MSN.com set to get a major design update
Yahoo and AOL have gone through major updates in the recent times.
It is the turn of Microsoft owned MSN.com to launch a brand new user interface.
The new design is currently accessible through a different URL as they are testing it.
MSN.com would no longer feature [...]

Intuit: Mint.com acquisition complete
Intuit has announced that they have completed the acquisition of rival company Mint.com.
The deal was announced several weeks ago and it was around USD 170 million.
Mint.com CEO Aaron Patzer would now become the vice president and general manager of Intuit’s personal finance group.
This group is responsible for Quicken range [...]

Jed Stremel latest executive to leave Facebook
Facebook has lost another senior executive.
This time it’s Jed Stremel who was the Facebook’s Director of Mobile.
He has been working at Facebook for the last four years.
Facebook has not yet commented on his departure.
Facebook recently lost another executive Josh Elman to Twitter.

Amazon PayPhrase launched to make shopping faster and easier
Amazon has launched a new feature on their service which is designed to make shopping faster this holiday season.
Amazon PayPhrase enables the user to set up shortcuts with details on address and a credit card number. The shortcuts are accompanied with a PIN number.
Once [...]

Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian leaving Reddit
Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian have announced that they would leave the company that manages the popular online social bookmarking service Reddit.
They are the founders of the service along with Chris Slowe who is staying with the company.
Reddit is now owned by Condé Nast which acquired [...]

New CNN.com is now online!
CNN news channel had been working on a brand new edition of their website for sometime now.
They showcased a preview to some media groups last week. CNN had stated that the new version was scheduled to be launch on Monday.
They did not wait for long enough and you [...]

Newsday to charge USD 5 per week for online access
Newsday has announced that they would charge USD 5 per week for access to their website.
This would be applicable from next week.
Access to the service would be free for the customers of Cablevision Systems internet customers and people who subscribe to the newspaper.
Cablevision [...]

AOL wants to become a content company?
AOL has long been known as the company that provided dial-up internet access in the US market.
The company has been working hard on changing the core of their business. The aim has been to generate revenues through online advertising.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has now stated that [...]

Hulu could go paid sometime next year
News Corporation has already hinted that they are planning a subscription based model for the Hulu service in which they are partnering with other media giants ABC and NBC.
The company has now hinted that the new model could be launched as early as next year as they [...]

CNN.com relaunch coming this Monday!
CNN.com is one of the most visited news website on the web today.
The company has been working on a brand new edition of their website and it would go live this coming Monday.
The new edition is expected to be data intensive as it would feature more videos compared [...]