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Yahoo! has introduced an new search site, Yahoo! Glue, that promises to “glue together the best content on the web”: We’re starting with a limited set of topics (more will be added over time), pulling together content from the best places on the Web onto one Yahoo! GlueT page. These pages are built using an algorithm that [...]

Apple has released a new update for Apple TV, Apple TV Software Update 2.3, that brings new features for AirTunes streaming, support for third-party remotes and more.

Microsoft today announced a new ”landmark agreement” (Microsoft’s words) with major and independent music labels to “bring significant new value to the subscription music model.” The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives consumers on-demand access to millions of tracks for $14.99 per month. Starting today subscribers will also get to select 10 tracks per month to keep [...]

It’s the Kindle’s first birthday, and, it still hasn’t become the iPod of eBook readers, as some predicted. Now Silicon Valley Insider’s Dan Frommer is wondering what Amazon can do to turn the Zune into a hit.  Here’s the answer: the Kindle needs to become a new media device. The Kindle is a basically an expensive device that lets [...]

  The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers today released their latest numbers on internet ad revenues, and things actually look pretty good for ad-supported new media:   Internet advertising revenues reached almost $5.9 billion for the third quarter of 2008, representing an 11 percent increase over the same period in 2007. "A weakening economy will continue to be a challenge to [...]

James Melzer, creator of the podcast novel The Zombie Chronicles, has landed a three-book publishing deal with indie publisher Permuted Press. In one of the most heartfelt and gracious announcements I have ever read, Melzer says: “I will treasure this moment, the moment I put pen to paper in order to finalize the deal, for the rest [...]