Yesterday I attended Social Media Business School by SocialMedia networks. The vision Social Media networks has is to bring together advertisers and application developers to create better advertising for social networks. As a whole, social network advertising has failed to engage users…

The iPhone may soon be the xxxPhone. Time magazine reported this week what many in the adult-content world have long been whispering (or shouting) about: It turns out the iPhone is, according to many in the porn industry, the perfect device for distrubuting adult content. Ease of use, fast…

If you think you aren’t hip enough to be using a web-based video application called Animoto, or if you think you don’t have a use for user-generated content, think again. It’s not related to Japanese anime, and you don’t have to watch a prairie dog doing something strange…

EA Sports is generally considered the heavy hitter when it comes to sports games. However, the EA Sports brand was having difficulty expanding in the Wii era. About a year ago, in order to revitalize the division, the company brought on Peter Moore as CEO from Microsoft (where he…

With the launch of the LA Film Festival this week, YouTube is unveiling a screening room where users can view free indie movies but also pay for premium content…that’s right, a commerce engine for content on YouTube. Creators can try to sell their clips as DVDs or digital…

After more than 30 years at the helm of Microsoft, Bill Gates stepped down Friday to focus on global health and education philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.For an entertaining look at Bill’s last day in the office, check out the video Microsoft produced and debuted…

MySpace went live with a new redesign Wednesday, the first major relaunch since the social networking site was founded five years ago. The goal, according to a MySpace rep, is to attract a wider audience through features that make the site more aesthetically appealing, and…