The Geek Media would like to welcome our newest Affiliate The Simian Downtime Analyst . tSDA is a blog that leans towards the technical side of things but, also covers web 2.0 and social media news. Welcome to The Geek Media!

This is a specific call out to creators of new media. That means blogs, podcasts, video casts, comics…the whole nine yards. If you’re looking for a place where you can be a part of a growing community, have the ability to network with others and, get your media promoted then we’re looking for you.

Here are the categories we are looking to fill out;
- Music; We’re looking for two more music related Affiliates. You could be an independent musician or composer, have a music related blog or podcast or video cast.
- Comics; We’re looking for web comics or, media about web comics. If you have your own comic or, you have some media dealing with comics we’d be happy to talk about affiliation. We’re looking for 3 Affiliates in that category.
- Culture; That’s our “general geek” category. If your media is about everything under the geeky sun then that’s a place for you! We’re looking for 3 new Affiliates in that category.
- Tech; We’re looking for 2 new tech related Affiliates. Everything super tech, super geeky and web 2.0-centric!
- Charities; TGM is always on the look out to support a charity that we can back. Currently, we heavily support Trade ins for Troops and, Child’s Play Charity. If you’d like to talk to us about your charity and, see what we can do to help please e-mail us.

At this time, we are accepting no new gaming related media. Keep an eye on TGM’s site and we’ll let all you gamers know when new gaming related media is going to come in.

If you want to talk to us about Affiliation, write us at TheGeekMedia@gmail.com !

The Chief Technology Officer of Segway (yes, the scooter) is joining Apple as VP of Apple Product Design. The announcement that came from the Segway chat forums started with; “Doug Field, the chief technology officer at Segway who heads their entire engineering team (and has since Day 1), is leaving Segway to become a VP of product design at Apple.” Field is said to be a big fan of Apple products and, their designs.

This could be interesting to the geeky world. Considering Apple’s new VP of Product Design spent quite some time on a “personal transport vehicle”. What’s next from Apple? A car that has all the bells and whistles of an iPhone? Or maybe the “iScooter”! We could definitely see some products coming from Apple in the future that were tailored for our own vehicles. Maybe Apple will improve on the GPS navigators or Satellite Radio for our cars. We’ll see.

Awhile ago, we gave some information on Affiliated and original media TGM is looking for. Some of those have been filled but, we are still looking for some more media affiliated with these categories.

Tech
Web Comic
Music

Just a small note. All music related Affiliates need to be either independent artists that distribute their content on their own. Or, a podcast/media that contains only royalty-free or independent music.

If you’ve got something for us then send us an e-mail TheGeekMedia@gmail.com

Rumors of Verizon Wireless buying Alltel have been flying for some time. As of June 4th, the rumors are put to rest. Verizon announced they had reached an agreement with Alltel to purchase the 5th largest wireless carrier in the US for $28.1 billion. Verizon’s purchase of Alltel will make Verizon Wireless the carrier with the largest amount of subscribers in the Nation. AT&T Wireless will be the second largest carrier.

Read the full story at Network World and BBC News

Candace’s opinion on this: I’ve been a very happy Verizon customer for four years now. Though I do understand the business move Verizon has made with this purchase, I’m more looking to see how this will benefit the subscribers of both Verizon and Alltel. Will I be able to add Alltel customers to my list of “in” calling? Will I be able to have all the features I’m offered with fellow Verizon customers as well as Alltel subscribers? I’ll be keeping an eye on this to see what develops.