11 posts and columns on Taylor Swift

Viral Video: Ustream's Top 10 Live Moments of 2010 (From Chilean Miners to Justin Bieber)

in News on December 17, 2010 at 11:02 am PT

Here’s a really fun video of Ustream’s top 10 live moments of 2010. The most-watched stream was, no surprise, the rescue of the Chilean miners, but Justin Bieber and Kayne West also scored.

Mobile Apps Are Early Moneymakers for Taylor Swift, Linkin Park

in Commerce on December 7, 2010 at 12:40 am PT

It’s not common for consumers to purchase items in a physical retail store with a wave of their mobile phones–yet. But applications are helping to generate significant revenues online. Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Mobile Roadie has developed a platform that makes it easier for brands, musicians or others to build applications for the various mobile platforms, like Apple’s iOS and Android. Many of the applications provide access to news, streaming music, live or recorded videos and photos. They can also offer the ability to purchase music, videos, tickets and merchandise.

The One-Year Report Card of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz–Moxie: B+

in News on February 2, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

You were expecting an A+, right? Because of all the cursing and tough talk and uber-sassy assistant and loyal sidekick, Judy. And especially, the use of elaborate barnyard metaphors from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s growing up in Wisconsin to describe the Internet giant’s current state of affairs. But the colorful exec has been a lot more circumspect than you might realize–more Taylor Swift than Lady Gaga.

As "Twilight: New Moon" Mania Descends Online, Try "Firelight" Instead

in News on November 13, 2009 at 10:21 am PT

Oh dear, just a single week away and Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and every gossip site on the Web is aflame in expectation of the second installment of the young-vampires-in-lust movie series, “Twilight: New Moon.” As pictures of its are-they-or-aren’t-they-holding-hands (um, they are) stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, rocketed around the Web last week, prepare for an online and offline outpouring of teenage swooning over the whole overwrought love story, which is set to debut just after midnight on Nov. 20.
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Viral Video: How Much Do I Love Taylor Swift? (Take That, Kanye!)

in News on November 12, 2009 at 6:30 am PT

In this ruthlessly funny video–especially for such a sweet-looking young lady–singer Taylor Swift manages to ice pretty much everyone who ever dissed her. And Kanye West’s antics at the MTV Music Awards in September are not the only ones getting a musical smackdown from the 19-year-old, who won the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award last night. Sing it, sister.
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Apple Finally Gets Around to Updating Apple TV

in News on October 29, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

It has been about two years since Apple last released a major firmware update for its Apple TV platform, so the release of Apple TV 3.0 today will come as welcome news to those who own the device. 3.0 is largely as rumored: Adding support for both iTunes LP and iTunes Extras.
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Microsoft Strikes Bing Deal With Twitter, Facebook: The Official Announcement

in News on October 21, 2009 at 11:29 am PT

Here’s official confirmation of the search partnership Microsoft has struck with Twitter, first reported by BoomTown earlier this morning. It’s being distributed as Qi Lu, president of Microsoft’s Online Services Division, presents at the annual Web 2.0 Summit.
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Viacom and Google Fight in Court, but Work Together to Keep Kanye West Off of YouTube

in Media on September 15, 2009 at 7:27 am PT

Yes, Viacom is still suing Google for a billion dollars, because it says too many of its videos showed up on YouTube. But that doesn’t mean Viacom and Google can’t work together to prevent the cable giant’s videos from showing up on YouTube. Want to see this in action? Go to YouTube and try to find a clip of the Kanye West/Taylor Swift/Beyoncé incident from Sunday night’s Video Music Awards.
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The Internet Loves MTV, Taylor Swift and Kanye West, but YouTube Keeps Its Distance

in Media on September 14, 2009 at 6:11 am PT

It’s a not-quite-annual tradition: Something unexpected (but perhaps not unplanned) happens at MTV’s Video Music Awards and the Internet can’t stop talking about it. But Viacom’s copyright lawsuit means that you’ll have work a bit if you want to see for yourself on YouTube.
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A Sneak Peek Look at Microsoft's New Kumo: A Spidery Cloud? A Cloudy Spider?

in News on March 2, 2009 at 5:07 pm PT

Here are three screenshots of Microsoft’s internal test of a new search product called Kumo. The long expected upgrade to Live Search from Microsoft is being tested for a public rollout later this year. Sources at Microsoft said the company has not yet decided whether it will keep the Kumo name, which sounds a little too much like that crazy dog from the Stephen King novel. Maybe that’s the point, at least related to Google. (Chomp!) In Japanese, actually, Kumo has two definitions–cloud and spider.
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