Entertainment

A Beginner’s Guide to Made-for-Internet TV

Web video is expanding right now, and though a lot of attention is paid to episodes of network TV shows like Lost or The Office that you can stream online, there’s an emerging wealth of content made just for the web. There’s going to be even more of it

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7 Mind-Blowing Free Android Apps

Smartphones can do some amazing things these days, and the Android Market has quickly become a sandbox for some clever developers, as well as Google Inc. itself.We’ve already touched on some popular Android apps for Twitter, some for news, and some great multiplayer games, but not all apps have

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Meebo Is the New King of iPhone Messaging Apps [IPhone Apps]

There are some very good paid instant messaging apps for the App Store, and plenty of free options too. Meebo is the first that manages to be both, with almost no compromise.Meebo was one of the first companies out of the gates with an instant message web app for the

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Where to Watch the Olympics Online

While "the XXI Olympic Winter Olympics are euphemistically being called the 'Social Games'" (via InventorSpot), The Wire is cranky about NBC's "infuriating Olympics tape delays": "We don't want to watch NBC's 'Olympics show'.  We want to watch The Olympics...right now, for us, NBC isn't the network that brings us

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How The Web Is Changing the Way We Watch TV

For all the complaining you hear about kids these days watching too much television, you'd think they would actually be, well, watching television. But many of them aren't. As it turns out, young people are increasingly turning off the...

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The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, January 2010

Each month, our partner Visible Measures compiles a list of the top ten most popular web video series, and we share those results with you and provide analysis.In January, the threshold for entry into the list was the highest it’s ever been, but viewership for the top 10 shows dropped

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New Pictures of Earth Tweeted From Space

Astronauts can now use Twitter to send pictures like this, of the Maldives, with their new Internet connection in space. Photos via Soichi Noguchi In what is perhaps the final frontier for Internet access, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared photos he had taken of Earth from the International Space

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8 Social Media Resources for Super Bowl XLIV

Jalen Rose is a former 13-year NBA star and current ESPN sports analyst but may be best known for being a member of the famous University of Michigan Fab Five.The big game is this weekend. Super Bowl XLIV will feature the Indianapolis Colts, from the AFC, and the New Orleans

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10 Great Ways to Watch TV Online

Cutting your cable subscription doesn't mean you have to miss your favorite shows. There are more ways than ever to watch TV online; we've outlined our ten favorites below. Best of all, lots of content is completely--and legally--free. ...

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LOST Season 6 Premiere: Wow! (and Spoilers)

Fans and bloggers have one word about last night's episode of Lost, the premiere of Season 6: WOW. "Well, it's back! And back in full force, I might add--I loved the season premiere, though I had a lingering sadness throughout the episode that this was the last LOST season

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