News tagged with media networks

Liberty Global to sell stake to Japan's KDDI

(AP) -- Japan's second-largest telecommunications company, KDDI Corp., said Monday it is acquiring Liberty Global Inc.'s stake in Japan's largest cable TV operator for $4 billion in cash.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?

Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

How Stuff Works: Social networking

For the last two years, the amount of buzz and discussion around sites like Facebook and Twitter has been deafening. And lately the headlines have been especially interesting.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Twitter ain't cool, British teenager tells global investors

A 15-year-old Briton has set the financial world abuzz with a research note penned for a major US bank in which he reveals teenagers' media habits -- including that Twitter is just not cool.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

News of Jackson's death first spread online

(AP) -- It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Taciturn Armstrong sparks Twitter media boycott

Lance Armstrong's refusal to speak directly to the press at the Tour of Italy has sparked a boycott by some sections of the Italian and anglophone media of the American's online messages.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Swine flu fears send CDC.gov traffic soaring

Traffic to the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soared in April as Americans searched the Internet for information about swine flu, research firm comScore said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Astro_Mike: In space, everyone can hear you tweet

(AP) -- On Twitter, messages of 140 characters may seem confining. Mike Massimino is finding a different type of space even more limiting - outer space.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Food companies add new ingredient: Social networking

It's not just a dream. Your supermarket really is talking to you. And its says it's time for vitamins.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook, Twitter and other social media are more used than e-mail, surveys suggest

Here's today's big news in fewer than 140 characters: Social networking is now more popular than e-mail.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0