John Paul Titlow

Google Lets You Find Music More Easily With Rich Snippets

August 18, 2011

A seemingly minor update that Google is rolling out today should delight music fans. The search giant now includes rich snippets for songs within the results pages when you search for a musician or band.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Google …

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Windows 8 Will Span Devices, Include an App Store

August 18, 2011

The next version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system will include an app store and offer a consistent experience across desktops, tablets and smartphones.

Windows 8 is being developed in two flavors: one for desktop computers and one for tablets …

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YouTube Makes Peace With Music Publishers, Will Continue to Host Songs

August 17, 2011

The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), a group that represents hundreds of songwriters and music publishers, has backed out of four-year-old litigation against YouTube after reaching a settlement with the video-hosting giant.

The agreement…

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Google’s New Mobile Photo-Sharing App Groups Images By Theme

August 17, 2011

Photovine, Google’s answer to the mobile photo-sharing craze, went live in the iTunes App Store today.

The app, which is only available on iOS to start, puts a somewhat unique spin on social photo publishing by grouping images into common themes, or “…

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TV Networks Begin to Rethink Free, Immediate Web Access to Shows

August 17, 2011

Earlier this week, Fox made good on its promise to limit Web access to its television content until eight days after a show has been aired.

The network’s new system enables Dish Network and Hulu Plus subscribers to watch new episodes online shortly …

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Netflix Launches a More Kid-Friendly Viewing Experience

August 16, 2011

In an effort to make its service easier for children to use, Netflix has launched a new tab labeled “Just For Kids” which focuses on cartoons and other kid-friendly movies and television shows.

Its appeal for children goes beyond the strictly kid-cen…

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Google Launches Futuristic Shopping Catalog App For Tablets

August 16, 2011

Google just put a futuristic spin on shopping catalogs. The company launched an iPad app today that takes traditional catalogs for things like apparel, jewelry, beauty and home goods and adds a layer of rich interactivity, including letting you purcha…

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New W3C Groups Aim to Streamline Web Standards Creation

August 16, 2011

Developers and businesses who want to get involved in the creation of Web standards now have an easier and more efficient way of doing so, thanks to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) launch of Community and Business Groups today.

The W3C’s new C…

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Turntable.fm Popularity Gives Rise to Similar Services

August 15, 2011

The sudden and somewhat explosive popularity of the virtual DJing site Turntable.fm has paved the way for a number of services with similar, or sometimes identical, functionality.

The startup garnered a significant amount of buzz online since launchin…

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Wireless Mobile Payments to Reach 85% of POS Terminals by 2016

August 15, 2011

Our future ability to purchase things by waving our phones and ultimately replacing our wallets with them is a hot topic among tech enthusiasts at the moment, but it’s going to be a few years before the technology is widespread enough to be used by a m…

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