Tech Week in Review 2-20-2012
Chrome for Android Ice Cream Sandwich Many Android users have long wondered why Google Chrome doesn’t exist for mobile devices, but that is all about to change. Available immediately for Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Chrome for Android (Beta) brings the speed and simplicity you’re used to to the palm of your hand. Until now, users [...]
Read MoreNew Partnership Brings Viacom Content Back to Hulu
Hulu and Viacom have entered into a partnership that will bring back The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. The deal also brings popular TV shows from Viacom’s media networks, including Comedy Central, MTV, BET, VH1, Spike TV, and TV Land to the Hulu Plus subscription service. “We are very pleased to partner with Hulu [...]
Read MoreBET.com Live Streams President Obama’s Town Hall Meeting: Watch Here
Today at 4pm, BET, MTV, and CMT will be broadcasting a live town hall meeting between President Obama and 250 youth of different racial make ups, political beliefs, and backgrounds. Called “A Conversation with President Obama,” the event will be hosted by MTV’s Sway Calloway, BET’s April Woodard, and CMT’s Katie Cook. Held in BET [...]
Read MoreViacom vs. Google: The Fallout for YouTube Consumers
The Internet has been buzzing about Viacom’s lawsuit against Google regarding YouTube’s video sharing services. Specifically, Viacom is alleging Google has allowed 100,000 video clips of Viacom copyright owned material to be shared on YouTube. Viacom is alleging approximately 1.5 billion occurrences of copyright infringement. Multiply 1.5 billion times $750 dollars, (the amount per occurrence [...]
Read MoreMTV features Black Professionals in Games
I mentioned this briefly in a post earlier, I was pleasently surprised when I came across this series on MTV’s Multiplayer blog. I just wanted to take a moment to big-up Multiplayer for even doing this series. I also wanted to share a little on each person they have featured thus far: N’Gai Croal Talks [...]
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