Social networking site Facebook has finally unveiled a much-rumored messaging system that promises to change how its 500 million users communicate. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that the service would integrate text-based and online communications seamlessly. All Facebook users would be provided with @facebook.com email addresses and can receive all their chat, instant message, e-mail, [...]
RocketMelt, a new social web browser that aims to seamlessly integrate Facebook, Twitter and similar sites into the browser, is being launched today through limited invites. The startup team behind RockMelt is headed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria, and the project is backed by Marc Andreessen, who created the innovative Netscape browser in the [...]
Up to 42 percent of adult Americans will be obese in 40 years, according to a new model based on the “social contagion” hypothesis. That theory says that obesity can spread through friends and one’s social network because attitudes and lifestyles become more alike among group members. The new study, published in the journal PLoS [...]
Dish Network on Friday reported revenue and profit numbers which surpassed analysts’ estimates due to increased spending by subscribers. The satellite TV operator lost some 29,000 customers during the third quarter mainly as a result of it contract debacle with News Corp.’s Fox which pulled out its programming from Dish. The dispute has been resolved [...]
Dish Network has been charged in a class action lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court in Illinois. Two county residents filed the suit October 22 on behalf of Dish Network subscribers in the state. Steven Rippee and Lois Fernandez, plaintiffs, said that Dish Network customers with Fox programming were made to pay for the Fox channels [...]
Dish TV Network and Fox on Friday announced a fresh distribution and carriage deal bringing back several regional sports networks of Fox to Dish programming. FX and National Geographic Channel were also once again made available to 14 million Dish TV Network subscribers after four weeks of blackout. Fox Networks’ affiliate sales and marketing division [...]
Dish TV Network and Fox ended a contract dispute on Friday, signing a new deal that brings back Fox channels and shows to Dish programming. “After prolonged negotiations to reach a fair deal, we’re pleased to enter into a long-term agreement with Fox and to assure our customers that they can continue to enjoy these [...]
Dish Network customers in more locations across the U.S. may lose more Fox channels as the contract between Dish and News Corp. ends on Halloween without an extension in place. At least 25 local Fox affiliates may disappear from Dish Network’s programming at midnight on October 31 if a new deal is not signed by [...]
A former art auction show host of the Dish Network was given a sentence of five years in federal prison by Los Angeles District Judge Gary A. Feess on Wednesday for his participation in an art-selling scam. James Mobley, 63, was an auctioneer for the Dish Network show of Fine Art Treasures Gallery that conducted [...]
Dish TV Network was accused by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster yesterday of engaging in false advertising for not taking down a sign hanging on the side of St.Louis’ Scottrade Center which says Dish is the “official TV provider of the St. Louis Blues.” But the team’s games are not being broadcast by Dish anymore [...]
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