Tech and social media news
British music competition seen on TV, the “X-Factor” has been criticized over the weekend with many saying that the show is indeed a fix, something of which in the past has been denied. Originally started back in 2004 by its creator and then judge Simon Cowell, the show sees members of the … [Read more...]
Pop sensation Justin Bieber who pulled at fans’ heart strings with his single “Baby,” is now defending himself with rumors that he has fathered a baby boy who was born in July. News comes as a 20-year old fan by the name of Mariah Yeater claims that after Bieber finished his concert at Los … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter since its launch back in 2006, is now home to some 200 million plus users, and is shared with celebrities as well as the likes of you and us. … [Read more...]
Those of you waiting for news on the new iTunes Match service and when it will be available haven’t got too much longer to wait. Reports from some iOS 5 users have stated that the new iTunes Match option on the Music Section of their settings has become visible. … [Read more...]
If there were ever a music video that needed to go viral it would be “A Duet With Siri” by Jonathan Mann, it’s hilarious and sums up what a lot of iPhone 4S users have experienced with Apple’s Siri.You can see the 2-minute and 30 second video below this post, which shows Jonathan Mann … [Read more...]
Many will be glad when this week has officially ended and we start another week off, with brighter news. Ok, so the new iPhone 4S from Apple was announced and could be pre-ordered from Friday, but we've experienced the saddened loss of Apple's Steve Jobs who passed away a day after the new iPhone … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook is proving as popular as ever and user numbers are now above 750 million. From what started off as a small experiment aimed at students around the Harvard University campus, has now ended up going global. Users can contact friends and acquaintances and add to … [Read more...]
American rapper and social media star Lil Wayne has broken an iTunes record with sales of his new album, "Tha Carter IV". Wayne's new album has only been available for 4 days and has already sold more than 348,000 digital copies. Digital music purchases are rising rapidly, with a third of the … [Read more...]
Today celebrates the life and music of famous singer and frontman of Queen “Freddie Mercury” and what would have been his 65th birthday. Search engine Google have embraced the legend with their own fitting Google Doodle which coincidentally if clicked onto will automatically show clips and … [Read more...]
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday night and the growing impact of social media on big TV events once again made its mark. Previous Twitter landmarks were surpassed by the announcement of Beyonce Knowles’ pregnancy, which saw a new Twitter record being set. Below this story you … [Read more...]
Two major TV shows begun another run last week and the role of social media in TV today soon became evident. First we had the return of Celebrity Big Brother and fans were soon taking to Twitter to complain about the lack of live feed. Then on Saturday it was time for the return of the X Factor, … [Read more...]
There have been reports recently of a new music service from RIM and there are now some unconfirmed details leaking through on this service, for now dubbed BlackBerry Music. It’s no secret that RIM is trying to appeal to more general consumers than the enterprise market and the BlackBerry … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter has now attracted over 250 million followers since its initial beginnings back in 2006. A range of people log onto the site everyday including some big celebrity names. Past articles we've written about have included a huge range of topics, be it businesses … [Read more...]
Today the harrowing scenes in London are laid bear for all to see. TV, the internet, radio channels, social networking sites and so on have all been reporting on the spreading riots that are taking over the City as well as other parts of the country. Mindless protesters have been smashing their … [Read more...]
One of the world's greatest bands “U2” which have been bracing us with their presence since the late seventies early eighties, have now thought up of yet another ingenious way of giving all their fans the chance to see them, we'll talking through the use of social media. … [Read more...]
There's no doubt that when we think of The Beatles or the Fab Four as they're also known, that we associate the band members as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Star and George Harrison. But what a lot of us may not realise or tend to forget is that it wasn’t always this way. Aged 69 years of … [Read more...]
There's no doubt about it that Samsung's new Galaxy S II (S2) is wowing a huge audience of consumers. Outselling its predecessor the Galaxy S, the phone is now available in many countries including the UK, Hong Kong, Korea, India and more recently China, but surprisingly the US is still waiting and … [Read more...]
Yesterday came the devastating news for some fans that their pop idol “Amy Winehouse” had indeed passed away. Reports had been circling on the internet that during the course of Saturday 23rd July, an emergency call had been made for paramedics to come to the aid of a woman in Camden, London. … [Read more...]
We recently talked about Facebook code that points to a new music service and today talked about how Spotify has now landed in the U.S. We now have more music news for you, this time about a new Facebook app called ONErpm from ONErpm.com, which enables musicians to sell their music globally, all … [Read more...]
Earlier today we talked about the new YouTube video from Keenan Cahill and members of the Glee cast and how this young man had become an Internet phenomenon. It’s fair to say that without YouTube some common household names would never have been heard of and along with Keenan, Rebecca Black is … [Read more...]
Way back in November last year we reported on teenager, Keenan Cahill, who had become popular on YouTube with a series of videos of him lip-synching to hit songs by the likes of Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. At that time 50 Cent had just actually appeared in the latest Keenan Cahill video and … [Read more...]
Its that time of year again, when revellers can enjoy one of the many summer music festivals. It could be Glastonbury, V-Festival, T in the Park, Radio One's Big Weekend and so on. Another is that of the Oxegen held in Ireland, well to be exact the Punchestown Racecourse near Naas, County Kildare. … [Read more...]
We spoke a little earlier on how important it is for large social networking sites to regularly update and add new features so that they can healthily compete with each other. We are seeing this with YouTube and the "Cosmic Panda" trial. Facebook are not by any means holding back in their quest … [Read more...]
Its hard to believe that the King of Pop “Michael Jackson,” passed away two years ago. For many fans, they will always remember the time and place of when they first heard of the superstar's death. As well as TV and radio channels broadcasting the news, social networking sites such as Facebook, … [Read more...]
One of the celebrities that we write about the most on OSM is Lady Gaga as she is such a social media force. Just recently for example, we’ve told about ‘The Edge of Glory’ video being premiered on Vevo, about a YouTube viral video from Google Chrome and Lady Gaga and also a digital scavenger … [Read more...]
