Tag: MSNBC

EveryBlock is a hyperlocal site designed to give you a ton of information about what's going on in your city and neighborhood. You know, assuming you live in one of the 15 cities covered by the service. But that's still better than the 3 cities EveryBlock covered when we first looked at the service last year. And don't be surprised if EveryBlock grows dramatically over the next year or two, ...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a new application for Windows Vista Media Center that lets users browse, search, and watch videos from MSNBC News on their media center PCs. The new MSNBC News Beta should be available under the TV + Movies section in Vista Media Center. If you don't see it, try forcing an update by navigating to the automatic downloads option in the settings tab and hitting the ...

Are you bored of reading news sites that all look the same, or staring at rows and rows of headlines in your RSS reader? MSNBC has something you might want to see. The new Spectra Visual Newsreader grabs MSNBC stories, color-coded by category, and sends them flying around your screen like index cards in a wind tunnel. Maybe you don't want to get your news this way all the time, but it's fun to ...

MSNBC has acquired Newsvine, a socially driven news site. Newsvine will continue to operate as an independent news site and will not be folded into MSNBC.com, but Newsvine technology will be added to the MSNBC website. That means you'll probably see more social features including user-generated articles and links to news elsewhere on the web. Content from Newsvine columnists could also wind up on ...

The New York Times is reporting that "Microsoft and NBC announced yesterday that they would dissolve their joint ownership of the cable news channel MSNBC, with NBC taking control." NBC will be taking an 82% stake in the channel and will be the sole owner within two years. Their online partnership, however will continue. Head over to the NYT article for plenty of details. ...