Web-enabled film and TV network EPIX has signed Emmy award-winning comedy writer Larry Charles to make an original, single-camera, half-hour comedy series called iCON . The series will take place in and poke fun at the Silicon Valley tech culture. Dan Lyons will also write for the series.

Many were hopeful that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek might reveal details about the U.S. launch of the popular European music-streaming service at today’s SXSW Interactive keynote

GeoCities may have been a relic from the 90s , but to many it was and still is an important online place for their user-created communities and memories.

Today has been a day of remembrance and reflection as we mark the eight year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Partly to honor those that were lost, President Obama yesterday proclaimed September 11th Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.

Most of the Apple faithful walked away happy from this week’s Apple Rock and Roll event announcements this week, except notably at least a subset of iPhone developers. According to Information Week , the redesign of the App Store that accompanied the release of iTunes 9 could have significant implications for developers, particularly those with apps in the long tail . The new layout of the App Store focuses on creating a big, scrollable browsing area for each application category, but makes it difficult to figure out how to browse by genre subcategories.