YouTube Seeks Testimony of Comics Stewart and Colbert [NYT]
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been requested by YouTube to give testimony in their court case with Viacom. The question is whether Colbert will give YouTube a Tip of the Hat or a Wag of the Finger.
They’ve Just Got to Get a Message to You [NYT]
Touring musicians are making mobile phones indispensable by adding interactive elements to their live concerts.
See Who’s Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign [Wired]
A CalTech grad student created software that scoured all anonymous Wikipedia edits (and the IP addresses that made them) to find out which companies are editing their own information. Don’t worry, we already removed the “NGT rocks my socks” edit.
Class of 2011 Heads Back To Campus Wielding More Connections, Concern and Consumer Clout Than Any Class Before Them [BusinessWire]
The latest Alloy College Explorer shows that the students of today are faster (93% own a cell phone, 64% have a digital camera), bigger (the largest class ever with 31% larger consumer spending power), and louder (35% think they have the biggest ability to impact world change) than their older siblings of ‘03.
Users Doth Reveal Too Much on Facebook, Sophos Finds [MarketingVox]
A new study of Facebook users found that 41% would add a totally made up person as a friend, allowing access to their pictures, phone numbers, and email addresses. So much for discrimination.
Users’ Online Time Spent Mostly on Content- not Communications, Commerce [Media Buyer Planner]
4 years ago consumers spent most of their time online (46%) communicating, but today they spend most of their time (47%) dealing with content online.
Getting Serious About Gaming [Business Week]
Analysts have predicted video gaming to be one of the fastest growing segments of the economy for a while now, but even they have been surprised at the growth contributed by casual gamers and web 2.0.
English orchestra tunes up for virtual concert [c|net]
Video game music has made it big in the real world, and now the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is repaying the favor. They have a new concert hall in Second Life where they will be performing soon.
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