With the launch of the Apple iPad, the retirement of Larry King and the ascension of WikiLeaks, 2010 was a year for the media history books. Here’s columnist Jonathan Berr’s list of the top media stories of the year.
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Facebook ruled the Internet in 2010. It was both the most-searched term — accounting for 2.11% of all searches — and the top-visited website, attracting 8.93% of all U.S. visits, compared to Google’s 7.19%.
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Samsung plans to unveil a new music player based on Google’s Android platform, SamsungHub.com reported Monday. The Galaxy Player will resemble the company’s Galaxy S cell phone and likely will deepen competition between Samsung…
Sears Holdings has become the latest retailer to launch an online movie-download service. The owner of Sears and Kmart is using the same delivery platform as Best Buy, Sonic Solutions’s RoxioNow. Will Sears’s new service delive…
Apple has raised its target for first-quarter shipments of its iPhone by as much as 10%, anonymous component suppliers told DigiTimes. The news signals strong holiday sales for the phone and bodes well for the company’s upcomin…