One of the biggest things that both the freetard and the Web 2.0 warm and fuzzy crowd have been trying to implant in our heads is that the future of media is online and it will be free. Not free as in beer but rather geotargeted social media data-mined we know what you really want type of advertising. It’s kinda cute to watch all the hype fly by but really when you stop and give your head a shake – to get rid of the hot air that has built up around you – the reality is far different from the propaganda
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Our online media world is beginning to look like .. well .. our offline media world
Foursquare is now testing a customer loyalty program with coffee giant Starbucks. So what’s in it for you? So far, a fancy new “Barista” badge available after five check-ins at separate Starbucks locations
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Foursquare friends Starbucks, adds ‘Barista’ badge
The fail whale is back today with popular microblogging service Twitter suffering a major outage. Twitter went down at approximately 2:10pm PST (9:10am AEDT,) with both the Twitter.com site, and the API (so all third part services) dropping offline.
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Twitter Down! Twitter Suffers Major Outage
Richard Belzer, known for his role as Detective John Munch on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit , is denying media reports that he behaved aggressively and allegedly assaulted an employee at a Manhattan Apple Store. Belzer says he touched Apple employee Milan Agnew’s shoulder, but denies that he grabbed or shook her and says the claims are a ploy for attention. He also claims that he does not want the employee disciplined: “She wanted attention and she knew who I was and I clearly didn’t assault her,” Belzer said
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SVU’s Richard Belzer denies Apple Store attack
Jessica Simpson will always care about John Mayer. The singer-and-actress, who dated the ‘Gravity’ singer for nine months before splitting in May 2007, admits she still has feelings for him even after he discussed their sex life in a recent interview, in which he called her “sexual napalm”.
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Jessica Simpson Will Always Care For John Mayer
I was just reading a post by Michael Masnick at Techdirt were he was taking up the subject of abundance and how as a society we are unprepared to deal with that concept. His jumping off point was a recent statement by Clay Shirky who said Abundance breaks more things than scarcity does
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An abundance of crap
If you religiously tune into America’s favorite karaoke contest, then you caught Michael Lynche’s performance last night of a song called “This Woman’s Work.” Randy called it “dope,” but it was Kara’s teary reaction that really caused the clip to go viral. What do you think
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VIDEO: Michael Lynche stole AI last night with “This Woman’s Work”
The internet rallied in force behind ousted Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien, bestowing the nickname “Coco” upon him and mounting an impassioned campaign via the web in a show of support for the embattled popular late-night host. Conan launched his Twitter account on February 24th, quickly amassing almost three-quarters of a million followers and drawing major attention to the one person he follows with the account . A tweet this morning announced Coco’s plans to come see everyone who supported him during his time of public need: Hey Internet: I’m headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour.
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Conan takes Team Coco helm, plans tour via Twitter
Sharon Osbourne can’t wait to be a fat granny. The TV star, who shed a substantial amount of weight after undergoing a gastric band operation nine years ago, is looking forward to the day when she can gorge on food and no longer worry about what she looks like. She said, “Oh yes.
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Sharon Osbourne Fat Granny Dream
