A new study from NBC reveals how emotions generated from TV shows have mirrored American society. And 'judgment' is the current king of the charts.
Glee's Sue Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch
By Daniel Roberts, reporter
If you're on TV, whether in a drama or reality show, chances are that Americans are sitting on their couches, silently judging you. Those are the findings from a new study conducted by NBC Universal, which MORE
Dec 21, 2010 1:13 PM ET
Steve Jobs' "hobby" is starting to get some traction. Google TV, not so much.
Photo: Apple Inc.
In a slightly premature press release timed perhaps to goose some last-minute Christmas purchases, Apple (AAPL) announced Tuesday that it expects sales of its $99 Apple TV set-top unit to top 1 million this week. That word comes on top of Steve Jobs' announcement that Apple had sold 250,000 as of Oct. 18.
Apple was MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 21, 2010 10:33 AM ET
Has it found common cause with Amazon, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Bank of America?
WikiLeaks App icon. Source: iTunes
Igor Barinov's WikiLeaks App didn't get much attention when it appeared on the App Store last Saturday.
That's not a big surprise. After all, the iPhone app wasn't an official WikiLeak's project and it didn't bring much to the party. For $1.99 ($1 of which was apparently donated to Julian Assange's organization) you MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 21, 2010 8:13 AM ET
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Photo: Getty Images
Today, the FCC votes on Internet regulations that would mandate that companies treat all kind of Web content equally -- though as they are now, the rules would not apply to wireless data. Venture capitalist and former California State Controller Steve Westly explained why the net neutrality proposal announced by MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 21, 2010 6:00 AM ET
Despite criticism, a venture capitalist and former California State Controller explains why the Genachowski net neutrality proposal is a must-have for industry, the FCC, and the public.
By Steve Westly, contributor
Steve Westly
Nobody likes being stuck in traffic or choosing the slow checkout line at the grocery store.
Now imagine if you were faced with the choice of being forever stuck in the digital slow lane or paying even higher fees for MORE
Dec 20, 2010 8:52 PM ET
Apple's CEO moved up 31 places in Chief Executive magazine's 2010 ranking
Only Priceline's (PCLN) Jeffrey Boyd, Aflac's (AFL) Daniel Amos and Federated Investors' (FII) Christopher Donahue created more wealth in 2010 than Apple's (AAPL) Steve Jobs, according to Chief Executive's third annual ranking of 338 U.S. CEOs.
The magazine's wealth creation index leans heavily on the concept of economic margin -- defined as (operating cash flow - capital charge)/invested capital -- MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 20, 2010 5:51 PM ET
Sold out at Apple Stores, authorized resellers and China Unicom
Source: Guangzhou Daily
Now those stories about Chinese housewives smuggling Apple (AAPL) iPhones onto the mainland make a little more sense.
It's not just that the phones can be had in Hong Kong tax-free, it's that they can be had at all.
Ticonderoga Securities' Brian White, back from his recent China tour, reports in a note to clients Monday that the iPhone 4 MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 20, 2010 2:48 PM ET
The role would allow Google to pull in more deals while battling Netflix for rights to distribute content online.
Ducard. Photo Credit: Life.com
Paid Content is reporting that Paramount's Malik Ducard is heading over to Google (GOOG) to help with its content acquisition group. At Paramount, Ducard's title was Senior Vice President, Digital Distribution - The Americas. The description of his role over at Paramount is as follows:
Ducard collaborates with multiple MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 20, 2010 2:42 PM ET
The purveyor of Google Voice services over Gmail says free calling to the U.S. and Canada will remain free for the rest of 2011.
Google (GOOG) announced that Gmail users would be able to make calls within the web interface back in August. By most accounts, the service has been a successful one, though there have been some minor outages. Even if users don't opt to sign up for a free Google MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 20, 2010 1:53 PM ET
Verizon likely to launch some LTE 4G phones at CES, according to a tweet by @VerizonWireless.
You don't get more blunt than the Tweet the @VerizonWireless (VZ) account just posted. It says: "Jan. 6 at #CES: #Android and #LTE - could it be like peanut butter and chocolate? YUM!"
Peanut butter and Chocolate is of course referring to the 1980's classic Reese's Peanut Butter Cups series of advertisements:
Sprint's (S) first 4G phones were the HTC MORE
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