No American Idol contestant enters the game without a past — the lucky ones just hope that it won’t get them disqualified, as with Frenchie Davis in 2003 for a topless photo shoot, and this year’s Chris Golightly, who had a previous recording contract… Read More »
Archive for February 2010
The definition of a smartbook varies depending on who you ask, but ABI Research is sure about one thing — most of the smartbook devices sold in 2015 won’t have Intel inside. Here’s why the perfect storm of mobile ARM computing is coming to a head. Read More »
Security services firm ZScaler is out with its “State of the Web” report for Q4 of last year, which presents views — many of them graphical — of the changing habits and patterns of web users. While some results are predictable, there are a few surprises. Read More »
My first cost-cutting measure is a big one, because I’m looking to free up a significant amount of cash, and the timing is convenient. My lease is up in a few weeks, and so I’m already on the lookout for cheaper accommodation. Read More »
Aha Mobile’s newly revised mobile application includes news, podcasts, social media streams, and information about nearby businesses, with minimal finger gestures and onscreen reading required in an effort to ensure the safety of both drivers and the people around them. Read More »
An unexpected phone call this morning caused me to use some technology I have taken for granted for years. This technology may be the best technology of the decade, and it’s unfortunate that not that many know it exists. Read on to see what I mean. Read More »
If ESPN were in charge of of broadcasting the Olympics to a domestic audience, what would it look like? paidContent did an interview with ESPN executive vice president of content John Skipper and executive editor John Walsh about the challenges of covering the… Read More »
While everyone’s talking about new battery technologies that can store huge amounts of electricity for the power grid, for the time being the cheapest ways to store grid power is water and air — that is, pumped hydro and compressed air energy storage, or… Read More »
It’s Tuesday and that can only mean it’s time for our weekly feature, the BlackBerry Buzz. RIM is firing up a new developer initiative to create “super apps”, and Verizon is rumored to be dropping the Storm and the Storm2 from its smartphone lineup. Read More »
Two and a half years ago, the first edition of “The New Rules of Marketing and PR” hit the shelves. David Meerman Scott’s guide to using other online tools for marketing was a game changer. Last month, the second edition of the book came out. Read More »
The UK government is backing away from a proposal in the Digital Economy Bill that would cut off broadband access for consumers that were found to illegally share media files online. With the latest comment on a petition from the government, it appears… Read More »
DocStoc, the document-hosting service, has launched an online store and related services that allow members to sell professional documents both through the DocStoc marketplace and through the service’s embeddable document viewer. CEO Jason Nazar says he sees it as different from Scribd’s similar online document store. Read More »
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