Affiliate Programs and Affiliate Reviews
TV shows like “The Hills” focus on the petty squabbles that go on in the world of spoiled, vapid socialites. I can’t think of a program that gets into the catfights that go on in the IT world, and I don’t know whether there’d really be a huge audience for something like that, but they do happen, and court documents in an ongoing lawsuit have revealed some juicy tidbits.
Now you can get your fix of “Bulletproof Monk” and “American Gladiators” — all without leaving the comfort of YouTube. Yes, the king of user-generated, short-form video is now embracing the other kind: studio-generated, feature-length films. Yes, this is the same YouTube that said long-form video was anathema to its business model. But I guess when the big MGM lion comes roaring, you make an exception.
Yahoo was quite the chooser last spring when Microsoft offered to buy it — the Yahoo board held out for a higher price. Now it’s looking more and more like the beggar. Its relationship with Google is pretty much finished before it even had a chance to begin, and it appears Yahoo is reaching the end of its rope.
About 30 years ago, we Earthlings sent a probe to check out Mercury, the tiny planet closest to the sun, and concluded that it was just a big hot rock. But after poking around on the moon and Mars for a few decades, we decided to take another look at Mercury.
Technology has become the newest foundation of family values. According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, families that use technology tend to have better communication. Where once they gathered ’round the old Westinghouse to listen to one of FDR’s fireside chats, families now bond over YouTube videos.