8 posts and columns on MLB

An Inside Look at EA’s Social Games Business as Zynga’s IPO Awaits

in Commerce on July 26, 2011 at 5:05 pm PT

As part of Electronic Arts’ first-quarter earnings report today, it shed some light on the company’s social games business, which is both up and down at the same time.
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Couch Potato on the Go: Watching TV on an iPad

in Personal Technology on May 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt’s quick guide on how to use a variety of apps to get network and cable TV shows sent directly to your iPad.
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Electronic Arts Regains Major League Baseball License For Facebook Game

in Commerce on March 30, 2011 at 2:25 pm PT

World Series Superstars, the first official Major League Baseball game on Facebook, was published today by Electronic Arts, which is increasing its efforts to bring branded titles to the Facebook platform.

Microsoft Says 10 Million Kinect Sensors Sold for Xbox

in Commerce on March 9, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Microsoft announced today that it had sold 10 million Kinect sensors for the Xbox just four months after it went on sale.

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Safari 5.0.1 Arrives With Extensions Support, Autofill Hack Fix

in News on July 28, 2010 at 6:05 am PT

Another product refresh from Apple this morning–Safari 5.0.1, which adds support for third-party extensions to the browser. Debuting along with it is the Safari Extensions Gallery, a showcase of about 100 extensions from the likes of Amazon, eBay, The New York Times, MLB and Twitter. Also included in this point release, a fix for that autofill vulnerability revealed last week.

Major League Baseball Beans Jon Stewart, and Obama’s Pitch Vanishes

in Media on July 22, 2009 at 4:03 pm PT

Remember last week, when President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game? And remember the ensuing fuss about his form? And remember how Jon Stewart sliced through all of the crap with his typically incisive wit? Alas, you’ve got no choice but to remember that last part. It has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.
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Sirius iPhone App: No Stern? No NFL? No MLB? No Way. [UPDATED]

in News on June 18, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

The too-long-in-coming Sirius XM app for the iPhone and iPod touch showed up in the App Store today and sadly, it’s more noteworthy for what’s missing than anything else. Absent from it are a number of the broadcaster’s more popular channels, among them Howard Stern’s, which Sirius often claims are responsible for driving more subscriptions than any other. Also missing: MLB Play-by-Play, NFL Play-by-Play and Sirius NASCAR Radio.
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