Articles By: James Johnson

Spotify Reaches Another Paying Subscriber Milestone

Spotify Reaches Another Paying Subscriber Milestone

Spotify on Wednesday announced that their paying subscriber base on an international level has now exceed 2.5 million people. On their blog the Spotify team says: So we’d like to say a big thank you to all our subscribers, new […]

Samsung To Launch Google TV Display In 2012

Samsung To Launch Google TV Display In 2012

While details are still unknown Samsung visual display division president Yoon Boo-Keun has confirmed that the company is currently working on a Google TV based flat screen display that they will debut sometime in 2012. Google TV software allows users […]

Digital Magazines Are A Huge Success Says Association of Magazine Media

Digital Magazines Are A Huge Success Says Association of Magazine Media

The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) has conducted a new survey which reveals what we have long suspected, readers are taking to digital magazine’s in record numbers and in-turn buying more content digitally. The organization surveyed 1,0009 adult digital magazine readers […]

Spotify Announces ‘What’s Next’ Conference

Spotify Announces ‘What’s Next’ Conference

Spotify on Monday announced the ‘What’s Next” conference, an event that will take place in New York City on November 30th. During the event Daniel Ek will discuss “what’s next” for the music streaming company while bringing “special guests” up […]

Orbitz Signs Multi-Year Deal With AOL Travel

Orbitz Signs Multi-Year Deal With AOL Travel

AOL Travel and Orbitz have announced a new multi-year agreement that will make Orbitz.com the web destinations primary travel booking agent. As part of the deal Orbitz will provide AOL travel readers with discounts on hotels, vacation packages, flights, rental […]

Harvard Launches i-Lab Startup Incubator Program

Harvard Launches i-Lab Startup Incubator Program

Harvard University not only wants to provide their students with an ivy league education, they also want to be sure that each student who passes through their doors has the chance to become an entrepreneur and to accomplish that goal […]

Morgan Spurlock Joins Yahoo! For New Series ‘Failure Club’

Morgan Spurlock Joins Yahoo! For New Series ‘Failure Club’

After failing to convince major TV networks that his year round series Failure Club was a good idea Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) has brought his series to Yahoo!’s new platform of original programming. In the series seven people will meet […]

AOL To “Rethink Core Purpose” For European Homepage

AOL To “Rethink Core Purpose” For European Homepage

AOL is aware that they are in need of “innovation and a rethinking of its core purpose” and for that reason the company is preparing to revamp the homepage for their European property. According to AOL executives they have been focused […]

Chill.com Brings Interactive Chat To Hulu Viewing Parties

Chill.com Brings Interactive Chat To Hulu Viewing Parties

Chill.com is attempting to make the TV viewing experience a whole lot more social by allowing Hulu viewers to watch popular shows with one another while chatting about those shows at the same time. The program works by setting a […]

HotelTonight Raises $9 Million In Series B Funding

HotelTonight Raises $9 Million In Series B Funding

Same-day hotel deals company HotelTonight has announced $9 million in Series B funding. The new capital funding was led Battery Ventures and included participation from Accel Partners and First Round Capital. Since launching in January 2011 HotelTonight has enjoyed more […]

Spotify Now Featured On Philips Streamium Systems

Spotify Now Featured On Philips Streamium Systems

Spotify on Friday announced that they are now a featured partner for Philips Streamium Wireless Hi-Fi component systems (MCi8080 and MCi900). Using the new offering is simple, Streamium customers just need to turn on their Streamium devices and they will […]

Vidyard Raises $1.65 Million, Promises To Be “YouTube for Businesses”

Vidyard Raises $1.65 Million, Promises To Be “YouTube for Businesses”

Vidyard, a company that bills themselves as a “YouTube for businesses” raised $1.65 million this week from Softech VC, Jawed Karim (Co-Founder of YouTube), Y Combinator, SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, iNovia Capital, Paul Buchheit, Vivi Nevo, Dennis Kavelman, David Nizkad and […]

Sky TV Planning Cloud Subscription Service For Mobile Devices

Sky TV Planning Cloud Subscription Service For Mobile Devices

European TV broadcaster Sky is planning to leverage their ownership of The Cloud Wi-Fi Network (acquired in January 2011) to offer subscribers some of their favorite TV programs via mobile apps when they are using Sky controlled hot spots. According to […]

AT&T Concept Story Replaces Registers With iPads and iPhones In Chicago

AT&T Concept Story Replaces Registers With iPads and iPhones In Chicago

A new AT&T concept store recently opened in Chicago giving customers a unique experience by removing registers and replacing them with iPads and iPhones for quick on the go transactions. The store also features two gigantic interactive touchscreen walls for […]