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  • How Apple Disrupts Markets and then Goes on to Dominate

    Digital Tonto
    Greg
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:20 am
    While we would all like to dream up the next big thing, unless we’re focused on our core market, we won’t be able to support breakthrough innovation. If we don’t look beyond our direct competitors, we we’ll always be beholden to industry ups and downs. Related posts: 4 Digital Laws The Artist and The Engineer 5 Reasons Why Apple Will Win Again with the iPad Apple’s (not so) Stupid Strategy A Radical Shift Toward Design

  • The Future of Retail

    Digital Tonto
    Greg
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:57 am
    The future of retail is not a storefront, but an omnichannel, where digital, virtual and physical all merge into one. Related posts: Why Social Commerce Will Be Different than E-Commerce A Marketer’s Guide to the Next Web Why Advertisers Need to Start Taking Online Video Seriously The Future I Saw at CES 2012 5 Crucial Aspects of a Digital Media Transition

  • Digital First Media's Jim Brady Elected President of Online News Association Board of Directors

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    25 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    WASHINGTON, DC-- - The Online News Association , the world's largest membership organization of digital journalists, announced today that Jim Brady , Editor-in-Chief, Digital First Media, was elected President ...

  • Strategic Shift

    Digital Tonto
    Greg
    22 Jan 2012 | 5:08 am
    The strategist must evolve from a master who gives the orders to a facilitator who makes the process work. Related posts: 3 Levels of Strategy The Evolution of Advertising Strategy The Failure of Strategy (and Strategists) 4 Types of Strategy What Is Strategy?

  • The Future I Saw at CES 2012

    Digital Tonto
    Greg
    15 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
    CES 2012 showed that the technology we do have is getting much, much more useful. It’s becoming integrated, intuitive and more reliable. We’re not so much chasing the next big thing, but fulfilling old promises to the average consumer. Related posts: How Mobile Marketing Is Different How Traditional Media Can Successfully Make the Transition to Digital How To Unlock Creativity Guest Post: What We Can Learn from Chinese Digital Culture The Ultimate Code
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    TED Blog

  • New TED Book asks: can changing how we teach make our kids smarter, more creative?

    Jim Daly
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Ten years ago, educator Sugata Mitra and his colleagues cracked open a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, installed a networked PC, and left it there for the local children to freely explore. What they quickly saw in their ‘Hole in the Wall’ experiment was that kids from one of the most desperately poor areas of the world could, without instruction, quickly learn how the PC operated. The children also freely collaborated, exploring the world of high-tech online connectivity with ease. The experiment (which provided the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog…

  • Extreme swimming with the world’s most dangerous jellyfish: Diana Nyad on TED.com

    Emily McManus
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:57 am
    In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to Florida. In this funny, powerful talk at TEDMED, she talks about how to prepare mentally to achieve an extreme dream, and asks: What will YOU do with your wild, precious life? (Recorded at TEDMED 2011, October 2011, in San Diego, California. Duration: 16:58) Watch Diana Nyad’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 1,000+ TEDTalks. Learn more…

  • Event innovations from TEDx events: We pick 5

    tedblogguest
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:11 pm
    TEDx events — powered by passionate volunteer hosts and committed audience members — are hotbeds of innovation, and we’re constantly looking to them for what’s next in event planning, audience participation and outreach. Each month, the TEDx team picks 10 great event ideas bubbling up from the TEDx community, highlighting them in a newsletter and on the TEDx Innovations page on the TEDx site. We’ve picked five of our January favorites below — see all 10 on the TEDx Innovations page, where you can also sign up for February’s newsletter. (And if you…

  • A primer on 3D printing: Lisa Harouni on TED.com

    Emily McManus
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things — including intricate objects once impossible to create. (Recorded at TEDSalon London, November 2011, in London, UK. Duration: 14:50) Watch Lisa Harouni’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 1,000+ TEDTalks.

  • Is there a real you? Julian Baggini on TED.com

    tedstaff
    22 Jan 2012 | 10:41 am
    What makes you, you? Is it how you think of yourself, how others think of you, or something else entirely? At TEDxYouth@Manchester, Julian Baggini draws from philosophy and neuroscience to give a surprising answer. (Recorded at TEDxYouth@Manchester, August 2011, in Miami Beach, Florida. Duration: 12:14) Watch Julian Baggini’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 1,000+ TEDTalks.
 
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    Inside Digital Media

  • Explaining the Wikipedia Blackout

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:29 pm
    “Gee, Granddad (or Granny), tells us again about the day the Wikipedia went dark!” Today’s 18-minute audio interview is with Jim Burger who is a copyright attorney with Dow, Lohnes in Washington, D. C. He’s specialized in copyright law for thirty years and prior to Dow, Lohnes was on the legal staff at Apple. Wikipedia turned out the lights yesterday to protest two bills in Congress. Proponents claim the bills need to be enacted in order to protect movies, recorded music, and other “intellectual property” from piracy. Opponents assert enactment of the bills will, (a) censor the…

  • First Certified White Space Radio

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    6 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Today’s sixteen minute audio interview is with William Koos, Jr. who is the Chief Executive Officer of KTS Wireless. For the past 30 years his company has been a specialty-maker of high performance radios for both military and commercial markets. Presently, KTS produces the only TV Band White Space transceiver certified by the Federal Communications Commission. “Billy” discusses the earlier trials that KTS did with White Spaces under experimental licenses. He also shares his thoughts regarding how the White Spaces market will evolve in both the United States and abroad. Download…

  • Future Unlicensed Wireless Networks

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    23 Dec 2011 | 9:22 am
    Today’s nineteen minute audio interview is with Lior Shemesh who is the Chief Financial Officer of Israel-based Alvarion. His company is a maker of WiMax and WiFi equipment. Future unlicensed wireless Internet access networks will use a variety of standards to provide large zones of coverage. Such standards will include WiMax, WiFi, and White Spaces. As users, we won’t know, or care, which standard is being used. All we’ll care about is how well and how fast we are connected wirelessly to the Internet within a wireless coverage zone. Download 19 minute audio interview to iPod, iPhone,…

  • Future Wi-Fi Networks

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    15 Dec 2011 | 1:22 pm
    Today’s podcast is a thirty minute audio interview with Rory Conaway who is the CEO of Triad Wireless Engineering. He is also the author of a constantly growing online book entitled Tales From the Tower which is an excellent source on The Wireless Internet. Triad is a radio engineering consultancy with two basic services. One is to help equipment vendors and wireless operators bid for, and build, economical wireless communications systems, typically not involving cellular carriers. A second function is to advise equipment vendors on future designs. Download thirty minute audio interview…

  • Let’s Retire the iPhone Smartphone

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    13 Dec 2011 | 1:10 pm
    The iPhone resembles a smartphone less than a BMW does a horseless carriage. As noted five years ago in this Inside Digital Media video podcast, the device is more accurately labeled a “teleputer”. (The podcast is so old it was done in Windows Media Video). George Gilder originated the concept about twenty years ago when he envisioned a hand-held unit providing convenient wireless access to a global computer network. It was kind-of the evolutionary destination implied by a popular computer industry slogan at the time, to wit, “the network is the computer.” Download five minute audio…
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    CNET News - Digital Media

  • Twitter boycott looms with censorship accusations

    Dara Kerr
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:53 pm
    When Twitter announced it would withhold tweets country-by-country based on local restrictions, it said it was being more transparent. But some users disagree.

  • Anonymous takes aim over Europe's SOPA

    Elinor Mills
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:36 pm
    Hackers are attacking sites and looking to expose information on European officials in response to the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA critics say it's even worse than the Stop Online Piracy Act floated in the U.S. Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

  • Google thinks that Google+ is Google. Is it?

    Harry McCracken
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm
    If Google+ and Google search aren't two different things, there's no conflict in emphasizing Google+ in search results. Right? Originally posted at Challengers

  • Google Music update makes service useful for backing up tunes

    Jay Greene
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:45 pm
    The Web giant's two-month-old music service now offers users the ability to download songs in bulk, easing the process of restoring a PC music library.

  • Vintage 3D 'wiggle GIFs' respun with library's cool tool

    Edward Moyer
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:28 pm
    In its push to reinvent itself in the Web era, the New York Public Library releases the Stereogranimator, a tool that lets users create flickering 3D GIFs from its archive of "stereographs." Originally posted at Crave
 
 
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    MediaPost | Online Media Daily

  • Capitol Seeks Order Banning ReDigi From Selling 'Used' Tracks

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:09 pm
    EMI's Capitol Records has escalated its legal battle with the start-up ReDigi by asking a federal judge in New York to order the company to stop selling "used" digital songs.

  • Earner Exits PlayFish For Accel

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:45 pm
    John Earner is leaving Playfish to become an entrepreneur in residence at Accel.

  • Report: Google No Threat To Agencies

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    From IPG to WPP, agency holding companies need not worry about Google getting in their way. Ad agencies are the primary beneficiaries of the rise of digital, as increasing fragmentation of consumer media choices significantly expands ways marketers can allocate budgets, notes Pivotal.

  • Tablets Dominate Mobile Purchases

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:17 pm
    The more e-commerce-friendly nature of tablets combined with their proliferation is a welcome trend for retailers focused on the mobile channel. Data shows customers tended to spend 20% to 30% more on tablets than other devices.

  • Apple Keeps Top Spot In Media Value

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:34 pm
    Apple reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the top 20 global brands for media value thanks to buzz about the iPhone 4S release and Steve Jobs' death, according to a report released Friday. The company generated $301,007 value in news media; $309,190 in social media; and $289,765 in Twitter. It built a business model by delivering fun gadgets on propitiatory systems that lock consumers into digital content and cloud services.
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    Exec Digital

  • Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Premieres with Lengthy Battery - Gadgets

    Meaghan Clark
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
      We’ve all seen the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx commercials – I have to say I’m impressed. As a former Droid owner (who conveniently switched over to an iPhone, I might add), Droid was in serious need of repair. Not only did the Motorola device crawl when any social media was added, but the battery life was dismal – forcing daily mid-afternoon charging sessions. Enough was enough. The Motorola Droid team “beefed” up the battery, claims a new CNET review, to create a longer-lasting Motorola Droid Razr Maxx. The slimmer version of the original Droid Razr…

  • Axcelis Announces Timing and Availability of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results and Conference Call - Press Releases

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    26 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    BEVERLY, Mass., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS) today announced it will hold its quarterly earnings call to discuss results for the fourth quarter and full year 2011 on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm ET.  The call will be available to interested listeners via an audio webcast that can be accessed through Axcelis' home page at www.axcelis.com, or by dialing 1. 888.680.0860 (1.617.213.4852 outside North America).  Participants calling into the conference call will be requested to provide the company name, Axcelis Technologies,…

  • IGT unterzeichnet Vertrag mit University of Iceland Lottery - Press Releases

    Automatic by PRO IT
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    LAS VEGAS, January 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) gab heute die sechsjährige Vertragsverlängerung mit der University of Iceland Lottery (UIL) bekannt. Im Rahmen dieser Vereinbarung werden 230 neue G MLD®-Terminals, die über IGTs unübertroffene Graphiken und berühmte 3D-Technologie verfügen, installiert. "Diese Vereinbarung steht für IGTs unerschütterliche Kundenbindung", so Craig Churchill, Senior Vice President International von IGT. "IGT wird weiterhin eine modernisierte, integrierte und innovative Spiel- und…

  • Synaptics Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results - Press Releases

    Automatic by PRO IT
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011.   Net revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 was $145.5 million compared with $159.6 million for the comparable quarter last year.  Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 was $17.4 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, compared with net income of $17.7 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for…

  • BHG comunica aquisição do Grupo Solare - Press Releases

    Automatic by PRO IT
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:15 pm
    SÃO PAULO, 26 de janeiro de 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A BHG S.A. – Brazil Hospitality Group (BM&FBovespa: BHGR3) anuncia assinatura de um contrato para a aquisição da administradora de hotéis Grupo Solare. Com a compra, a BHG iniciará operações no Maranhão, o segundo maior estado da região Nordeste, assumindo a administração hoteleira de 8 hotéis, que totalizam 1.100 quartos à sua carteira. Atualmente, o Grupo Solare é responsável pela operação de 7 hotéis em São Luís, nas categorias…
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    Digital Media Law

  • Live on Larry Mantle re SAG-AFTRA Merger

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    I'll be live on Larry Mantle (http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/) this morning at about 11:05 a.m. PT for a 14 minute segment on SAG-AFTRA merger. Tune in (is that still the verb?) if you have a chance. It'll probably be available archived as well. __________   Check out my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” available on Amazon (also in a Kindle edition). Subscribe to my blog (jhandel.com) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter, friend me on…

  • AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal

    10 Dec 2011 | 1:38 am
    AFTRA and the television networks reached agreement on a new three-year contract today, with the new pact featuring now-standard 2% annual wage increases and an unusually large 1% increase in employer contributions to health and retirement. Notably, the union achieved the H&R increase without employers taking a bite out of the annual wage increase. Usually, a tradeoff between the two is required, which could have reduced one or more of the annual increases to a politically unpalatable 1-1/2% level. An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues’ importance, calling the 1% increase the…

  • Health and Retirement are the Hangup in AFTRA Netcode Negotiations (Exclusive)

    6 Dec 2011 | 9:07 am
    AFTRA’s negotiations with the networks and television producers resume this week and the big issue, according to a source close to the process, is the same one that’s bedeviled Hollywood labor for the past several years: health and retirement. Negotiations began November 7 under a press blackout, but haven’t produced a deal yet. The contract under negotiation – AFTRA’s Network Code, colloquially referred to as the “front of book” – is the union’s largest, and generates more than $250 million a year in member earnings. It covers programs in all television day parts, except…

  • Homeless Military Widow: “My heart is sad for my teenager”

    12 Nov 2011 | 3:35 am
    Cindy Kureth just wants a job and a place to call home. She had both not long ago, but she got laid off, unemployment ran out, and the mortgage company took her home.Now all the Richmond, Virginia mother has is a motel room for herself and her 16-year old son. That, and memories of her husband, former Army Major Elwood Kureth, Jr., who died eleven years ago, when his son was 5. He and Cindy had been married for nineteen years. “Evan worshiped the ground his father walked (on),” Cindy told me in an email. “They were two peas in a pod.”Yesterday was Veterans Day – a day for…

  • Exclusive: WGA East and LA County AFL-CIO Endorse Occupy Wall Steet / Occupy LA

    3 Oct 2011 | 7:53 pm
    In exclusive statements to the Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America, East and the LA County Federation of Labor have endorsed the Occupy protests in NY, LA and elsewhere. The WGA East slammed a “system that has diverted capital (to) a tiny handful of people,” while the LA County Fed called out "corporate bullies, banks and investment firms." Details: The Hollywood Reporter -- LA County Fed story; WGA East story. __________   Check out my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” available on Amazon (also in a Kindle edition). Subscribe to my blog (jhandel.com) for more about…
 
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    Thomas Hawk Digital Connection

  • Flickr Raises and Lowers the Cost of a Pro Account

    Thomas Hawk
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:56 pm
    Flickr mucked around with the pricing on their Pro accounts today. The one year option stays the same price at $24.95. They reduced the 2 year option by $1.50 per year from $47.95 to $44.95 and they raised the price of a year of Pro $2.85 per year for those wanting to pay quarterly to $6.95 per quarter ($27.80 per year). They also announced said that going forward your account would be set up on auto-renewal. I did think the blog post on the pricing change was a little misleading where it says “We’re also dropping the price of a 2 year subscription to $44.95 (a savings of $10.95 off…

  • The Incomplete List of the Top 20 +1ers Who Share the Love on Google+

    Thomas Hawk
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:51 pm
    Yesterday Louis Gray shared an interesting post based on a discussion kicked off by Thomas Morrfew and Thomas Tenkely. The post showed how to find out how many +1s you’ve handed out on Google+. I reshared the post here. So did my good Pal Robert Scoble here. I thought it would be interesting to go around to the various posts and put together a list of the top 20 people who +1 on Google+. This list is wildly inaccurate in that it only includes the people who responded to these posts, but I thought it would be an interesting list of folks nonetheless. I love +1ing on G+. It’s like…

  • I Love New York

    Thomas Hawk
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm
    I thought today would be a good day to post a photo of New York City. I took this photo in the dead of winter while it was raining/snowing in Central Park. Tonight’s Episode of Photo Talk Plus with my cohost Lotus Carroll will include five New Yorkers talking about photography — our special guest, New York Professional Photographer Daniel Krieger, along with our New Yorker panelists Alan Shapiro Leanne Staples Vivienne Gucwa (this is her first public hangout) and Google’s Titus Winters. The New York G+ Photo Crew have hosted many photowalks there in NYC now and promise to…

  • Thomas Hawk Original Prints Now Available Through SmugMug

    Thomas Hawk
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Over the years I’ve had many people ask me about purchasing prints of my work. With the rare exception I’ve turned down all of these requests. I’m not sure why. It’s probably mostly been that I’ve been too busy shooting and processing to get around to figuring out a good way to handle fulfillment. Today I’ve begun offering prints of my work for sale for the first time ever. This is a work in progress and it may take me some time to get it right, but SmugMug (disclosure: who sponsor our Photo Talk Plus show on Wed nights) makes it super easy for me to sell…

  • Top 10 Places Where I Find Great Photographers On Google+

    Thomas Hawk
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:43 pm
    Earlier today I shared 1,500 kick ass photographers that I follow on G+ and that post got a lot of response. Ken Zuk posted a comment asking how I find the photographers to follow on Google Plus and what my criteria is for following other photographers. I started writing out a long comment as a response, but it felt more like a blog post so I thought I’d write one up here and then share it as a link response to Ken’s question. The Google+ Photography Community is absolutely the most active, engaged, positive group of photographers I’ve ever seen anywhere on the web. It is…
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    Home Media Magazine

  • Analyst Blasts Pricing on Paramount ‘Disk-free’ UV Movies

    Erik Gruenwedel
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:08 am
    Paramount’s move to offer digital movies on the cloud-based UltraViolet platform that don’t require purchase of a disc is being criticized for its excessive pricing and limited content. Paramount Home Media Distribution Jan. 25 became the first major studio to sell only UltraViolet digital copies of more than 60 new and catalog titles for either streaming or downloading at ParamountMovies.com. UltraViolet is the industrywide initiative aimed at jumpstarting sellthrough of both physical and digital movies, which can be accessed from the Internet and played on select devices. Frost…

  • Replicators Increasingly Turn to Digital

    Chris Tribbey
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:05 pm
    Adapt or die. After years of DVD decline, content owners have adapted, increasingly looking for digital outlets and solutions for their wares. And along with the content owners, the replicators have adapted as well. Once focused on disc, the three major replicators — Sony DADC, Cinram and Technicolor — all have made major inroads in the digital realm. The global shift toward greater consumer demand for access and control over content, paired with all the new media platforms vying for consumer attention, has put the pressure on both content owners and replicators to, as one Sony…

  • Harley Lond Joins FilmCrave.com

    Ashley Ratcliff
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:27 pm
    Harley W. Lond, former news editor of The Hollywood Reporter, has joined the staff at FilmCrave.com, where he will write the weekly DVD blog. “I like to shake things up and I like sites that do the same,” Lond said. “FilmCrave has this grassroots appeal — it's the community that drives the site, instead of someone from the top down.” Previously, Lond served as a night editor and blogger for AOL Moviefone, where he wrote the weekly new DVD release blog. He also was editor of Boxoffice Magazine. Lond concurrently is the webmaster at home video site OnVideo.org.

  • Oliveira Named VP, Manager of Brazil for Paramount

    Chris Tribbey
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:22 pm
    Paramount Home Media Distribution has named Davi Oliveira its VP and managing director of Brazil, reporting to Dave Davis, SVP of Asia Pacific and Latin America physical and digital transactional sales. “I am delighted that Davi is joining Paramount and feel confident that his extensive management experience and strategic vision will be a tremendous asset to our organization,” said Wendy Ferren, EVP and GM of international home media distribution with PHMD. “We look forward to his contributions as we continue to strengthen and expand our global operations.” Oliveira…

  • Image Licenses Select Criterion Films to AT&T U-verse

    Erik Gruenwedel
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:52 pm
    Image Entertainment Jan. 26 said it is licensing select titles from the Criterion Collection to AT&T U-verse, the telecommunication’s company Internet-based television service. The movies include Seven Samurai (directed by Akira Kurosawa), a 1957 Oscar nominee; The 400 Blows (directed by Francois Truffaut), a 1960 Oscar nominee; The Seventh Seal (directed by Ingmar Berman), a 1957 Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize; Amarcord (directed by Federico Fellini), a 1975 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film; House (directed by Nobuhiko Ojbayashi), a 1978 Blue Ribbon Award for Best New…
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  • Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charge

    sjohnson2
    23 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Easton man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two girls under the age of 10. Paul Henry Brown, 70, entered the plea to sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography on Monday. Sentencing is set for April 25. According to the plea agreement, the two girls said they had been repeatedly sexually abused by Brown. In August 2010, Talbot County deputies executed a search warrant at Brown’s residence and seized a camera, flash memory card and other digital media. Authorities found 600 images and videos of child pornography.

  • Under the Bridge

    Brian David Braun
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Sunset photographed from under the Ringling Causeway, January, 22, 2012. Brian David Braun Photography, Sarasota Florida 

  • There Are 7 Billion People In This World – Not Everyone is Going to Like You

    Jayme Canotal
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:45 pm
      Nowadays everybody and their grandmother is on the web and whether businesses like it or not, they probably already have some sort of online presence too. Take Walmart for instance and the website www.peopleofwalmart.com which pokes fun at the different people that shop there. It wasn’t set up by a marketing team at Walmart, trying to be ironic. But whether Walmart can help it or not, it’s out there! Okay, so you can’t help all the unfortunate satirical websites created about your business that develop cult followings online so you might as well take those things in stride. But…

  • One in four web users 'are music pirates' - Telegraph

    Mr G ICT
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:11 pm
    One in four internet users are illegally accessing music through unauthorised sites every month, according to a new report. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9032371/One-in-four-web-users-are-music-pirates.html

  • Bruce Springsteen's Havin' A Ball: A WRECKING BALL, That Is

    jimzippo
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    More details continue to emerge regarding the new [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bruce Springsteen[/lastfm] album Wrecking Ball… The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s 17th studio effort will arrive on March 6 and features 11 new tracks, including the first radio single “We Take Care of Our Own.” Hear it here. Additional sample song titles include “Easy Money,” “Death to My Hometown,” “This Depression,” “Land of Hope and Dreams,” “We Are Alive,” and the title track. HARDCORE BOSS FAN FACTOIDS: Springsteen and…
 
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  • Epson to Release PP-50BD Blu-ray DiscProducer in Early 2012

    Trevor Freeman
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:46 am
    There is a buzz in the industry that Epson is preparing to round out its Discproducer product line with a new model. Expected to debut in early 2012, the new machine will support recording on single and dual-layer Blu-ray discs. If it is true, this move would give Epson a major competitive advantage in the [...]

  • Pioneer Introduces BDR-PR1 Archival Blu-ray Drive

    Trevor Freeman
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:56 am
    Less than a month after Pioneer announced two new Blu-ray writers for the consumer market, they are back with another new Blu ray burner – though this one is aimed at archival users. While an average computer user has little use for archival products, the need for archival storage has been growing steadily during the past [...]

  • Primera Announces Gas Card Mail-In-Rebate Program

    Trevor Freeman
    19 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am
    If you’ve been feeling light in the wallet after filling up, you may want to listen in to this announcement. Primera Technology has just announced their Winter 2012 promotion, and it’s a sweet one. All you have to do is buy a qualifying Bravo product or label printer and you will be eligible to receive [...]

  • Imation Showcases Blu-ray XL at CES 2012 [VIDEO]

    Trevor Freeman
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:17 am
    The folks at the Imation booth were eager to tell us about their Blu-ray XL products on display at CES 2012. Check out our video for the latest scoop on Blu-ray XL writers and media from Imation!

  • Imation Announces Secure DVD and Blu-ray Recordable Discs at CES [VIDEO]

    Trevor Freeman
    13 Jan 2012 | 9:36 pm
    In the world of data storage, security matters. At this year’s CES, Imation announced a new product line of secure DVD and Blu-ray recordable discs. These blank discs come pre-loaded with special software that allows users to encrypt and then burn their data on to write-once discs. The software is compatible with both PC and [...]
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  • South GA's best kept secret:Lomax and The KAL Entertainment Inc. Studio and The Philosophy

    entertainmentkal
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    South GA's best kept secret:Lomax and The KAL Entertainment Inc. Studio and The Philosophy Lomax introduces you to the KAL Entertainment Inc. studio and some of his ideas, opinions, hopes, and endeavors. Always looking to educate young aspiring artists in the field of music production and performance, but NEVER looking to use, or get used by ANY player in the game of the music industry, great or small. Lomax IS and will be a force to be reckoned with in the genre of southern soul blues. From: entertainmentkal Views: 11 3 ratings Time: 02:55 More in Music

  • THE WONDER GIRLS Official TeenNick Trailer

    wondergirls
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:25 pm
    THE WONDER GIRLS Official TeenNick Trailer Check it out at our official website Wonder Girls World: wondergirlsworld.com TeenNick www.teennick.com Wonder Girls' New US Single "The DJ Is Mine"Feat. School Gyrls iTunes itunes.apple.com ▣ Wonder Girls Homepage www.wondergirlsworld.com ▣ Wonder Girls FACEBOOK http ▣ Wonder Girls TWITTER twitter.com ▣ SUN twitter.com ▣ YENNY twitter.com ▣ SOHEE twitter.com ▣ YUBIN twitter.com ▣ LIM twitter.com ▣ JYP Entertainment Homepage www.jype.com Copyrightⓒ 2011. JYP Entertainment. All…

  • Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson & Taylor Lautner -- Entertainment Weekly Cover

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    18 Nov 2011 | 6:26 pm
    Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson & Taylor Lautner -- Entertainment Weekly Cover Facebook.com - Become a Fan! Twitter.com - Follow Us! Breaking Dawn is out in theaters and ClevverTV has the latest on Twilight's leading trio. Hi everyone thanks for joining us on the show. I'm Joslyn Davis with your look at Entertainment Weekly's cover featuring Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart. The title of the article reads: "To Die For -- Sex, Blood, and a vampire baby: The Twilight stars on the wild new movie." As much as Kristen, Rob and Taylor love the movie…

  • ★ Electronics - iPhone 4S Review, by SuperFluous Entertainment - WAY ➚

    TGN
    15 Oct 2011 | 5:29 pm
    ★ Electronics - iPhone 4S Review, by SuperFluous Entertainment - WAY ➚ See the *full* Show! ★ Electronics-show.tgn.tv ★ WAY➚ What is WAY? - See http Chris Hughes from SuperFluous Entertainment brings you a review of the new iPhone 4S here on TGN! Join the conversation at tgn.tv Visit SF Entertainment at: www.youtube.com Follow SF Entertainment on Facebook! www.facebook.com Follow SF Entertainment on Twitter! twitter.com Tell us what you think in the comments below. Click "Like" and "Add to... Favorites" if you like this video! =-=-=-=…

  • Entertainment Tonight presents Sidewinder

    USAFCENT
    19 Aug 2011 | 11:39 am
    Entertainment Tonight presents Sidewinder (Edited and uploaded with permission from CBS) www.afcent.af.mil - US Air Forces Central Command US Air Forces Central Command band "Sidewinder" makes an appearance on Entertainment Tonight, Aug. 18, 2011. Sidewinder is part of the 571st Air Force Band, 131st Bomb Wing, Air National Guard. They are deployed as the US Air Forces Central Command Band Sidewinder on Facebook www.facebook.com Sidewinder is Capt John Arata - officer in charge, keyboards, fiddle; Tech. Sgt. Kevin Maret - NCO in charge, percussion; Tech. Sgt. John Cavanaugh -…
 
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  • A song

    paolovalde
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:33 am
    While watching a TV show the other night I heard a song and used Shazam to find out author and title (and see real-time lyrics, isn’t that feature cool?). The next day I tried to buy the song on iTunes store, but it was only available as part of an album. Which I did not want to buy. At this point I was quite ready to steal it, but then I found it on another site, Italian, and I got the mp3 there (it was cheaper too). As soon as the mp3 was downloaded, iTunes imported it and it notified iCloud of my new purchase. Seconds later the very same file that Apple didn’t want to sell to…

  • Ubuntu HUD

    paolovalde
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:33 am
    This is an interesting idea. I’ve been a big fan of Quicksilver for a long time, and recently I have found myself more and more going to the Search feature of the MacOS Help menu as a shortcut to other menu options. It perfectly makes sense to me. [via Brent Simmons] [HUD] It’s a way for you to express your intent and have the application respond appropriately. We think of it as “beyond interface”, it’s the “intenterface”. This concept of “intent-driven interface” has been a primary theme of our work in the Unity shell, with dash search as a first class experience…

  • Facebook Ghetto

    paolovalde
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:05 am
    For the last couple of months I have kept Safari, which is my main browser, logged off Facebook. When I want to check what’s going on there (there’s many people I care for on Facebook, mostly family), I switch to Chrome. This is actually not very different from switching to the Facebook app when I’m on my iPhone or iPad. The reason I do this is to prevent Facebook from tracking my web surfing (would be nice if they would expose who they think I am as Google does). In this set up what I find annoying are web applications that rely exclusively on Facebook for some features.

  • Borders

    paolovalde
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:13 am
    On September 15, 1947, Gorizia was incorporated into Italy again, and a new border was drawn (or literally painted) with Yugoslavia. I always find old footage fascinating (click the picture to go to the British Pathé site). The border is still there but there are no checkpoints and anybody can freely cross it. We are working on some projects which should contribute to make these borders even less relevant.

  • Today I’m ignorant again

    paolovalde
    18 Jan 2012 | 1:04 am
    All other days I know everything.
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    Boxee Blog

  • One ‘Giants’ Leap for Boxee Live TV

    Will Robinson
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:34 pm
    Last Sunday we got to do something we’ve never done before on Boxee – watch a championship football game live! We hosted a group of 33 (30 Giants fans, 3 49er Fans) for a night of live sport, Fette Sau BBQ and a keg of Blue Point Toasted Lager that we threw in for good measure. The game was broadcast live and in glorious HD on a 200 inch screen using our little black Boxee Box and the new Live TV Dongle. Glorious picture and sound, coupled with great company and a great game. We even saw a few alpha testers tuning into the game in Boxee Live TV’s social channel listings.

  • 2nd Annual Road Trip to SxSW – Washington DC, Memphis, and Dallas Meetups In March

    andrew kippen
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm
    It’s about that time again… time to start getting ready for SxSW and our 2nd Annual Road Trip to Austin with stops/meetups at Washington DC, Memphis and Dallas. Photo Licensed under Creative Commons from Slideshow Bruce Besides doing a meetup in each one of these cities we’d like to meet and talk with users, students, and developers. Keeping with the tradition of a relaxed backyard party for a few hundred people… we’ll be throwing a  kegger in Austin with great BBQ again – start getting your stupid human tricks ready : ) With this in mind, we need some help…

  • Boxee Live TV now available for $49 – let the cord cutting begin!

    andrew kippen
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:16 am
    Boxee 1.5 rolls out to Boxee Boxes today and Boxee Live TV tuners have begun shipping!  Order one now for your Boxee Box! With the addition of Live TV, the Boxee Box holds the distinction of being the only mainstream set top box that blends both over the air (OTA) broadcast TV with Internet content (over the top or OTT). We believe the OTT+OTA combo is the best way to get the most entertainment while paying only for the stuff you want to watch. If you missed our earlier posts on Live TV / Cutting the Cord, and our Facebook integration – the gist goes something like this: the way we…

  • Facebook and Boxee Team Up Around the TV

    andrew kippen
    11 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Today at CES, we’re announcing a new Facebook app to extend Live TV beyond your living room and onto your Facebook Timeline. Boxee was built from the ground up to allow you to share with friends and receive video recommendations from them.  With a Boxee Box & Live TV there’s nearly an infinite amount of video to watch.  To help you sift through it all, we’re taking social one step further. Boxee is one of the first TV apps to let you share what you’re watching on your Timeline and to help you sort through what’s on.  The new TV app for Facebook Timeline…

  • Boxee 1.5 & Fall Software Update

    andrew kippen
    26 Dec 2011 | 10:04 am
    Version 1.5 of Boxee is currently being tested by Boxee Box Early Access users and will soon be available in Beta. We plan to release 1.5 together with Live TV later in January. Here’s some of the new features you can look forward to on the Boxee Box… Home Screen We’ve added links to the standard menu to launch the Browser and Live TV (once you’ve attached the dongle). We also gave the featured section a small facelift. Menu The Menu is now more accessible, popping up as an overlay that lets you quickly navigate between different sections or search. we also optimized…
 
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  • Ah, So That's What You're Supposed to Do With Foursquare!

    Peter Kafka
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:04 pm
    “Web company has a video.” I know. But this one, posted this week by Foursquare, is worth thinking about for a second. It’s directed at new users, but anyone who visits the homepage and isn’t logged in will see it. “Save money and unlock rewards” based on stuff you and your friends like. Now that sounds like a pretty interesting service. And one that makes a whole lot more sense than “You’re supposed to ‘check in’ when you go some place. And also you might get a ‘badge’ or something,” which is where Fourquare has…

  • Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up. Don't Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up, Anyway.

    Peter Kafka
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:39 am
    It’s been a couple years since we last took a detailed look at the way your cable dollars get split up. Takeaway from our 2010 review: You pay a whole lot of money for sports TV, whether you like it or not. Let’s take another peek, courtesy of SNL Kagan and Barclays analyst Anthony DiClemente, who has an updated list of wholesale prices by channel* (the list on the right is for ad rates, which we can ignore for the purposes of this story): Takeaway from today’s chart: Nothing has really changed — you’re still paying a lot for sports, and you’re paying a…

  • 130,000 Time Warner Cable Subscribers Go Missing. To Find Them, You Might Ask Verizon and AT&T.

    Peter Kafka
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:11 pm
    It’s earnings season, which gives us yet another chance to revisit the cord-cutting is real/no it isn’t debate. To recap: Lots of people you know, and lots of people who read sites like this one, think people are already ditching cable TV for some combination of iTunes/Netflix/Hulu and/or pirate sites, etc. But cable providers and cable networks say they don’t see any signs of it. So onward to today’s numbers from Time Warner Cable, which show the second-biggest cable company in the U.S. losing 129,000 video subscribers — about 1 percent of the 11.9 million base.

  • Netflix Doesn't Want to Compete With Cable, Hulu, iTunes or GameFly. But HBO …

    Peter Kafka
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:35 am
    Here are some things Netflix is not interested in doing: Showing TV shows the day after they air, like Hulu does. Renting TV shows and movies one at a time, on demand, like Amazon, Apple, Walmart and many others do. Renting video games, like GameFly does. Getting more people to sign up for its DVD rental service, which is what Netflix used to do. So what is Reed Hastings trying to do? He explained it again during his company’s conference call Wednesday night, but it’s the same message he’s been delivering for some time: He’s trying to create the Web version of HBO or…

  • AT&T Generates 20 Percent of Apple's iPhone Sales

    Peter Kafka
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:32 am
    This was the quarter AT&T had to swallow that big, ugly $4.2 billion charge over its failed bid for T-Mobile. But strip out one-time hits like that, and the telco’s quarter looked okay: Q4 adjusted profits of $0.42 a share, and revenue of $32.5 billion. Analysts were looking for $0.43 and $32 billion. AT&T says it was particularly happy with smartphone sales, and says it had a record quarter for both Apple and Android handsets. It said it activated 7.6 million iPhones during Q4, the majority of which were iPhone 4S models, which didn’t go on sale until two weeks into the…
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  • Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta Preview

    23 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pm
    The course covers the new Book module and integration with Blurb, an online book printing service; the video playback and editing options, including the ability to color, tone, export, and publish movies; and the image editing enhancements in Lightroom 4, including the Image Adjustment Brush for correcting color and noise.Topics include:Why use Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta?Video playback and trimmingEditing the color and tone of a video fileOrganizing video files in a Lightroom databaseCapturing a still image from a video fileExporting or publishing a video to your hard driveAlong with the free…

  • Online Video Hosting Made Easy

    16 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    The best brands in every industry are racing to harness the unique power of online video to grab audience attention, build lasting impressions, stimulate conversations, and drive conversion. Sign up for your free 30 day trial and get access to all the benefits of Brightcove's online video platform.Request Free!

  • In-Plant Graphics

    11 Jan 2012 | 3:50 pm
    It covers technical and business-related topics, focusing on publishing, prepress, printing, bindery and mailing. Other topics include profiles of successful in-plants, management issues, industry news and the latest graphic arts products.Request Free!

  • The Big Picture

    3 Jan 2012 | 12:20 pm
    The Big Picture has been the leading resource for the wide-format print market. The Big Picture -- via its print publication, website, and bi-monthly newsletter -- provides superior coverage of the hottest products and technologies, late-breaking industry news and events, intriguing case studies, and much more.Request Free!

  • Publishing Executive

    3 Jan 2012 | 12:20 pm
    When it comes to printing, paper, and publishing, Publishing Executive covers what professionals in design, production and print buying need on a day-to-day basis to produce magazines, catalogs, commercial print products and more! Publishing Executive case studies and technology overviews provide insights not available anywhere else.Request Free!
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  • Microwave Journal

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    For more than 50 years, Microwave Journal has maintained an editorial balance between theory, practical uses, applications and news with their technical coverage of the RF, microwave, and wireless industries.Request Free!

  • Investigating UC Vendors

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    This 27-page detailed publication delivers the information needed to evaluate Unified Communications vendors. Gartner evaluates UC using a framework of six broad communications functions, including: voice & telephony, conferencing, messaging, presence & IM, clients, and communications applications.Unified Communications vendor ratings, along with their strengths and cautions, are provided.Download this complimentary publication now for:Total cost of ownership analysisThe top 6 characteristics to look for in a UC solutionFrom the Gartner Files: MarketScope for Unified Communications for the…

  • Best Practices in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

    13 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pm
    This IDC white paper highlights the challenges and best practices for implementing continuity and recovery solutions, and details how Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable firms to meet their recovery requirements.Request Free!

  • Chalk Talk for Disaster Recovery

    13 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Many enterprises that do implement DR find that they have a difficult time meeting their goals for data protection and recovery. At Riverbed, their technology can do a lot to make the protection and restoration of data more reliable in disasters, helping you to meet your enterprise goals. If you have DR requirements that are not being met, before you think about buying more bandwidth or looking at other complex solutions, you should really look at Riverbed WAN Optimization. Watch the video to learn more.Request Free!

  • How to Improve Disaster Recovery for the Enterprise: Advanced Replications Powered by WAN Optimization

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    Read this Taneja White Paper to find out how you can increase WAN efficiency, overcome latency, and optimize IT performance for disaster recovery by deploying WAN optimization.Request Free!
 
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  • fxguide podcasts update

    Ian Failes
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:21 pm
    fxguide podcasts update fxpodcast: The Lowry Process - We talk to Kimball Thurston from Reliance MediaWorks about Lowry Digital's Sci-Tech Oscar - and we pay tribute to film restoration pioneer John D. Lowry who sadly passed away this week. the rc #106 : Kodak, Oscars and Arri Master Primes - This week the guys discuss the Oscars, Kodak and are joined in the RED Room by ARRI's Stephan Ukas-Bradley to discuss the ARRI Master Primes. fxguidetv #132: Red Tails - Mike Seymour sits down with Animation Supervisor Paul Kavanagh to talk about ILM's work on Red Tails. fxpodcast: Rhythm…

  • Alive and animated: how DD created ‘Robotarm’

    Ian Failes
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:18 pm
    Alive and animated: how DD created ‘Robotarm’ In ‘Robotarm’ a fully-CG Cisco TVC completed by Digital Domain/Mothership, nine automotive assembly robots fix and diagnose themselves, all to the tune of Gary Numan’s ‘Cars’. fxguide talks to visual effects supervisor Aladino Debert about the challenges of completing the spot in a tight four week schedule.

  • A Game of Shadows: more to the mystery

    Ian Failes
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pm
    A Game of Shadows: more to the mystery With A Game of Shadows, director Guy Ritchie follows up on his first Sherlock Holmes adventure with even more impressive special and visual effects artistry. Overall VFX supervisor Chas Jarrett returned to oversee sequences completed by Framestore, MPC and BlueBolt. fxguide dives into just some of the major shots, including the waterfall plunge, the train battle, digital environments and the escape through the woods.

  • Hugo garners 11 Oscar noms – here’s why

    Ian Failes
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pm
    Hugo garners 11 Oscar noms – here’s why Of all the films nominated for Academy Awards this year, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo received the most – a stunning 11 nominations. In the visual effects field the nominees are Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning. fxguide takes a look at some of the other categories Hugo was nominated in and share lead vendor Pixomondo’s VFX reel on the film along with commentary from Legato and Grossmann (from our fxguide.com interviews with them).

  • 32Ten Studios – mixing it up

    Ian Failes
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:13 pm
    32Ten Studios – mixing it up When famed practical and miniatures outfit Kerner Optical recently ceased operations, many in the visual effects community lamented the demise of old-school effects work. But now a new company, 32Ten Studios, located on the former site of Kerner Optical and Industrial Light & Magic in San Rafael, has been formed with a mandate to produce not only practical and miniature effects, but also delve into the digital realm. fxguide talks to Scott Smith, heading up 32Ten’s digital operations, about the mix of work planned by the facility.
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    VividMix

  • HashTag Con#usion

    admin
    19 Jan 2012 | 3:32 pm
    Our company is doing a live video streaming seminar for a client with an estimated 30,000 visitors.  I did a email blast for the client telling them to use a certain Hash Tag for fun and got this reply: “Can you help me get my head around hash tags? What is a hash tag and how do you do it?” If you do a search for “vividmix” or “#vividmix” I think you get the same results in terms of posts on twitter.  But that’s not necessarily good because if I want to find posts that are specifically tagged with “#vividmix” and not every post that…

  • Are we safe? FBI warns of bank ID-theft

    admin
    9 Jan 2012 | 2:54 pm
    Is your antivirus current?  Most anti-virus software has a subscription to virus signatures.  I strongly suggest you check your software and see if you need to update to protect your identity. From the FBI: The malware is appropriately called “Gameover” because once it’s on your computer, it can steal usernames and passwords and defeat common methods of user authentication employed by financial institutions. And once the crooks get into your bank account, it’s definitely “game over.” Gameover is a newer variant of the Zeus malware, which was created several years ago and…

  • In Marketing? Are you a Hipster?

    admin
    3 Jan 2012 | 5:47 pm
    Ok you are in marketing … but how hip are you? I’m actually referring to an iPhone game, sort of a bingo game. You can play this when you are sitting somewhere waiting on an appointment or a date. It’s Hipster Bingo and it is addicting and may just improve your powers of observation. This Facebook-synced iPhone game has friends competing to document the telltale signs of hipsterism all around them! We all know that bored hipsters love judging other people AND using smartphones. This app randomly generates a 5×5 card filled with thumbnail icons of hip stuff like wearing…

  • Computers in marketing

    admin
    12 Dec 2011 | 10:43 am
    Computers are a big part of marketing today. From search engine marketing to graphic design, marketing professionals use computers in every aspect of their jobs. According to the “Wall Street Journal”, January 2009 article, “New Info Shoppers,” 92 percent of consumers trust information they seek online rather than from a retail clerk in a brick-and-mortar store or any other source. More than 50% of consumers report that they research products online before making a purchase in an actual store, according to a May 2009 Verdict Research survey. Plus, marketers are using…

  • Secret Santa site

    dc
    2 Dec 2011 | 12:13 pm
    I have bought electronics, phone accessories and watches from www.chinabuye.com. It’s a great find for anybody wanting to buy products or gifts without the traditional store markup. Personally I’m a nut for led watches and these people have many under $20. Most items have free shipping.  I don’t make money for this mention, just thought it was a great find. Happy Holidays.      
 
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    Boston Broadband Blog - Chris MacDonald

  • The Communeconomy – Unintended Marketplace Poised to Explode

    bostonbroadband
    12 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    BACKGROUND: THE MARKETPLACE I’ve been researching the service directory / request a quote space for a project I’m working on lately. The space is dominated by a couple of early movers: Angie’s List (NYSE: ANGI) and Service Magic (owned by IAC. NYSE: IACI) and a couple of business models. ANGIE’S LIST Angie’s list requires the consumer to pay a subscription fee in order to gain access to it’s consumer reviews of service providers (mostly home services: contractors, landscapers, painters, etc). The site is marketed through a campaign of fear with national TV…
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    Digital Tonto

  • The Future of Retail

    Greg
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:57 am
    The future of retail is not a storefront, but an omnichannel, where digital, virtual and physical all merge into one. Related posts: Why Social Commerce Will Be Different than E-Commerce A Marketer’s Guide to the Next Web Why Advertisers Need to Start Taking Online Video Seriously The Future I Saw at CES 2012 5 Crucial Aspects of a Digital Media Transition

  • Strategic Shift

    Greg
    22 Jan 2012 | 5:08 am
    The strategist must evolve from a master who gives the orders to a facilitator who makes the process work. Related posts: 3 Levels of Strategy The Evolution of Advertising Strategy The Failure of Strategy (and Strategists) 4 Types of Strategy What Is Strategy?

  • How Apple Disrupts Markets and then Goes on to Dominate

    Greg
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:20 am
    While we would all like to dream up the next big thing, unless we’re focused on our core market, we won’t be able to support breakthrough innovation. If we don’t look beyond our direct competitors, we we’ll always be beholden to industry ups and downs. Related posts: 4 Digital Laws The Artist and The Engineer 5 Reasons Why Apple Will Win Again with the iPad Apple’s (not so) Stupid Strategy A Radical Shift Toward Design

  • The Future I Saw at CES 2012

    Greg
    15 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
    CES 2012 showed that the technology we do have is getting much, much more useful. It’s becoming integrated, intuitive and more reliable. We’re not so much chasing the next big thing, but fulfilling old promises to the average consumer. Related posts: How Mobile Marketing Is Different How Traditional Media Can Successfully Make the Transition to Digital How To Unlock Creativity Guest Post: What We Can Learn from Chinese Digital Culture The Ultimate Code

  • Guest Post: How the Hottest Holiday Gifts Will Change Digital Advertising in 2012

    Greg
    11 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am
    In 2012 marketers will need to start taking tablets and e-readers more seriously. Related posts: Why Magazine Publishers Are Set To Make A Comeback Digital Media’s Secret Weapon for Winning Ad Budgets (Why so Secret?) Finding Answers in Free Newspapers Why There Won’t Be A Standard Digital Metric The Fruitless Quest for Digital Media ROI
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    Digital Cortex

  • Matthias Müller’s Particle Art

    Tom Saunter
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:32 pm
    There’s this guy called Matthias Müller, and he makes beautiful abstractions out of virtual dust on his supercomputer. He’s some kind of motion-art superhero, probably sent to us from the exploding Planet 3DS Max by his scientist parents.In this post I’ve picked out a few examples of his work, because as well as being simply gorgeous viewing material, they’re great examples of what’s possible with a few gigs of RAM, a graphics card and some imagination.Probably my favourite due to it’s relative simplicity, this tech demo plays with texture in surprising…

  • Justice: Audio, Video, Disco

    Tom Saunter
    22 Jan 2012 | 4:55 pm
    If I’m to make good on my resolution to blog something every single day, then I currently owe a whopping eleven blog posts.I ought to get on with it, hadn’t I?In the spirit of getting on with it, the new Justice video features electro-rockstars Gasparde and Xavier doing exactly that, while preparing for the release of their track ‘Audio, Video, Disco’ from the eponymous album.The video documents the pair living and breathing their work in the studio at all stages of the track’s life cycle, from conception to critical acclaim. You’ll like it,…

  • Nucleus Medical Media

    Tom Saunter
    10 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm
    Nucleus Medical Media’s 2011 3D medical animation demo reel shows surgery, anatomy, mechanism of action (MOA), and physiology produced for medical devices, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, marketing agencies, lawyers, and more.What Nucleus don’t include in their showreel’s YouTube description, but will become apparent, is that they are probably among the finest computer animators working today.In my view they depict very complicated biomechanical processes so very clearly, and quite beautifully too. Here’s the aforementioned showreel:My question is, how is it…

  • Missing: Bella the Dog

    Tom Saunter
    9 Jan 2012 | 5:53 pm
    This isn’t the sort of thing I’d usually write about here, so for the hardcore who’ve come to expect a blend of media and tech thoughtfulness, an alternative reading is that this is a a live case-study in how digital can play troubleshooter to certain real-world issues…Those who follow me on Twitter will know the news already:Our dog is still missing: Littleport / Ely area, white, black patches, Jack Russell cross, if seen pls call 07740619844 twitter.com/freedimensiona…— Tom Saunter (@freedimensional) January 8, 2012There’s been a search out for her ever…

  • Fifth World Problems

    Tom Saunter
    9 Jan 2012 | 10:36 am
    If you’ve ever had the feeling “same shit, higher dimension”, I’m sure you’d fit right in on Fifth World Problems, a subreddit in the key of  First World Problems, and a place for extradimensional beings to air their cosmic gripes.I got 99 problems but a 4D hypercube ain't oneMost of the submissions and their respective commentary are childish lunacy, but among the smarter entries lie some fascinating thought experiments. I find myself stretching for a scientifically reasoned solution, if only I weren’t so limited by my inferior human mind!Equally silly and clever,…
 
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  • The FBI Wants to Watch You on Facebook (Just Like Facebook Does)

    Christine Geraci
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:36 am
    Summary: It seems the FBI wants a "social media application" that would allow the agency to gather intelligence from publicly shared information on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, as well as news media outlets such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. Reactions are mixed.

  • Redefining the eBook

    Andy Weiss
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:35 am
    Summary: Though I write for this blog, I'm not a writer in the traditional sense. I have several book ideas and, yet, have never put pen to paper. For me, the barrier hasn't been as much the time or the discipline needed to write as much as it has been the odds of anything I wrote ever being published that has stood in the way. Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing started to open that process up.

  • More Than Birds: 4 Android Apps Worth Purchasing

    Melody Weister
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm
    Summary: At the beginning of my experience as an Android user, I would frequently insist, "There's no way I'm paying for an app." However, as time went by and I began to explore the operating system more, becoming increasingly comfortable with its many functions and the apps available in the marketplace, even I could not resist the pull of certain apps, most of which cost me $0.99 or less. These apps have now become part of my Android experience, and the paid versions offer features that I find to be worth the investment.

  • What Can Be Done When Facebook Place Recommendations Go Rogue?

    Christine Geraci
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am
    Summary: I'd like to share a "duh" moment with you. I was recently asked about what could be done to erase an inappropriate recommendation showing up on a Facebook page. Even though the rogue recommendation was deleted from the page, and it had been reported, it still showed up for other people.

  • Are Brand Pages on Their Way to Extinction?

    Christine Geraci
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:02 am
    Summary: Like many people I know, I hate automated phone systems. This goes double for the one my bank uses. Very often, my questions are too complex to be answered by a series of pre-programmed messages. So I've figured out how to quickly get through the annoying series of directions and go right to the answer I want.
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    MachoArts | Design, Social Media, Blogging tips

  • Friday Photography Inspiration #43

    suraj
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:38 am
    This post is a part of our weekly photography inspiration series. Each Friday we showcase some of the best photographs captured by talented photographers form all around the world.Here are latest 30 most beautiful photographs for your inspiration. If you like this showcase feel free to share it on Twitter and Facebook.Photography Quote of the day:“It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.” – Paul Caponigro

  • 15 Best Premium WordPress Blog / Magazine Themes

    suraj
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:42 pm
    WordPress allows you to create your own blog without any coding knowledge. Premium WordPress themes are the great way to give brand new look to your blog. Benefits of using premium WordPress themes are:Attractive designsOptimized codingAdvanced control panelBeautiful fonts and colorsShortcodes and many moreAnd if you are searching for high quality WordPress theme for your blog, here we have collected 15 best premium WordPress blog and magazine themes.Do You know we provide WordPress Blog/Portfolio setup, Blogger to WordPress migration as well as Thesis/Genesis theme customization. Check out…

  • The Foolproof Formula to Write Great Articles in 20 Minutes

    Guest
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    It’s all about the planning. If there is a secret trick of trade that seasoned writers use to come up with great articles every single time, it’s called “adequate preparation”… and it’s something you’re bound to learn through experience.Once you learn how to use this technique effectively, you will never again feel the haunting pressure of a blank page, and you will feel as though your articles write themselves. And they will always look solid and thoughtful.This article will show you how to write a strong piece of content in under 20 minutes. It’s a simple formula in 5 simple…

  • Boosting Your Small Business’ Facebook “Likes”

    suraj
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:37 pm
    In recent years, small businesses have increasingly turned to social media sites to help them achieve their marketing needs. It’s easy to see why: for a company that cannot afford a large marketing budget, social media offers the ability to reach a wide spectrum of consumers without paying a dime. The combination here of exposure and cost is a small business win-win.Towards this end, social media-savvy small businesses have built Facebook pages, created Twitter accounts, and worked to synthesize networking platforms with their overall marketing strategies. They have advertised…

  • Friday Photography Inspiration #42

    suraj
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:32 pm
    This post is a part of our weekly photography inspiration series. Each Friday we showcase some of the best photographs captured by talented photographers from all around the world.Here are latest 27 most beautiful photographs for your inspiration, feel free to share this post on Twitter and Facebook.Photography Quote of the Day:“Photography is like making cheese. It takes a hell of a lot of milk to make a small amount of cheese just like it takes a hell of a lot of photos to get a good one.” – Robert Gillis
 
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  • Revision3 Saw Major Increase In Viewership, Revenue In 2011

    Chris Atkinson
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:24 pm
    Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback took to the Rev3 blog this morning and announced a 359% increase in total views and a 53% increase in revenue for the year of 2011.  Revision3 made smart acquisitions last year, including the extraordinarily successful Epic Meal Time, and by the end of the year, picked up one of YouTube's all-time hits, The Philip DeFranco Show, which should make 2012 even better.  Rev3 also increased its YouTube subscribers across all shows to 4.5 million.  In addition to the audience and revenue, Rev3 is proud of their technological advancements over the year. Revision3 Saw…

  • Android Video Viewing Gaining On iOS Devices

    Christophor Rick
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 pm
    Encoding.com just released new numbers pulled from Vid.ly which show that Android is gaining on iOS in terms of video viewing. It's no surprise as the operating system has been steadily stealing market share quarter after quarter and is available on far more different devices than iOS. Since Vid.ly is a universal URL for videos and does browser and device detection, it knows exactly what it's streaming that video to. That means all they need to do is keep track of the operating system on the device and they know who's watching what. But not in the creepy Big Brother sort of way, or at least,…

  • Google Plus Opens To Teens Age 13 & Up

    Jeremy Scott
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:50 am
    Google Plus continues to get more open bit by bit, and just today made the service available to teens age 13 and up. Previously, Google Plus was restricted to people 18 and up. Along with the wave of new teenagers, Google Plus is also getting new privacy and security features--a fairly important thing if the service is to become something parents encourage their children to use. Google is probably doing the slow rollout on purpose. This is their third or fourth wave of opening the service up. Each time it's followed by new statistics on membership, and this time will be no different. Millions…

  • 20th Century Fox Gets YouTube Stars To Promote "Chronicle"

    Chris Atkinson
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:20 am
    20th Century Fox has teamed with Big Frame, a YouTube talent company, to produce videos promoting their new movie Chronicle opening on February 3.  And Chronicle is the perfect type of movie to get some YouTube promotion, as it is one of the latest films to use this-is-really-happening video, "found footage," very much like Cloverfield did a few years ago by adding crazy special effects.  Big Frame got YouTube stars DeStorm, MrDeshawnRaw, and Mystery Guitar Man in on the act, a subscriber base of more than 3.5 million. More Great Creative Advertising From 20th Century Fox Fox was behind…

  • The Week's Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons - Singing Obama Edition

    Jeremy Scott
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:10 am
    After YouTube's latest updates yesterday to the Browse page, many of you probably spent some time casually playing around with it to see what's new. If you did, you might have come across some of the selections in this week's round up of the best viral videos. Most are probably worth watching again, but I'm sure we've got a few you haven't seen as well. So grab your coffee, put on your headphones, and start your Friday off right with some outstanding viral videos. Artists Question: What happens when you cross Bon Jovi with hot musical act, Bon Iver? Answer: A hot viral video to launch a new…
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  • How to grow your business with email marketing in 2012

    Matthew Johnson
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:52 am
    I love this time of year. We’re all feeling refreshed following the Christmas holidays and a whole year worth of opportunity lay ahead of us. It’s the perfect time to reflect on what we should be focusing on, what to stop doing and what to start doing more of. As you ponder these ideas and [...]

  • How to engage email subscribers with video animation

    Kristin Huddleston
    20 Jan 2012 | 4:38 am
    Emails containing a video are an excellent way to increase subscriber engagement with your content. The human element creates a ‘realness’ and more personal experience for the viewer, often resulting in higher clicks within the email. In fact a 2010 study by the Web Video Marketing Council found most marketers (73%) say video-based email marketing [...]

  • A quick look back at some of Google’s 2011 promotional videos

    Andy Merchant
    18 Jan 2012 | 8:29 am
    Google always produce excellent promotional videos. Below is a quick look back at some of the hotter Google’s promotional (viral) videos from the start until the end of 2011. My personalise favourite is the last one. If you know of any more that were hot on the viral list last year, please add them to the comments section of this blog. [...]

  • Why Mobile Optimization Matters To Your Business

    Robert Lindsey
    12 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am
    You have probably noticed yourself reaching for the heavy yellow pages book a lot less lately. You also may have noticed you are more frequently using a mobile device to help find what you’re looking for. You are not alone, and if the teenage segment is any indication this will only become more common. The [...]

  • 3 things you can do right now to add value with SMS

    Pavel Webb
    11 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm
    A lot happened in the mobile world in 2011, with growth in the smartphone market, mobile retail becoming the largest mobile growth category and trends showing that mobile internet use will eclipse that of desktops sometime in the next couple years. While all that is amazing and something to pay attention to, there are many [...]
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  • Kiss this Guy

    Visual Thinker
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Have your ever sang your heart out in a song you thought you knew, only to later discover that you had been singing the words incorrectly? KissThisGuy provides an archive of misheard lyrics.  Check it out, and discover the real lyrics for songs you thought you knew. Kiss this Guy In his popular song Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix’s lyrics read, “Purple haze all in my brain.  Lately things just don’t seem the same.  Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why. ’Scuse me while I kiss the sky.” Yet many have misinterpreted the song to say, ” ……

  • Advertising in South America

    Paper
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm
    It doesn’t have the economic heft of China, but South America with its 400 million people with 370 million mobile phones and growing, and 163 million plus internet users, is a desirable advertising market. Of course, the biggest player in South Americais not at all like the others.  Brazil, with a land mass slightly larger than the lower 48 U.S.states, fifth largest country in the world, with around 200 million people, speaks Portuguese. Most of its neighbors speak Spanish. Brazil also has the distinction of being the world country where people spend the most time surfing the internet at…

  • Common Business Startup Mistakes to Avoid

    G.W.M.
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:43 pm
    Common Business Startup Mistakes to Avoid A lot goes into starting a business and whether this is your first entrepreneurial effort or opening the doors to a new company is old hat, there’s always something more you can learn in order to streamline the process and reach your goals faster.  While providing a fantastic product or service that is in high demand with consumers will help a lot, the simple mistakes you make in the beginning could derail you before you really get started.  So here are just a few of the most common missteps that business owners make when they’re first setting…

  • Li-Fi is Wi-Fi with lights

    Paper
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
      In olden times lighthouses communicated with ships using simple lanterns as signaling devices. Now in the digital age, light signals are back – but not in the same way. Recently Casio demoed smartphones that could communicate with each other using light signals that were almost imperceptible to the human eye. And yes, it’s okay to wonder whether it exists if you can’t see it. As it turns out there is a Li-Fi consortium, a nonprofit group that wants to promote “optical wireless technology.” The consortium promises to deliver “ever-faster wireless connectivity,” for devices…

  • No guarantees in social media campaigns

    Paper
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    A funny thing happened to McDonald’s on the way to social media marketing, and now everyone’s talking about it. Where once the hashtag seemed like a great way to start a positive story line, there is now distaste. By now it’s commonly known that when McDonald’s executives encouraged the public to Tweet using the hashtag #McDStories, they expected happy tales from Big Mac loving fans. But they didn’t get that. Some of the resulting Tweets with that hashtag were utterly distasteful, causing executives to quickly change course on that social media campaign. A similar thing happened…
 
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  • Google: Users Are 'Delighted' With Our Search Changes (GOOG)

    Matt Rosoff
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:36 am
    A couple weeks ago, Google started blending social information from Google+ into search results. The blogosphere's reaction to this change, which Google called Search Plus Your World, was swift, loud, and mostly negative. Twitter complained that Google was unfairly favoring its own social network over competitors, then a programmer at Facebook seemed to prove it. Worse yet, the results seemed to be less relevant in a lot of cases, leading a number of people to declare Bing the better search engine. But in all the noise, what do users think? According to Google search fellow Amit Singhal, who…

  • 15 Silicon Valley Homes To Drool Over Ahead Of Facebook's IPO Filing Next Week

    Meredith Galante
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:15 pm
    When Facebook finally goes public in a few months, the company will create more than 1,000 millionaires. And the company is expected to move a step closer to that goal next week: it's apparently filing for an IPO Wednesday. While the newly minted millionaires won't have their hands on the money for a few months, we thought it would be a good time to check out some of the real estate available in the Silicon Valley area. These homes may or may not still be available in the spring, but it pays to know what's out there.This $2.3 million house is very cozy 2615 Cowper St Palo Alto, CA 94306 Beds:…

  • Say Goodbye To The Nation's First CTO, Aneesh Chopra

    Julie Bort
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:56 pm
    The first ever Federal CTO, Aneesh Chopra, has left the job, the White House says. He was hired in 2009 with the task of bringing the federal government's aging IT systems into the modern age. He also helped the President draft plans for seeding technology startups. During his three years, Chopra worked on the President’s National Wireless Initiative, established Internet policies, called for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, and led an "open government" strategy intended to  fund new technologies that solved federal IT problems. Chopra is striking for his exuberance. During…

  • Email Shows How Steve Jobs Got A Google Employee Fired (GOOG, AAPL)

    Julie Bort
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:33 pm
    How's this for ugly? One CEO tells another to stop poaching employees, so the other agrees, fires the recruiter, and then apologizes ... to the CEO.  The men involved were Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt. This is one of the stories revealed from a class action suit between employees and the power players in Silicon Valley. An email was upturned in the case that shows a conversation between Jobs and Schmidt, reports Reuters. It documents a situation in 2007 where an Apple employee was fielding a job offer that came from a Google employee. Jobs found out about it, e-mailed Eric Schmidt (who…

  • Zynga Finally Sneaks Above Its IPO Price (ZNGA)

    Matt Lynley
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:54 pm
    Zynga closed at $10.05 today — just a hair above its IPO price of $10 — for the first time since its trading debut after shooting up more than 6 percent in trading today. A flurry of buy ratings (including one today from BTIG) and the prospect of Zynga expanding into online gambling have propelled it back to its starting point. A new note from BTIG's Richard Greenfield said Zynga's strategy of creating a ton of games with the hope of players liking at least one game will work. Here's what he said: We expect Zynga’s increasingly aggressive game roll-out pace in 2012 and…
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  • Long Walk

    Josh Allen
    9 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    The old truck roared under the strain as it crested the last hill, it’s battered and rusted hull blent into the desolate landscape, just like one more derelict piece of junk left to deteriorate in the windswept plain. In the distance hills rose in a ring around the valley, seemingly within reach, but a full days walk in actuality. As the truck shuttered to a stop, the whistle of the wind came into focus, an overwhelming wail, streaking across the short grass and dried mud. It was cold out as evidenced by the small clumps of scattered snow and the frozen water in tire tracks. He opened the…

  • Smarter, Sexier, Smell Goodier

    Josh Allen
    6 Dec 2011 | 8:08 am
    Have you ever wanted to be smart, sexy, smell good, and have the ability to read peoples minds? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Don’t worry, you’re the only one who will get this special deal. You will be unique among your friends, elevated among mere mortals. You will have it before it’s popular. A trendsetter, yet still aloof and individualistic. Not mainstream in any way, yet coveted by the mainstream. Not convinced? Check out these other people who have it, they look happy. Look how many friends they have. Do you smell that? They sweat yet still smell like roses, spend…

  • Thanks For Thanksgiving

    Josh Allen
    24 Nov 2011 | 8:00 am
    Once a year comes a day when we are specifically reminded to give thanks (at least in the United States). Hopefully most of you out there are thankful more than once a year, but if that’s all you can manage then it’s better than nothing. I want to take a minute to list in no particular order some things I personally am thankful for. My beautiful wife The people who surround me and support me (You know who you are) Employment that pays the bills while letting me do something I love Al Gore – for inventing the internet (Actually, that’s a joke) Modern medicine Freedom – It…

  • The Old Man By The Sea

    Josh Allen
    22 Nov 2011 | 8:00 am
    It was the middle of summer, sometime in July. The three youngish friends had met at the donut shop to wolf down some empty calories and then transitioned down to the beach for some people watching. Leaning against a vehicle they gazed out at the water and talked about the old days, the glory days, the “better from a distance than they actually were” days. As they relaxed and chatted, an old man approached from the north. He had a purposeful stride and a focused gleam in his eye. His pants were high waisted, his shirt was tightly tucked, his white hair perfectly parted and firmly held in…

  • You Are The Reason You Fail

    Josh Allen
    28 Oct 2011 | 8:00 am
    Do you have an idea but doubt anyone will be interested in hearing it? You’re right, they won’t. Are you content with being mediocre at everything you do? That’s good, because you will always be mediocre at everything you do. Are you envious of what others have earned but assume they got what they have because they know how to work “the system”? You’re right, they do know “the system” and you obviously don’t. Congratulations, you are the reason for your failure. You are the one holding you back. Successful people don’t waste time thinking about reasons why they won’t…
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  • One Day MediaStorm Workshop Dates Announced

    Tim Klimowicz
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:39 am
    MediaStorm is now offering one day multimedia storytelling workshops in Brooklyn, NY. Saturday, February 18, 2012 with an application deadline on February 2, 2012. Saturday, March 3, 2012 with an application deadline on February 17, 2012. Saturday, March 17, 2012 with an application deadline on March 4, 2012. These one-day workshops provide an overview of multimedia storytelling approaches while engaging participants in discussion about the most appropriate ways to create a multimedia story. Through real world examples, Brian Storm will share tips and techniques to improve reporting and…

  • Reynolds Journalism Institute to host the Digital Storytelling Summit

    Andrew Hida
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:34 pm
    The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri will host the Digital Storytelling Summit from March 4-6. In preparation to launch their own digital storytelling program, Mizzou has gathered an all-star lineup of industry leaders in advertising, feature film, documentary, and photojournalism to look at how they are transforming storytelling through the innovative use of emerging digital formats. This will be an exciting exploration of the changing landscape of traditional storytelling over an informative and inspirational three days. The full line up of speakers…

  • Undesired named as first Digital Reporting winner of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards

    Tucker Walsh
    21 Dec 2011 | 10:30 am
    Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism today announced the 2012 winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. MediaStorm is honored to be the first web recipient of a duPont Award, for Undesired, by Walter Astrada for the Alexia Foundation. The duPont Awards, administered since 1968 by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, are considered to be the most prestigious broadcast journalism awards and the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes, which are also administered at the Journalism School. Selected by the duPont Jury for excellence in broadcast…

  • MediaStorm Multimedia Workshop launches Broken Lines and Voice

    Tucker Walsh
    14 Dec 2011 | 10:33 am
    From November 8-12, 2011, two teams of multimedia journalists collaborated with the MediaStorm team at our MediaStorm Multimedia Workshop. Participants spent a week reporting, editing, and producing Broken Lines and Voice. Broken Lines by Martine Fougeron, Richard Kendall, Frank de Ruiter, and Simon Schorno Joe Soll never met his birth parents. Raised by upper-middle class New Yorkers, he spent half of his life tormented by the death of his mother. Watch it now. Voice by Christian Als, Edith Champagne, and Janine Boreland Ian Willey had his first experience rhyming in second grade. Now at…

  • MediaStorm welcomes Rob Finch as our 2012 Professional in Residence

    Tucker Walsh
    13 Dec 2011 | 12:01 pm
    MediaStorm is excited to announce that Rob Finch will be joining us as our Professional in Residence this spring. Finch is a two time Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year contest – first in 2000 and again in 2003. He was runner-up in 2001. He was selected to exhibit his work in Perpignan, France at the Visa Pour L’Image festival and was a member of the World Press Masterclass in 2002. Photo District News named him one of 30 emerging photographers to watch. In 2007, Finch was part of a team of journalists at The Oregonian awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking…
 
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  • More on offer at the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:12 am
    More on offer at the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012The Cloud Computing World Forum will be returning to a larger venue for 2012, making room for extra theatres, further seminars and more attendees to meet, learn and network with fellow industr...

  • WEFLive

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:33 am
    WEFLive.com from KPMG is monitoring Twitter and Tweets from Annual World Economic Forum 2012 held in Davos, Switzerland. The extent and nature of comments from non-delegates since debates began. The site also identifies tweets and tweeters by thei...

  • Social Media Widens the Discussion at Davos, says KPMG

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:13 am
    Social Media Widens the Discussion at Davos, says KPMGTORONTO/PRNewswire/ -- The spread of social media at the Annual World Economic Forum 2012, in particular the use of Twitter, has extended the dialogue beyond the meeting rooms and corridor...

  • Rhapsody Acquires Napster International

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:54 am
    Rhapsody Acquires Napster InternationalAmerica's number-one premium subscription music service is off to a strong start in Europe, by acquiring Napster businesses in Germany and the UKSEATTLE/PRNewswire/ -- Rhapsody announced its Europea...

  • SHAZAM Launches Adaptive Payment's Pentagon Mobile Payment Application

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:51 pm
    SHAZAM Launches Adaptive Payment's Pentagon Mobile Payment ApplicationDiscount rate of 1% for PIN debit transactions for all merchants that use Pentagon offeredDES MOINES, Iowa and FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla/PRNewswire/ -- The SHAZAM network to...
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  • Inaugural IAWTV Awards at CES 2012

    Jackson Wong
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Awards at the International CES 2012 abounded with the first ever International Academy of Web Television awards.

  • Fair Use Misconceptions Can Expose Video to Copyright Violations

    Mike Rosen
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:10 pm
    We frequently get questions from video creators about the rules for making use of other creators’ work in their own projects. If a piece of art was created so long ago that its copyright has expired and it’s since fallen into the public domain, you’re free to make use of it any way that you [...]

  • Swivl is Your Personal Cameraman

    Jackson Wong
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:35 am
    Swivl is a mount for your pocket camera or iPhone that takes direction from a tracker attached to your subject, and it can tilt or pan to stay with you.

  • What to Charge: Freelance Video Hourly Rate Calculator

    Mike Wilhelm
    23 Jan 2012 | 1:22 pm
    As you're honing your skills with video, you may be asked to do some video work for someone else. Use this rate calculator to determine what to charge.

  • Add a Spark Digital to Your Mic Arsenal

    Jackson Wong
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:42 am
    Blue Microphones shows you Spark Digital, one of the new mics they presented to us at International CES 2012.
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  • İkincil Ekranın Önemi

    Emre Cinar
    11 Jan 2012 | 7:29 am
    Herkesin yeni yılını en içten dileklerimle kutluyorum. Yeni yıl inşallah herkese sağlık, mutluluk ve başarı getirir. Son zamanlarda eskisi kadar sık yazı yazamaz oldum. Bunun sebebi ise yeni bir projeye başlamak oldu. Bu yeni servis Çoklu platform (connected TV Mobil cihazlar ve farklı platformlar) üzerine oturtulan ve farklı üyelik seçenekleri sunan bir servis. Türkiye ayağının henüz olmayacak olması bence sizin için bir kayıp henüz live olmadığımız için sizlerle daha fazla bilgi paylaşamıyorum. Gelelim bugünkü yazıma… Konu ikincil ekran……

  • Sosyal TV’de Gelecek var mı?

    Emre Cinar
    7 Dec 2011 | 4:47 am
    Televizyon izlemeyi gerçekten seviyoruz. Yanına bir de Sosyal TV geldiği zaman tadından yenmez. Şimdilerde sosyal medya televizyon alışkanlıklarımızı değiştirmeye, geliştirmeye başladı. Kısacası izleyiciler interaktifleştirildi. İş yerinde, komşuda bir ortamda insanlar mutlaka önceki akşam primetime’da yayınlanan programın/yayının dedikodusunu yaptılar. Şimdi ise güncel paylaşım platformları bu dedikoduları kayıt altında tutuyor ve gerçek zamanlı insanların paylaşmasına izin veriyor. Özellikle Twitter’ın TV programları ile…

  • Elektronik Program Rehberlerinin Geleceği

    Emre Cinar
    14 Nov 2011 | 1:20 am
    Elektronik Program Rehberleri belki de STB’lerin en kullanışlı ve kullanıcılar tarafından benimsenen fonksiyonudur. Bu EPG’ler de IPTV sayesinde bir hayli değişime uğrayacak. Tüm TV endüstrisi gibi EPG’ler de büyük bir değişimin eşiğinde. Bu değişimde hali hazırda kullandığımız linear centric olan EPG’lerden ziyade daha kullanıcı deneyimine önem veren ve özellikle arama ve önerilerin anahtar rol oynayacağı bir üst seviyede olan kullanıcı deneyimlerini gözlemleyeceğiz. Her değişimde olduğu gibi EPG’lerin de devriminde rol…

  • Facebook F8′in markalar ve sosyal medya ajansları için önemi

    Emre Cinar
    25 Oct 2011 | 3:21 pm
    Geçtiğimiz ay yapılan Facebook F8 konferansında beklenen radikal değişiklikler tanıtıldı. Her ne kadar sıkı tutulsa da ben şahsen müzik üzerine daha fazla açıklama bekliyordum. Üzerinden biraz geçtikten sonra bu değişiklikleri sindirip markalar ve sosyal medya ajansları için neler ifade ediyor bunun üzerine düşünüp bir yazı hazırladım. Bu son gelişmeler sonrasında sosyal medya planlarını etkileyecek aşağıdaki 3 tane trendi ve bunlar ile ilgili önerilerimi anlatacağım. Timeline yapısı Facebook deneyimini tam anlamı ile değiştiriyor Bugüne kadar…

  • Yenilenen Facebook TV Endüstrisi için ne ifade ediyor?

    Emre Cinar
    10 Oct 2011 | 7:00 pm
    İki hafta önce Mark Zuckerberg Facebook’un geleceği ile ilgili stratejisini çoğul bir medya barındırıcı olarak pozisyonladığını anlattı. Konu daha çok müzik endüstrisi üzerinde tartışılsa da Film/TV endüstrisi üzerindeki etkileri gözüme çarptı. İlk olarak Live Ticker’dan bahsetmem gerekiyor. Kısaca “Twitter Light embedded in Facebook” diyebiliriz. Kullanıcıların oluşturduğu gerçek zamanlı akışı takip edebildiğimiz bir fonksiyon. Daha evvel Sosyal TV’de söylediğimiz gibi kullanıcılar TV izlerken mutlaka internetten…
 
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