Device proliferation combined with the desire to deliver clean video is giving rise to a new market for hosted video encoding. The goal is simple: provide the right format to the right screen at the right time without requiring content producers to invest in infrastructure. Read More »
Archive for August 2010
A wave of new connected devices — from cameras to heart monitors to your refrigerator — will present a host of security concerns as the Internet of things begins to get legs. But those same issues will mean big opportunities for vendors of mobile security software. Read More »
The Second Life Community Convention Keynote: Philip Rosedale; SLCC is going down in Boston this weekend, and Linden Labs CEO Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden, as he is know in his virtual world) will deliver the first keynote speech. (Ustream, Saturday, 5am PT) Rockstar Energy Mayhem… Read More »
SocialFlow, a New York-based social media marketing startup backed by Betaworks, recently studied clicks on the Bit.ly links shared by one of its client’s Twitter accounts for two months to see trends in the way people use Twitter and the content they find on it. Read More »
Everyone who produces content online wants to see it “go viral.” So how does that happen? Jonah Peretti, CEO of viral-media aggregator BuzzFeed and co-founder of The Huffington Post, says the secret is catering to that elusive group known as the “Bored at Work” network. Read More »
The success of last fall’s Paranormal Activity guaranteed that another horror project would try using Eventful’s Demand It to bring in audiences. The twist with the MTV-produced Savage County is that while it was originally a web series, fans may get it on TV. Read More »
Following the precedent RIM set by last week allowing the Saudi Arabian government to monitor communications, India is requesting RIM provide access to encrypted mail both for personal and corporate accounts — a dangerous precedent that goes against the very spirit of the Internet itself. Read More »
There have been several articles written about the possibility of a future update to the Apple TV that is based on iOS. These rumors have taken on a life of their own, in large part because everyone desperately wants them to be true. Read More »
Today on the Net: net neutrality is a sticky issue for media and Internet companies, MySpace has launched its first music video app, dubbed Romeo, and cable distributors and programmers are looking increasingly to tablets for creating new video applications. Read More »
Last month, General Electric announced that it would be taking submissions from inventors and entrepreneurs seeking a piece of a $200 million smart grid investment fund. Now GE says it has received 950 submissions from around the world. Read More »
One way to create strong passwords is to use randomly-generated phrases and store them in a password manager. Alternatively, you could use a password hashing tool to create passwords for each of the sites you use from a master password in conjunction with a parameter. Read More »
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