Content owners are looking beyond straight-up advertisements and product placements. One opportunity lies in the ability to immediately sell products seen in video content. To that end, startup Clikthrough has just raised $1 million for its interactive clickable video efforts. Clikthrough is an interactive video platform […] Read more »
Everyone has their favorite tricks to keep focused while working at the computer. Mine can be summarized as “out of sight, out of mind…but easily accessible.” The Spaces function is one of the nicer features that I discovered in OS X when I started using a […] Read more »
The growth of location-based services (LBS) makers perfect sense, given how much potential they provide to the end user. Having a phone or computer that can determine where you are and provide thoughtful information based on what’s nearby can be leveraged in ways that are only […] Read more »
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With the help of a friend who already successfully completed the process, I managed to install OS X on my new Dell Mini 9. This was my first and, hopefully, my last Dell purchase. Sorry, Apple. I became too curious. Everyone appeared to love their hackintosh […] Read more »
Ze Frank made the best money he’s ever made on his web video series theshow. You won’t see Homestar Runner-branded pillows and sleeping bags anytime soon. Michael Buckley hates taking the weekend off. Read these and many other interesting first-person tidbits from artists who’ve cultivated audiences […] Read more »
I’m dissatisfied with the current crop of “lifestreaming” apps. Overall, I think they’re missing a huge opportunity to help users focus their limited attention to the content that really matters. Last week, for example, Simon covered the release of skimmer, a desktop client that brings together […] Read more »
Way back in mid-2007 there was a tremendous buzz when a video appeared on YouTube demonstrating a news feed aggregator and sharing service called Streamy. People begged for invites and the blogosphere went a little crazy writing about it. Fast-forward two years. What was hailed at […] Read more »
As mobile startup Tatango closes in on a second round of funding it has decided to increase its transparency by live-casting the “inter-workings of the company.” I think they meant “inner-workings,” but who needs to spell when your company has a sweet basketball court built into […] Read more »
MacWorld is almost here and there are definitely less rumors flurrying about what Apple may do than usual. One rumor emerging has to do with the refresh of the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The biggest MacBook was the only model not refreshed last year and it’s no […] Read more »
Amidst all of the hubaloo around Apple’s announcements, one of my favorite iPhone apps was updated to v2.0 today. Byline, by Phantom Fish is an RSS reader application. It’s big claim to fame is the synchronization/support of the Google Reader API. However, 2.0 has some other […] Read more »
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If you are looking for a new way to “nibble” on your news, you can try Snackr, an Adobe AIR-based app that creates a ticker across the bottom of your computer screen that teases random articles and blog posts from RSS feeds of your choice. The […] Read more »
About a week ago, I posted about Needing a Gentle Intro to RSS Feeds. I mentioned that I would read my RSS feeds through Google Reader over breakfast while my husband reads the paper and would let you know how I fared. I know it has […] Read more »
Just read Mike Gunderloy’s post Times: Looks Aren’t Everything. One thing he said really stuck out for me… Times is worth looking at, though, if you’re trying to gently introduce someone new to a few RSS feeds. He’s talking about me, I thought, as I read […] Read more »
I was just reading Anne Lyle’s experiences with Ubuntu 7.10 on the Samsung Q1U and she’s got the device working well. Better than I did when I last tried this, but I think she put more effort in: she followed some on-line forums & wiki’s to […] Read more »
DigiTimes has a piece this morning indicating that FIC plans to bring their CE260 UMPC to the U.S. in both a Windows XP and Linux configuration. They further speculate that the sub-notebook would be sold under the Everex brand, which if it is the same, is […] Read more »
Ah, how times change. AT&T (T), the company that used to be affectionately known as Ma Bell, is caught in a legal tussle with the state of Connecticut over the rollout of its U-Verse IPTV service, and at the heart of the dispute is whether AT&T […] Read more »
[qi:_newteevee] TiVo has been having a tough time in recent months, finding itself at the mercy of the cable providers and yet trying to break free. It can get its groove back, it if it becomes innovative again, and changes the rules that define our collective […] Read more »
I was teaching recently and blew a few kids’ minds by doing this. If you’re using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can zoom in and out on the entire Finder by simply holding the control key (by default) and scrolling up and down. You […] Read more »
Mark Evans: You’ve got to hand it to Nortel CEO Bill Owens who said today he is embarassed by the company’s failure to get out its restated financial results. It’s healthy to see a CEO admit to being anything other than confident and/or arrogant. Read more »
Boingo, the WiFi hotspot company has decided that there is a big market opportunity for the company if it can work to combine its wireless networking and voice over IP. The company is going to release a new software offering for Wi-Fi phones that makes it […] Read more »
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