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GolfChannel: If Tiger Woods ever deserved a "get out of jail free" card for facing the media, it was Thursday after the 14-time major winner shot a 7-over 77 in the PGA Championship.

Don't like the government telling you to buy a CFL? There's no need to take up arms

It's often tough to explain startups and new tech and what they do, especially if no one's ever done it before.

You say you want a revolution?

With a quarter of a million followers between them, the men and women behind a few of the better faux accounts show us how to create and maintain successful, character-driven Twitter feeds. All kinds of quippy characters populate my Twitter feed. There are the "newsies" intent on dishing out the latest info nuggets, the "media-obsessives" grappling with the state of our industry, those snark-laced counter-punchers I'll call "quipsters," and the "newbies" who, with only a handful of followers, are just beginning to find their way.

The ad analytics company is about to release a new service that will tell advertisers who’s seeing their ads--anywhere on the Internet.

As a design student in Detroit, Veronika Scott was keenly aware of the increasing numbers of homeless people suffering deeply during the relentless winters. At the tender age of 21, she created The Detroit Empowerment Plan not to solve homelessness, but to provide much-needed warmth to the city's 20,000 street dwellers

The 20th century was highly unusual when it comes to the media and to the way people receive and exchange information. [More]

In an exclusive interview with the man behind the popular fake Twitter feed @osamainhell, Fast Company finds out what it takes to do 24/7 Twitter satire, along with some tips for aspiring comedians. Twitter is chock full of humorous fake feeds with massive cult followings. The microblogging service's 140-character message limit has turned out to be the perfect forum for one-line zingers, as the individuals behind @fakeapstylebook , @bpglobalpr and @mayoremanuel all discovered for themselves

The latest addition to Meridian’s Sooloos Digital Media System—which Robb Report included in its 2011 Best of the Best selections (www.robbreport.com/Best-of-the-Best-2011-Audio-Meridian-Sooloos-Digital-Media-System)—provides the system with a mass-storage, multi-zone solution. The new Media Core 600 combines 4 terabytes of storage with a high-quality digital-to-analog processor and the ability to output to six ...

With 500,000 downloads in less than a month, a neo-noir thriller by newcomer Justin Eugene Evans shoots down the standard distribution model in favor of video-sharing site VODO. For director Justin Eugene Evans, making the movie was the easy part.

A Tibetan advocacy group recently held the world's first video press conference via Google+ Hangouts. While the goal might have been to get attention from techies and journalists, it also gave us a glimpse into the future of video conferencing. A Tibetan advocacy group held what appeared to be the world's first Google+ -powered video press conference this past Friday.

Digital media giant Glam believes, "the author is the brand." So it's giving micro-sites such as SheFinds, HealthCastle.com, and Gear Patrol tools for their own micro-social networks. Here’s why that’s good for readers--and advertisers. Glam Media upended conventional publishing notions six years ago after discovering readers were increasingly seeking out authors instead of media properties--or, as Glam CEO Samir Arora tells

TapIn's iPad app reorients news, classifieds, and events around precise locations, making every user feel like a local expert. The local news industry is in disarray. Local ad revenue has plummeted

It happens to the best of us. Sometimes we fail a customer