Amazon to launch music streaming service

  Amazon is gearing up to join the music streaming business. – David McNew/Getty Images Amazon plans to a launch a music streaming service as early as next month, according to the Financial Times. The company is reportedly wrapping up deals with the world’s largest record labels. In terms of price, Amazon would charge subscribers $9.99 a…

Read More

Look Who’s Getting That Bank Settlement Cash – WSJ

Imagine if the president of the United States forced America’s biggest banks to funnel hundreds of millions—and potentially billions—of dollars to the corporations and lobbyists who supported his agenda, all while calling it “Main Street Relief.” The public outcry would rightly be deafening. Yet the Obama administration has used a similar strategy to enrich its…

Read More

Who Killed YTMND? 

Image: YTMND, Jim Cooke In its heyday, You’re The Man Now Dog (YTMND) rode the cresting wave of early mainstream online communities, alongside its brethren like 4chan, Something Awful, and Newgrounds. The site allowed anyone to pair a gif (animated or not) with looping sound, to be voted on and shared by other users. At…

Read More