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The shocking news that PC sales fell 13.9 percent in this past quarter would have you thinking that Microsoft was on its way out. So how in the heck was Microsoft able to pull a billion in extra revenue out of its hat? Based on the response to the Boston Marathon bombing, social media has once again become the place to which many people turn in a national crisis. There were thousands of Tweets and Facebook comments related to the deadly attacks. Just after 4:30 p.m. EDT when the market closed, IBM announced results for its first quarter, and the news was not good, but not terrible. As a member of the press, I'm sometimes amazed by how certain developments take on a life of their own and how the facts or lack thereof occasionally get in the way of a "good story." Unfortunately, we've witnessed in the case of the AP and CNN saying that the authorities had arrested a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings what happens when we in the press get ahead of ourselves. The inevitable result is headlines and stories that create as much confusion as they do hype. Rumors have been circulating recently about Twitter's upcoming music service, which was predicted to launch at last weekend's Coachella music festival. Today, Twitter has finally unveiled the launch of Twitter #music, a music service that will use Twitter activity to list popular songs, highlight emerging artists, and promote musicians' Twitter profiles. It will also allow users to tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio straight from the app. Just yesterday, social networking mega site LinkedIn added capabilities to its application for both Android and iOS devices. The newly added features are touted with powering a more interactive mobile experience overall, and for the first time, ads are now being displayed on users' smartphones. As warmer weather rapidly approaches and many of us prepare to switch from heavy sweaters into bathing suits, Facebook is planning on unveiling new video ads in early June. While each advertisement costs only a mere $1 million, demographics to be targeted include women over and under 30, as well as the same age range for men. Google has updated its YouTube iOS app to version 1.3, including….drumroll…support for live streaming. That's a functionality that would have been nice for iPhone-toting music fans to have over the weekend, when the Coachella Festival live-streamed its performances to the Web-based version of YouTube.
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