Anyone who needs to convert videos to work well on a given phone knows you have to do your homework to get it done right. Our friends at NewTeeVee have your back and have rounded up 5 easy ways to convert videos for phones. Read More »
Archive for March 2010
What’s next for Google Buzz and Google Docs? Google’s VP of product management for Apps (aka everything but search and ads) Bradley Horowitz gave a bit of a roadmap last night, saying the motto he’s given his team is “We build apps for people, not markets.” Read More »
While Demand Media and AOL’s Seed get all the press, Associated Content has been around longer and is larger than either one, with 250,000 contributors and two million pieces of content. But CEO Patrick Keane denies that it is running a “virtual sweatshop” or “content farm.” Read More »
Current’s Infomania hit upon a winning combination last night: What if Oprah Winfrey (who’s the narrator of the Discovery Channel’s maybe-sorta-ripoff-of-the-BBC’s-Earth series Life) took that same nature documentary approach to another nonfiction series that delved into a strange and previously unexplored culture: MTV’s Jersey Shore.… Read More »
As a long time Verizon customer I was ecstatic to hear that the Nexus One would appear for the Verizon network this week. I must have hit the Google site dozens of times and I still find the lousy message that it is “coming soon.” Read More »
Shows about people trying to break into Hollywood, as I’ve said many times before, is one of the web video industry’s most tired genres. Fortunately, the BET-distributed web series Buppies isn’t about trying to break into Hollywood — it’s about living in it,… Read More »
Foursquare is being actively wooed by four major venture capital investors, which are valuing it at between $50 million and $70 million. And it isn’t the only startup seeking a “big round” at a “big valuation” — indeed, big-ticket investments are making a comeback. Read More »
At SXSW, I asked several attendees for their web working advice as well as their favorite web app so far this year — a new one, an old favorite, whatever they were using at the moment. Read More »
Things are getting serious for lacrosse fans, with the National Lacrosse League heading into its final month of the 2010 season. This weekend will be especially action-packed, with the Washington Stealth facing off against the Colorado Mammoth and the Minnesota Swarm taking on the Calgary… Read More »
The ThinkPad Edge line combines many of the features that make the ThinkPad line a favorite with businesses, with other features that appeal to consumers. The result is a thin form factor with excellent consumer appeal. The 14-inch model starts at $599. Read More »
CW to Double Ad Load in Its Web Shows; the CW Network plans to put as many ads in Web versions of its shows as it airs on TV. (The Wall Street Journal) Bitbop: Is This the Hulu of Mobile?; Fox Mobile unveiled Bitbop this week… Read More »
VIDEO: The rule of thumb for a battery startup business is take a scientist’s budget to build a lithium ion battery company and multiply it by 10, says Charles Gassenheimer, the CEO of Ener1, which, under its subsidiaries, makes batteries, nanotech and fuel cell technology. Read More »
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