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Buzz Out Loud 1579: Facebook goes public: The Winners and Losers (Podcast)  play >

Buzz Out Loud 1579: Facebook goes public: The Winners and Losers (Podcast)

2/2/2012 | Download File (43.85 MB) - right click to download

The Buzz crew talks about Facebook's historic IPO, and the challenges the company will face moving forward. Zynga is smiling, and so is the invite-only Pinterest. We've figured it out, and it's the new social network for girls or metrosexuals. "Into it, Not Into it" brings us vacuum-sealed couples, and that's all you need to know. Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320x180) | iTunes (640x360) RSS (MP3) | RSS (320x180) | RSS (640x360) EPISODE 1579 NEWS: -Facebook files to go public, plans to raise $5B -Facebook's S-1 Reveals: 845 Million Users Every Month, More Than Half Daily, Half Mobile -Facebook's net income and revenues: $1 billion on $3.71 billion in 2011 -All-time top 10 IPOs for Internet companies -Facebook IPO highlights ‘The Hacker Way’ -Facebook’s biggest winners look to rich payday -Facebook's platform paid out $1.4 billion to developers in 2011 -- less than what Apple did WINNERS from the outside: -Zynga shares soar on Facebook IPO -From Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches Challenges: -Facebook’s days of hypergrowth may be over -Facebook’s IPO: What Wall Street still wants to know -Pinterest nearly equals Twitter and Google in referral traffic -Google must pay $660,000 for offering Google Maps for free -Twitter yanks Reading Rainbow handle from squatter -Reading Rainbow theme song -Here's how new CEO Kaz Hirai wants to save Sony -Apple’s supply chain flap: It’s really about us -Tim Cook: Apple cares about ‘every worker’ in its supply chain Quick Hits: -Pirate Bay Founders' Prison Sentences Final, Supreme Court Appeal Rejected -WikiLeaks Founder Appeals Extradition at Britain's Supreme Court -Apple Loses Germa

Buzz Out Loud 1577: SOPA: it ain't over yet (Podcast)  play >

Buzz Out Loud 1577: SOPA: it ain't over yet (Podcast)

1/19/2012 | Download File (35.91 MB) - right click to download

The Internet flexed its power with this week's SOPA/PIPA blackouts, but make no mistake: this battle isn't over yet, and will only intensify--it might get a lot more sneaky, in fact. But this week? The Internet wins. Will students lose out with Apple's new plan to revamp the textbook industry? Or just the students (and schools) who can't can't afford iPads? Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320x180) | iTunes (640x360) RSS (MP3) | RSS (320x180) | RSS (640x360) EPISODE 1577 NEWS: -Apple launches iBooks 2 digital textbooks -Apple’s new iBooks Author targets e-book creators -Apple revamps iTunes U, makes it class portal -Apple's New Math. Or: Why A $15 eBook Equals a $75 Paper Book -Protests lead to weakening support for Protect IP, SOPA -PIPA support collapses with 13 new opponents in senate -A Political Coming of Age for the Tech Industry -Google says 4.5 million people signed anti-SOPA petition today -2.4+ million SOPA-related Tweets from 12am-4pm ET today. Top 5 terms: SOPA, Stop SOPA, PIPA, Tell Congress, #factswithoutwikipedia -SOPA copyright bill draws fire -Protesting PIPA (photos) -Mark Zuckerberg finally comes out against SOPA -The awkward moment when you break the law you proposed #StopSOPA -Post-SOPA: the path forward for addressing piracy -Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection -Facebook intros 60 new Open Graph partners, opens to all -Facebook’s biggest change yet: Actions are here -Five things to know before using Facebook’s Timeline apps -AT&T retools data plans: 300MB for $20, 3GB for $30, 5GB with tethering for $50 -Apple takes the fight to Android -Rob Lowe’s Peyton Manning retiring tweet sparks Internet frenzy EMAILS: High Data Usage Alert Really AT&T? Really? The only reason I tolerated your crappy service for so long was that I was grandfathered into an unlimited iPhone data plan. So, really? After my whole family has iPhones on the same plan, and we’re all on 2 yr contracts, your now going to start throttling our data speeds in addition to capping the data on the new lines? Really? I just hope this let’s me break my contract and move to sprint. I’m sure the coverage is abysmal, and the call quality stinks, but rea

Buzz Out Loud 1575: What mattered at CES day 1 (Podcast)  play >

Buzz Out Loud 1575: What mattered at CES day 1 (Podcast)

1/12/2012 | Download File (11.63 MB) - right click to download

After our first day of CES we discuss what tech is making waves in Vegas. What grabbed your attention and which products will never see the store shelves. Molly breaks down her interview with Google's Eric Schmidt and Brian Tong reflects on his time with LL Cool J live on the CNET stage. Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320x180) | iTunes (640x360) RSS (MP3) | RSS (320x180) | RSS (640x360) EPISODE 1575 NEWS -What mattered on CES Day 1 -Dell plans to re-enter tablet market in late 2012 -Intel enters smart phone chip race for real -Intel playing smart phone and tablet catch up at CES -Lenovo unveils first smartphone, powered by Intel (live blog) -What’s grabbed your attention at CES so far? (poll) -Eric Schmidt says Android isn’t fragmented, only “differentiated” -Schmidt on Next Big Thing: Devices have to be friends (live blog) -CES: LL Cool J brings the Boomdizzle to CES 2012 -LL Cool J is a great hugger -Microsoft’s CES floor space for 2013 sold in just 45 minutes -Inflatable Cube is a bouncy castle for your iPad -Reddit to go silent in SOPA protest -Twitter to Google: You broke the Internet! —– http://bol.cnet.com, 800-616-2638 (CNET), [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @mollywood @brian_tong @stephenbeacham

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