4 posts and columns on Seth Rogen

Music Sales Not Totally Terrible This Year

in Media on April 8, 2011 at 7:58 am PT

In which a 1.3 percent decline is the new up! And in semi-related news: Have you seen the new Beastie Boys video?

Two Months Plus a Big Ad Blitz Equal a Modest Move for Bing

in Media on August 18, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Microsoft slowly claws back a bit of share from Google, as well as Yahoo, its partner to be. But despite a huge ad blitz, there are probably more than a few people who have no idea that Bing is a “decision engine,” or what that means.
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Oscar’s YouTube No-Show

in Media on February 23, 2009 at 7:30 am PT

Looking for highlights of last night’s Oscars on YouTube? Good luck. That’s because ABC, which broadcast last night’s show, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which produces the event, don’t want clips of last night’s show on the world’s biggest video site. Instead, they’d prefer that you watch highlights on ABC’s Oscar.com site.
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Microsoft Officially Facebooks, Oops, Socializes, Windows Live Internet Services

in News on November 12, 2008 at 9:00 pm PT

Microsoft officially rolled out its next version of its Windows Live Services tonight, with a heavy emphasis on socializing its online offerings and giving users better tools to share all sorts of information from across the Web within them. Microsoft said the changes–similar to those made by Yahoo and AOL recently–would “begin rolling out to customers in the U.S. over the coming weeks and will be made available globally in 54 countries and in 48 languages by early 2009.” You might call this the “Facebooking” of Windows Live, which is the brand name for Microsoft’s communications and other related online services aimed at consumers, especially because the much anticipated changes also include a new profile and a “What’s New” feed.