Two Reuters Journalists Missing in Syria

Two Reuters journalist have gone missing in Syria this past week.  Suleiman al-Khalidi and Khaled al-Hariri have not communicated with their collegues since Monday.  The rest of the Reauters family are extremely concerned about their safety and have already contacted a Syrian official to gain information on the missing journalist.

Both journalist have been working for the Reuters for the past 20 years and are extremely committed to sharing the struggles of the Middle Eastern countries that are in the middle of revolutions at the moment.  Khalidi and Hariri are not the only two journalist to be detained in Syria. A Jordanian correspondent for Reuters, Khaled Yacoub Oweis, was also detained on Friday for his "unprofessional and false coverage of events", according to the Syrian Information Ministry.

Syria has been facing challenging times for the past two weeks due to protest that have been supporting their Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, who is currently facing some trouble.

Article URL - The Huffington Post

Evan Williams, Former Twitter CEO, Steps Back From The Company

The co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Evan Williams, has decided to step down from his position with Twitter and allow his peers to continue working on the evolution of Twitter.  Williams claims that he isn't leaving the Twitter company completely, however it will no longer be his full time position.  When asked what he plans on doing now that he will have more time Williams confessed that he has a new project under way. 

Evan Williams created Twitter along with Bizz Stone and Jack Dorsey in 2006, however within the last two years it's popularity has grown and now millions of people all over the world find time to tweet messages.  Williams is confident in knowing that the Twitter team he helped put together is more than capable of making Twitter a "mainstream relevancy".

Jack Dorsey also returned to the Twitter company as Executive Chairmen in Charge of Product.  With all the new changes to the Twitter team we can only be excited to see the Twitter of the future.

Article URL - The Huffington Post

Riding the Jersey Wave, MTV Wraps Quarter with Poufy High Ratings

Thanks to the outrageous Reality TV show Jersey Shore, Viacom's MTV has reached its highest ratings within the last 5 years.  MTV's young viewership jumped 27% from its first quarter in 2010.  The Jersey Shore's main demographic is viewers between the ages of 12-34.  Not only did the Jersey Shore's ratings top MTV's charts but it also beat the most viewed program on television at the moment, American Idol. 

Now that the show is MTV's highest rated show EVER we will continue to see the cast for a fourth season that will be filmed in Italy.  A major reason for a fourth season has to do with the huge fan base the show has created.  With 7.9 million viewers per episode, the Jersey Shore cast quickly rose to celebrity status and can been found on any magazine. 

MTV also has to thank their other Reality sitcom, Teen Mom 2, for their ratings success.  The program quickly became cable television's number 2 show and generates 3.8 million viewers per episode. 


Viacom's other popular TV station Nickelodeon reached a new quarter high in viewership thanks to a few of their new programs: "Bubble Gummies", "Max & Ruby", "Team Umizoomi", and "Go Diego, Go". Due to the success of Nickelodeon and MTV, Viacom's stocks in Wall Street are doing very well and have recently been selling for $ 46.65 a share. 



Article URL - Los Angeles Times

Dell Says Apple iPad Will Fail In Enterprise

Dell's Global Head of Marketing for Large Enterprises and Public Organizations, Andy Lark made a strong statement about Apple's iPad and his hold over the tablet enterprise.  He strongly believe that the iPad will not survive the very enterprise that Apple paved the way for.  Shortly after the release of the first ever iPad we began to see other forms of tablets from other companies.

A major reason for his statement is due to the Apple iPad's price.  He boldly stated that a consumer would spend $1,500 - $1,600 when purchasing an iPad, keyboard, mouse and case.  However Macgasm has done the research on prices and was shocked to see that the total is actually $666, and with an iPad 2 the total is $1,000; both are way less than what Andy Lark stated. 

He continued by stating that Dell's new tablet will be extremely successful and there isn't a tablet out at the moment like Dell's.

URL Link - The Huffington Post

News Corp. Said to Approach Vevo.com About Myspace Joint Venture

News Corp, who currently owns Myspace, have plans to hand over control of the site to a new company before June 2011.  As of right now Vevo.com is one of the interested companies and both News Corp and Vevo.com are talking it out at the moment.  If Vevo.com gains control of Myspace, it will be ' in exchange for a stake in a new venture' for News Corp. However details of this new venture were not revealed.

Vevo.com is the 5th largest video site and offers advertising-supported music videos.  If they gain control of Myspace, their main interest will be the websites music pages and fan pages.  They are interested in expanding the sites entertainment factor. 

News Corp introduced a new Myspace design in February however the sites new design did not save it from it's shrinking traffic number.  During the same time as the launch of the new Myspace design; the website's traffic went down to 62.6 million which is 29% less then the sites traffic from October 2010.

  Article URL : Bloomberg

Apple Teases WWDC 2011 Announcements: 'Future of IOS' but No I-Phone 5?

The future of the I-Phone 5 does not look like it will be reveiled during Apple's yearly Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).  As of right now Appple has stated that the conference will include the 'Future of the IOS' software and nothing else.  This comes to a big shocker for Apple consumers who have been awaiting the arrival of the new I-Phone 5.

The conference will take place in San Fransisco between June 6-10th and  attendees will  get a preview of what is new with the IOS software as well as attend hands-on workshop sessions. 

Last year Apple was in the middle of a scandal when their beloved I-Phone 4 was leaked after being left at a bar by an Apple employee.  Many believe that Apple did this on purpose in order to create buzz over the new cell phone release, however that has never been proven.  Steve Jobs has always come up with innovative ways to advertise his products, therefore we must all wait patiently to see what he has in store for Apple consumers now. 

Article URL :The Huffington Post

Egypt's military dissolves Parliament, Suspends Constitution

Shortly following the resignation of Hosni Mubarak the military suspended the constitution and will remain in power for the next 6 months or until elections will be held.  As apart of their suspension of the constitution they will also be proposing changes to it which will then be submitted to voters for their thoughts. 

Not only does the government have to be restored but so does the national banks of Egypt.  According to many bank workers Mubarak's family appointed their friends to high level positions at the bank with large incomes.  Since the resignation of Mubarak - changes will also be held at the national banks causing them to closed until Wednesday.

It is a huge step forward for the civilians of Egypt to have Mubarak step down from office however how long will the military have to be in charge? Can Egypt fall into the same fate as Iran? Now that Mubarak has stepped down the civilians of Egypt must work together to get a new government instated as quickly as possible.  Many of the protesters do not feel that the fight is over and choose to remain protesting on the streets of Egypt until the government is put together.  The people of Egypt are extremely excited for this new life they will live however the changes must move quickly before they begin to loose faith in their country. 

Egypt's military dissolves Parliament, Suspends Constitution