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With a New Design, Vevo Asks Music Video Fans to Stick Around

Peter Kafka in Media on March 9 at 2:00 am PT

And if it makes the “Hulu for Music Videos” joint venture that much more attractive to suitors like Facebook, that doesn’t hurt, either.

From Kik to Clik: A Video-Sharing App That Works Without Wi-Fi

Lauren Goode in Mobile on February 16 at 9:47 am PT

The creators of Kik Messenger have shifted focus to a new video-streaming app called Clik.

Samsung Smart TVs Get Sweeter With SugarSync

Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 20 at 7:05 am PT

Turns out cloud service SugarSync is behind some of those Samsung “smart” TVs — which means users aren’t limited to sharing only from other Samsung devices.

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PlayStation Network Still Down After Sustaining Injuries Last Week

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 25, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

That’s some serious collateral damage. The PlayStation Network, which was attacked by hackers, has now been offline for five days, with no end in sight. A spokesperson on its blog wrote today: “I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don’t have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time.” The network, which provides PlayStation 3 users with downloadable games, movies and TV shows, originally thought it would be operational again over the weekend.

A Digital “Magazine” With One Subscriber

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 8, 2011 at 9:05 pm PT

A new iPad app called Zite makes the news-gathering process a lot easier. The app crawls over half a million Web domains to find specific reading material that would be of interest to users, according to their social network and online reading behavior.

Atrix 4G: Faux Laptop With a Phone For Brains

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT

Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.

Ready for Its Video Close-Up? SlideShare Adds Live Web Conferencing.

Liz Gannes in Social on February 16, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Web conferencing is just the worst, but thankfully the tools for giving live remote demos are getting simpler and snappier all the time. Today SlideShare, the presentation-sharing site with 45 million monthly uniques, is launching its take.

Cooliris Raises $9.6M, Gets Social With Mobile Photo-Sharing App

Liz Gannes in Social on February 14, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Cooliris, which makes tools to help people consume media on the Web and various devices, is changing focus with a new flagship product that’s about sharing photos rather than browsing.

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Yes We Khan: BitTorrent Adds an Educational App

Voices in News on February 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT

BitTorrent has been working hard to counter the image that it’s solely a vehicle for swapping pirated movies and music, in part by adding an App Studio featuring content from selected publishers and developers. The latest addition should help the cause: An app providing access to the 2,000 or so instructional videos of the Khan Academy, the widely praised online education site created by Salman Khan.

HP Oldsmobiles the Palm Brand

John Paczkowski in News on February 10, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Hewlett-Packard bought Palm for its technology and talent, not for its brand. So it’s hardly surprising that the Palm logo and name were nowhere to be found at HP’s big webOS event Wednesday. Not in the signage. Not in the videos or slides included in the onstage presentation and not on any of the new hardware on display. The TouchPad, Veer and Pre3 all sport silver HP logos and “HP” as a prefix, not Palm.