The original Keyboard Cat video was filmed in 1984. Its star died in 2000. But the legacy of Keyboard Cat lives on, thanks to creator Charlie Schmidt, who has taken the brand and, with some inspiration from Banksy, found a meeting place between art and commerce.… Read More »
Archive for February 2011
Nokia, for the longest time has been the undisputed ruler of planet mobile. The emergence of Apple and Google hasnot only shaken its core, it has also reduced its pre-eminence as a mobile superpower. The deal with Microsoft, it is the beginning of the end. Read More »
Today on the Net: Al-Jazeera launches a Google TV-optimized website, Foursquare celebrates check-in records and citizens in Egypt document their victory via online video. Read More »
Wireless Intelligence took a look at how competition has fared among the wireless industry worldwide and found that markets with a large number of mobile operators saw price declines commensurate with markets that had a more concentrated number of wireless carriers. Read More »
As the online media game gets increasingly saturated, a new land rush is building in the hyper-local market, according to Topix CEO Chris Tolles, who says AOL’s ambitious rollout of its Patch.com network of local news sites is just the beginning of the land grab. Read More »
Internet radio pioneer Pandora announced Friday it was filing for an initial public offering, hoping to raise $100 million through the sale of stock. Though saddled with a deficit, the company has seen incredible growth and has been a bright spot in the digital music industry.… Read More »
During a phone call this morning, Rackspace Cloud President Lew Moorman flatly dismissed allegations that his company bought Anso Labs to gain extra power within the OpenStack community, and acknowledged that Rackspace is in talks with Microsoft about providing a managed version of Windows Azure. Read More »
LED lighting has been moving gradually from niche markets. Now it’s set to gain a brighter profile among investors as well with the planned Nasdaq debut of Lighting Science Group, which plans to sell shares to raise up to $150 million. Read More »
Less than six months ago, Apple launched a redesigned MacBook Air. It was almost a completely new machine, but only “almost” because the new MacBook Air still uses the “old” Core 2 Duo, same as the first. That could change soon. Read More »
Only 7 percent of customers recently polled are interested in a mobile broadband data dongle, down from 20 percent just three years ago. Wi-Fi and the Mi-Fi are reducing demand for single-device data sticks, but smartphones with mobile hotspot capabilities show potential of a larger impact. Read More »
Miramax has made a deal with Lionsgate to distribute its film titles on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as through digital storefronts like Apple’s iTunes and Amazon Video on Demand. But the deal doesn’t include Netflix, which will have to strike its own deal with Miramax. Read More »
The interesting story behind OkCupid, the online dating site recently acquired by Match.com, is OkTrends, its blog that analyzes the site’s wealth of data to shed light on our love lives. But the interesting story behind OkTrends is its use of R to power those analytics. Read More »
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