Justin.tv, a startup that will forever risk coming off as a prolonged publicity stunt rather than a business, is rolling out the platform it’s been saying was the point all along. Starting out with founder Justin Kan broadcasting his life 24/7 from a hat-cam was a […] Read more »
[qi:_earth2tech] Bob Metcalfe, the father of Ethernet and founder of 3Com (COMS), says the history of the Internet is a “rich vein to mine” when it comes to building the next generation of energy technology. He should know — he’s been researching network and information technologies […] Read more »
Bob Metcalfe, the father of Ethernet and founder of 3Com (COMS), says the history of the Internet is a “rich vein to mine” when it comes to building the next generation of energy technology. He should know — he’s been researching network and information technologies for […] Read more »
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Erm, Santa Monica, actually. Popular destination for the weird and wonderful on the web BoingBoing has enlisted the services of production company DECA (which we profiled last week) to produce the new BoingBoing web show. Federated Media, which already brokered ads for the BoingBoing blog and […] Read more »
NBC launched its new, original online series Coastal Dreams today and the result, while a blonde-highlighted mess, offers lessons to budding production companies out there on how not to do an original web series. Dreams follows the story of Zoe, a recent college grad (and budding […] Read more »
Amazon (AMZN), I have often pointed out, is a harbinger of technology trends that eventually gain mainstream acceptance. Contextual matching of information and community-powered feedback and ratings systems are two such examples. Their recent foray into infraweb-services such as EC2 (processing on demand) and S3 (storage […] Read more »
Speech recognition has been positioned as the holy grail of computing for decades, but many people have found the off-the-shelf software solutions too prone to inaccuracies. That’s really changed with some of the newer products, though, and I’m now regularly using a digital voice recorder and […] Read more »
Graffiti is a staple of urban Americana. It’s a sign of social consciousness in cement wastelands and a commentary on the stratification of the inner city. The iconic rattle of the can and the spray of the aerosol are all that’s needed to evoke the vandal-auteur. […] Read more »
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer, following rumors last week that the software giant is considering an investment that would value the social networking company at $10 billion, is saying the craze for social networks such as Facebook risks being exposed as a “fad.” I think these […] Read more »
Dwight Silverman has not been a big fan of the Tablet PC platform, Lord knows I’ve tried. That may be changing slowly as he’s recently been evaluating both the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 and the HP 2710p Tablet PCs. He’s written a double review of the two […] Read more »
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Yes, it seems counter-intuitive, but it just might help based on T-Bird’s post over at the Origami Project. This is a simple registry change (although you should always be careful in the registry, even backing it up first) and essentially turns off the hardware acceleration on […] Read more »
by Dan Schawbel While brushing your teeth or driving to work, do you know who is watching you? These days, anything is possible, due to the rise of social networking sites, blogs, forums and the focus on Google as a Personal Branding search engine. Employers and […] Read more »
I read an interesting piece yesterday morning in The Los Angeles Times on the topic of how business leaders can use storytelling to inspire their employees and affect positive change in their organizations. Yes, storytelling. It was a book review, actually (reprinted from the Financial Times), […] Read more »
As Dwight Silverman told me when he pointed out an article in ComputerWorld, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I don’t think that author Mike Elgan likely saw my similar post days before his was published but he makes a lot of the same points […] Read more »
One thing I truly enjoy about blogging is that I get to meet many people with different points of view. Sometimes we meet virtually, but the best times are where I get to meet some of you off the grid. If you’re a jkOTR reader and […] Read more »
The software development world has the concept of the antipattern – a code structure that one commonly finds in failing software. Antipatterns are worth studying because they help us learn from our mistakes (or, even better, from other people’s mistakes). But antipatterns are not confined to […] Read more »
Online video infrastructure companies are in high demand these days, and they’re taking advantage of the opportunity to haul in cash. Dan Primack of Private Equity Hub has the scoop on two deals: Move Networks recently raised $34 million, and Acinion took in $16 million. This […] Read more »
Nokia has released details about the new partnerships it inked for its content initiative, which we pointed to yesterday. CNN, IBN News, Jamba, Sony Pictures, RooftopComedy, ROK, and Versaly Entertainment will join YouTube and Reuters to provide content video for the largest handset maker in the […] Read more »
Yahoo (YHOO) rolled out some major upgrades to its search engine today. Dubbed “Search Assist,” the addition to the interface integrates audio, video, and photos directly into search results. The updated search also features “suggestions” that actively guess what you’re about to search for when you […] Read more »
Ask-a-Ninja Goes Social; popular online comedy series is using Ning to let fans build their own online ninja clans. Hi-kee-bah! (Ning Blog) FFWD Launches Private Beta; people interested in the social network/video discovery service can sign up at the FFWD web site. (FFWD blog) New House […] Read more »
Dan at UneasySilence points out that if you’ve upgraded your iPhone to the latest version (1.1.1) the email viewer application now supports wav and mp3 files in your email. This is surprising to me that it wasn’t inherently in the iPhone to begin with… Dan points […] Read more »
On Sept. 13, 2005, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels declared that the little town of Reynolds, Ind. — with a population of just over 500 — would officially become BioTown, USA. The idea was to re-energize the town and make it energy-self-sufficient through biofuels and waste-to-energy technology. […] Read more »
Sal Cangeloso provides a nice first look at the latest Opera Mobile version; v 8.65 hit the web yesterday although some recent devices already have this version. You’ll find a handful of UI tweaks and fixes in the change log but more important is the experience. […] Read more »
Entertainment gossip sites were buzzing over the weekend about an alleged Eva Longoria sex tape that was leaked onto the Internet. Turns out it was a promotional stunt comedy clip that ran on Funny or Die. The rumor started last week, just in time for Longoria’s […] Read more »
Vista doesn’t work well on UMPCs and other mobile PCs as they are shipping today. I’m not the only one who’s been ranting on this lately, you don’t have to look far to find consumers who are not happy with the current situation in the mobile […] Read more »
CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 112 is 35 minutes long and is a 32.1 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel […] Read more »
The number one use of user-created content in virtual spaces, as Metaplace creator Raph Koster once sagely observed, is the screenshot. “That’s actually where the action is,” he said, “things that have a far lower barrier to entry.” Trouble is, it’s difficult for the millions of […] Read more »
According to an email from HP a shipment is leaving today for Mobile Tech Manor and since the 2710p is the only piece of my order I haven’t received yet I’m thinking there’s a good chance it’s the Tablet PC! It’s not showing up yet at […] Read more »
Sony announced an update to its electronic book device this morning; the PRS 505 will retail for around $300 and be available in silver or dark blue. Improvements over the prior version include a faster response time and higher contrast ratio, which should aid outdoor readers. […] Read more »
2007 is shaping up to be an excellent year for the solar power sector. In the first nine months through last Friday, Sept. 28, six solar stocks on U.S. exchanges have more than doubled their value. The biggest gainer is Littleton, Colo.-based Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI), […] Read more »
Not that it will be delivered, but I just sent an email to Steve Jobs: Steve (or his assistant, secretary, mail reader, etc.), I have been a devout Apple fanatic for years. I was just about to give up on Apple when you came back. I […] Read more »
If you’ve ever dreamed of creating a blog or a podcast and then cashing out big time, you’ll want to study the story of Howard Lindzon, the guy who started Wallstrip last October as a daily vodcast then sold it eight months later to CBS for […] Read more »
With over a third of the world’s CO2 coming from energy production, innovations that promise to clean up that process are a breath of fresh air. So it’s fitting that a team of researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim have patented […] Read more »
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