors were expecting something, well, different. Many assumed it [...]

T-Mobile announces graduated early termination fees

Danny Mendez — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:01:15 +0000

Remember that stupid fee wireless carriers hand out like free lollipops when you try cancel your contract early? Yeah, it’s the early termination fee. T-Mobile is reducing the lame-factor of its ETF, but I’m still shaking my head in disgust at [...]

McCain campaign ad features soundtrack to Medal of Honor by an Obama supporter

Danny Mendez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:21:03 +0000

See that face to the left? That’s Senator McCain’s face, and there’s a lot more where that came from in a new McCain ad, which features a song from a Medal of Honor [...]

YouTube is Hulu’s stepping stool

Danny Mendez — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:45:25 +0000

YouTube is Hulu’s stepping stool to profitability, allowing the new-ish business to reach the tempting jar of change atop the World Wide Web house refrigerator, and it’s not sharing any of the booty with our favorite user-driven video network.

That’s fundamentally [...]

AP copyright issues cause heavy accusations across blogs — TechCrunch vs. Valleywag

Danny Mendez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:09 +0000

The Associated Press is sending cease and desist notices to several blogs and other sites for citing, quoting, and linking to the organization’s content, and the situation is causing some interesting drama across two blog [...]

Philadelphia gets attacked with speed-reducing hallucinations

Danny Mendez — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:18:41 +0000

Wow, this is ridiculous. Philadelphia is deploying 3D decals at 100 locations in order to trick drivers into slowing down, giving drivers the illusion that it’s a speed bump when it’s actually flat!

KYW broke the story, and I think this is a terrible idea. In [...]