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Bono Getting Jiggy with Facebook

Maybe it’s the future of music and maybe it’s not, but I think U2’s experiment with Facebook and the iLike widget is a pretty interesting move.

FCC Gets Monkey's Paw From Telco Front Group

You might say it's a sort of monkey's paw that Hands Off the Internet, an AT&T-backed "grass roots" organization has called on the FCC to investigate Comcast for violating the four principles of Network Neutrality. On the surface, it looks like progress. But can it be trusted?

YouTube Stops John McCain's Singing

A political video featuring John McCain has been removed from YouTube, and MoveOn.org is not happy about it.  You’ll have to decide for yourself whether the group is trying to preserve free speech or let an opponent embarrass himself, but the matter speaks to larger issues in either case.

Yahoo Sings A New Tune

Since the beginning of the year, Yahoo has looked for ways to separate itself from its competitors as an online brand. Product specific portals, socially driven search and suggestions, and efforts in expanding citizen journalism are just a few of the ways in which the company is trying to accomplish this feat. Yahoo's latest offering in original programming, however, could leave many new viewers scratching their heads in confusion; or, more aptly, covering their ears in dismay.

Is iTunes Singing Its Swan Song?

A study conducted by Forrester Research shows that iPod owners are spending increasingly less at the iTunes store, indicating that Apple's digital music download service perhaps has reached the peak of its growth. Do these figures signal an eminent decline for the iTunes music store?

Singing Your Way to Success

Entrepreneurs can take a lesson from Sheryl Crow hit, "Soak up the Sun." During the chorus she sings, "For every time I feel lame; I'm looking up." For those who start and build a new enterprise, the need to keep "looking up" is critical for success. An entrepreneur is like a salmon trying to swim upstream through rapids. It takes an unnatural degree of effort, and the dearest struggle usually comes while all outward signs present a negative face.