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YouTube becoming major news platform: study
Jul 16th, 2012
YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, has become a major platform around the world for news, posing challenges to media organizations, a study said Monday. (Source: AFP Relax News) -
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - From "Iron Man 3" to "Gangnam Style," films, YouTube clips, music and television shows are breaking through cultural and language barriers in unprecedented fashion. Fueled by the growth of social media platforms, entertainment is becoming the great ambassador between far-flung countries.... [Full Article]
TORONTO (Reuters) - Sixty percent of U.S. Fortune 500 companies are already testing or using the system to manage BlackBerry's new line of devices, the company said on Wednesday, as U.S. carriers began to roll out its new keyboard-equipped Q10 smartphone. The Q10, which comes with the tiny physical keyboard that many BlackBerry fans admire, is... [Full Article]
BANGKOK (AP) - The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hot off the heels of Samuel L. Jackson doing his best Walter White impression and raising $170,000 for Alzheimer's disease in the process, charity crowdsource funding company Prizeo is moving on to its next (hopefully successful) celebrity campaign. And it has plenty in the pipeline. (It doesn't ... [Full Article]
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The University of Iowa received permission Wednesday to develop plans for a new museum to store its premier collection of fine art, which has largely been stored off-campus since a 2008 flood. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]