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The Sports Network, Contec to offer mobile sports services

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The Sports Network and Contec Innovations announced the upcoming availability of their new global mobile sports service in early 2009.

The new global mobile sports service provides unprecedented mobile access to all things sports. Covering more than 50 sports and hundreds of leagues and events from around the world, this initiative allows mobile users around anywhere to access up-to-date news, photos, results, statistics, live action and more.

Available via mobile Internet, SMS and MMS, the service has three distinctive audiences in mind at present: mobile operators seeking to enhance their sports offering, mobile service providers that wish to add new services to their portfolios and media companies/brands that sponsor mobile Sports content in their local markets or on a global basis.

Originally posted on December 30, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

VideoMD.com hits milestone with 2,500 patient education videos

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VideoMD.com, a new website that focuses on physician-generated video health information, has reached a milestone of 2500 patient education videos. VideoMD.com would like to thank all of the physicians, health care providers, and institutions that have helped to contribute to this milestone.

“We are quickly building the most comprehensive library of health information videos on the web. All of our featured videos are reviewed by physicians for medical content. We want the health information consumer to know that our video library is up to date, and trustworthy. We have videos from your own trusted physicians, as well as some of the preeminent specialists in their field of medicine,” said Dean Heller, MD, President of VideoMD.com.

In addition to providing a portal for all health information consumers, VideoMD.com serves as home for physicians to better educate their own patients. Health care providers can post educational videos for their own patients on their individual page of VideoMD.com.

Originally posted on December 30, 2008 @ 11:57 am

Dailymotion implements single sign-on with OpenID

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Video sharing sire Dailymotion has added support for the OpenID digital identity framework single sign-on and online user-authentication standard.

The addition of OpenID support will enable Dailymotion’s users worldwide to consolidate their account with other identities on the Internet. OpenID users can now link their OpenID to an existing Dailymotion account on a one-to-one basis, use their OpenID to initiate and simplify registration on Dailymotion or use their OpenID to log in to a linked Dailymotion account.

Originally posted on December 22, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

Amazon releases “Best of 2008” lists

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Amazon.com released its “Best of 2008” lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2008.

The following is a list of the bestselling products on Amazon.com in 2008 by total units sold:

  • Books: “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
  • DVD: “Wall-E” (widescreen single-disc edition)
  • Music: “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay
  • Video Games: Nintendo Wii
  • Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
  • Electronics: Amazon Kindle
  • Home & Garden: Oster 4207 electric wine opener
  • Grocery: Senseo Douwe Egberts dark roast coffee pods
  • Gourmet: Taste of Italy gift basket
  • Health & Personal Care: Groom Mate Platinum XL nose and ear hair trimmer
  • Beauty: Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 foundation
  • Toys: Wild Planet Hyper Dash
  • Baby: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
  • Apparel & Accessories: Levi’s men’s 501 pre-shrunk jeans
  • Shoes and Handbags (Amazon.com and Endless.com): crocs Cayman sandal
  • Jewelry: sterling silver open Double Flower pendant, 16″ – 18″
  • Watches: Casio men’s Pathfinder multi-band solar atomic silver watch
  • Sports & Outdoors: Razor A Kick scooter
  • Home Improvement: First Alert CO600 plug-in carbon monoxide alarm
  • Automotive: Accutire MS-4751WC digital programmable tire gauge with light

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Originally posted on December 29, 2008 @ 10:51 am

Linkin Park to stream Road to Revolution

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Linkin Park is treating fans to a free holiday showing of the international broadcast version of their new concert DVD Road to Revolution– Live At Milton Keynes (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros. Records). The footage will stream for 24 hours beginning 12:01 am on December 24 via the Linkin Park Media Player on linkinpark.com. At the same time, Meebo will let fans discuss the new DVD in real time in the Linkin Park Meebo Room.


“We wanted to give the fans something special for the holidays,” says Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington. “The Milton Keynes show was a special concert for us and by streaming it online, we can share that experience with all of our fans around the world.”



The Linkin Park media player gives fans the opportunity to engage with Linkin Park content online through their own web sites and communities. Viewers get instant access to exclusive content, and can enjoy a rich catalog of live performances and music videos. In addition to keeping in touch with the band, fans use the media player as a form of expression on their own sites, and as a communication tool among other fans. Hosted on more than 20,000 sites across the web, the player empowers Linkin Park fans to own a piece of one of their favorite bands. The band will also use a Meebo Room to enable real-time social interactions between fans during the free streaming event on December 24th. Fans can download the Linkin Park Media Player, which will be featured along with the band’s Meebo Room. Linkin Park will also integrate the Meebo Room into linkinpark.com on a permanent basis to let fans continue conversations about the band that began during the DVD showing.

Originally posted on December 23, 2008 @ 11:48 am