9 posts and columns on sex offenders

Weekend Update 12.05.09–’Tis Better to Give Edition

in Social on December 5, 2009 at 12:48 pm PT

As AllThingsD.com gets its holiday hat on, the reporting team brought a little news cheer our way this week in the form of some acquisitions, freaky gadgets and reassurances that Google was not born with a heart two sizes too small.
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AT&T Dead Last in Consumer Reports Survey

in Social on December 1, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

MySpace Boots Pervs

in News on February 4, 2009 at 2:27 pm PT

The Tech 10: SoundExchange Cuts Deal, Yahoo Plans Video Makeover and Teen Geek Frees iPhone

in News on August 24, 2007 at 11:54 am PT

Note: John Paczkowski is on vacation and won’t be writing or posting videos until he returns Monday. To keep you abreast of tech news while he’s away, we’re compiling a daily digest of 10 must-read tech stories. We’re calling it the Tech 10 and it appears below.
  1. Music to their ears: SoundExchange, the recording-industry group that has been in a protracted battle with Internet radio companies, has reached a deal with them on royalties. The Associated Press reports that SoundExchange would cap fees at $50,000 a year for Webcasters offering more than 100 channels–down considerably from the much higher per-channel tax it had sought to impose.
  2. Playing catch-up with YouTube, Yahoo plans to revamp its video portal. Miguel Helft of the New York Times writes that Yahoo will consolidate the Internet site’s somewhat messy video interface into a more interactive one enabling users to view and share videos and compile playlists. Of the plans, Helft quotes Mike Folgner, general manager of Yahoo Video: “We’re going to make it a more cohesive experience. Video is going to be everywhere on Yahoo.”

MySpace: Social Networking's Halfway House

in Social on July 25, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

MySpace: Social Networking’s Halfway House

in Social on July 25, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Whoops, Wrong Target Demographic …

in Social on July 25, 2007 at 9:30 am PT

“MySpace is clearly leading the social-networking category with the largest, most engaged audience as compared to all other social networks,” Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix, said that earlier this month in a press release noting that MySpace is outperforming all other social-networking sites. Little did he know that a few weeks [...]

But Those Radio Stations Are Giving Away Free Music!

in News on May 22, 2007 at 12:12 pm PT

Of Course This Isn't What We Meant by 'Make New Friends, Reconnect With Old Ones and Interact in Other Ways.'

in News on May 21, 2007 at 5:11 pm PT

Last week MySpace refused to turn over the names of convicted sex offenders to the group of state attorneys general who’d requested them, citing the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, which prohibits such information from being shared without a subpoena. Well, this morning MySpace received that subpoena and complied with it, releasing data on [...]