Media

Should Reddit Buy Imgur?

by Mike Mansell July 26, 2011

Before I start out this article, I must say that I myself am not a huge Reddit user at all. I opened an account more than two years ago when Digg was still a hot hangout for bored Internet users, but over the years I honestly haven’t visited the site all that often. That said, [...]

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Apple to Acquire Hulu?

by Mike Mansell July 22, 2011

Just yesterday I discussed the recently released Roku 2, the second generation of the somewhat popular streaming media device. When going over the third-party services that the device utilized, I even went as far as to say that I myself have been “pondering dumping my satellite provider in favor for the Roku XS along with [...]

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Roku 2 Promises to Rock You Again

by Mike Mansell July 21, 2011

It seems that anything we do anymore has a core shaped around the Internet. Think about it. That connection piped into your home does so much more than anyone would have imagined it would. Sure, we use the Internet on our computers to exchange electronic messages and keep up with our social lives; but it [...]

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Spotify Review: Can Spotify Replace iTunes?

by Mike Mansell July 18, 2011

When news broke earlier this month that Spotify, a music service that has become incredibly popular in Europe, would become available in America I instantly became eager to try the service. Finally I would have the opportunity to use the service that I had envied my European friends over. So on Friday of last week when I had a chance to get online during my vacation I signed up for a Spotify Premium account.

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Facebook to Hit the High-Note on Music: MySpace to Lose Big?

by Mike Mansell June 21, 2011

While the once-popular social network MySpace has declined significantly in recent years with the uprising of more popular social media sites such as Twitter and sites like Facebook, the site has managed to hold on to one audience; the music industry. But now it is becoming apparent that MySpace may soon lose that strongpoint.

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Netflix Not Interested in Original Content, But Should They Be?

by Mike Mansell May 18, 2011

When Netflix first announced that they had acquired exclusive rights to broadcast and stream a new television dubbed “House of Cards”, I was incredibly confident that the company had struck gold. In-house content had the potential to allow Netflix to expand beyond anybody’s expectations and gain a larger audience. Of course House of Cards was [...]

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Why YouTube Is Google’s Largest Asset

by Mike Mansell April 8, 2011

When three former PayPal employees first launched YouTube back in 2005, the conceptual idea of a mainstream video storage and streaming service was far-fetched at best. Sure the Internet was growing at the time and the site (if successful) had unspeakable potential, but when it boiled down to it Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim [...]

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Could Piracy Be On The Decline?

by Mike Mansell April 5, 2011

Back in the medieval days, everyone associated the term “pirate” with crooked and drunken sailors – often with creative names such as “Redbeard” – sporting swords, peg legs, hook hands, parrots, and repulsive breath. In more modern society, however, the terms “pirate” and “piracy” have taken up quite a different meaning. Modern day piracy – [...]

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Retail Stores Now Rocking the Roku

by Mike Mansell March 31, 2011

For a while now, the Roku box has been an excellent option for those looking to set up a cost-effective home media system with access to streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. However, unlike other more popular products such as the Apple TV, the Roku has – until now – been marketed to what [...]

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Web-Based Television is the Future

by Mike Mansell November 11, 2010

Sites like Hulu and Netflix’s relatively new streaming service appear to have started a revolution in how we consume media. Is this revolution complete? Absolutely not. In the future, I expect to see more open standards for viewing television online and through products such as the Google TV and the Apple TV. More importantly, however, I am [...]

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