Cablevision announced that they will be paying over $1.36 billion for cable services operator company Bresnan Communications.  One of Bresnan Communications owners include Providence Equity Partners and Quadrangle Group.  The deal is all-cash.  Cablevision beat other companies at the acquisition.  Another bidder included Suddenlink Communications.

Foursquare has added a “Add to Foursquare” button to the pages of the The Wall Street Journal.  This allows visitors to have one click access for filling up to-do lists.  While WSJ is a great place to start, I think adding a Foursquare button to Yelp and other restaurant review websites could benefit from this button too.  Below is a screenshot of how the button looks on the WSJ article.

MTV is on the hunt to hire a social media expert for a position called Twitter Jockey.  The Twitter Jockey will interact with MTV fans constantly.  Currently MTV has 18 potential candidates, but is looking to hire two more.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is investing a lot of time and money on Windows Phone 7.  PocketGamer has reported that Microsoft is contacting several “successful iPhone developers” to port their applications to WP7 Marketplace for cash in return.  However porting apps over won’t be easy for developers.

The Pantech Ease smartphone is arriving on AT&T June 20th. The Pantech Ease has a large 3.2″ touchscreen display and sliding QWERTY keyboard. The phone can quickly switch between Easy and Advanced modes. The Pantech Ease sells for $69.99 with a $50 mail in rebate and a 2 year service plan. A minimum $20 messaging or data plan is also required. Full press release below.

The Sony PlayStation 3 is equipped to handle stereoscopic 3D games.  This is a perfect technology to use if you plan to buy a 3D capable HDTV.  Sony also announced the 3D capable BRAVIA HDTV today. The following games and demos will be available in stereoscopic 3D starting tomorrow: WipEout HD, Super Stardust HD, PAIN, and MotorStorm Pacific Rift.  [PlayStation Blog]

The police has arrested a 20 year old man in Gilbert, Arizona who attempted to trade an iPod and marijuana for an iPad.  Jacob Walker placed an ad on Craigslist about the trade and even included a picture of the marijuana.  Above is a screenshot of the ad.  Undercover police detectives arranged to meet Walker and the intersection of Val Vista and Warner.  Walker arrived to the meeting point with the items and presented the marijuana to the police officer.  Joseph Velarde, who was with Walker was also arrested.  Below is news coverage of the event.

The Sigma SD15 Digital SLR camera was announced this past February.  The camera will hit the market on June 25th.  The camera has a 14 megapixel Foveon X3 direct image sensor and it is capable of capturing RGB colors at every pixel location that is arranged in three layers.  The SD15 camera also has a TRUE II image processing engine.  [UberGizmo]