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Jan 5th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
CES: Mattress manufacturer Leggett & Platt has created either the ultimate bed of the future or an expensive piece of iCrap. Their Starry Night Bed is a high-end sleeping system (costing up to $50,000) that offers some insanely high-tech features, including: Anti-snore technology Dual programmable temperature control from 68 to 117 degrees Fahrenheit Sleep Diagnostic […]
Tags: bed, CES, DVR, iPod, multimedia system, sex, surround sound, Windows Media Center
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Dec 28th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Adam Curry, who along with Dave Winer helped pioneer podcasting, is backing Ron Paul for president and is using new media to do it:
Tags: Adam Curry, political podcast, politics, Ron Paul
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Dec 25th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Online television just got sexy for advertisers. According to a new report by Experian Research Services, consumers are 44 percent more engaged in advertisements inserted into online television programs than they are with the ads in programs they view on traditional TV. Viewers are paying more attention to what they are watching online and this […]
Tags: advertising, Internet television, sexy, statistics, trends
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Dec 24th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Quarterlife, the heavily-hyped serialized drama from the creators of thirtysomething and My So-Called Life, is a bomb. Views for the show have plummeted, going from nearly 800,000 YouTube views for the first episode to just a few thousand for some recent episodes. That’s fewer than sleeping kitties, graffiti videos and even a video of Sims […]
Tags: Quarterlife, the future of television
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Dec 23rd, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
You may want to check out Pop Art’s iPhone snow globe. It offers seconds of mindless fun.
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Dec 21st, 2007 |
By Elisabeth Lewin |
Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Events, Streaming Video
Just a reminder that Todd Cochrane, the man behind Geek News Central, Blubrry, and Raw Voice, is conducting an all-day Podcast Marathon now through 10 am (Central US time) Saturday, Dec. 22. The marathon is a fundraiser for the One Laptop Per Child initiative. The Marathon is being streamed by Ustream.tv and TalkShoe, and listeners/viewers […]
Tags: 24-hour Podcast Marathon, Andy McCaskey, Anna Farmery, Association for Downloadable Media, Podcasting Events, Roxanne Darling, Sue Bratton, TalkShoe, Todd Cochrane, Ustream
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Dec 20th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Strange
New media advertising in virtual worlds like Second Life appears to be dead in the water. Virtual world technology firm The Electric Sheep Company let go nearly a third of its employees yesterday. The company laid off 22 employees, is scaling back its events staff and cancelling several projects, including the creation of an ad […]
Tags: advertising, Second Life, virtual worlds
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Dec 19th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Podcasting Software
Apple has quietly released updates to several of its podcasting-related applications: GarageBand 4 has been updated to 4.1.1. The update incorporates changes in the September 4.1 update, includes exporting to the iPhone, as well as overall stability fixes. QuickTime and QuickTime Broadcaster have also been updated. The latest version of QuickTime, 7.3.1, is a minor […]
Tags: Apple, Garageband, Podcasting Software, quicktime
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Dec 19th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players
Portable media player manufactuer Neuros Technology has created the Unlocked Media brand to create a consumer friendly trademark out of the abstract idea of ‚ÄúDRM Free‚Äù media. The concept behind the Unlocked Media trademark is that it be made available for free to any entity that uses media using open standard technology which is available […]
Tags: copyright, DMCA, DRM, DRM free, Neuros, Unlocked Media
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Dec 18th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
The Phone Company Recording Archive is an great collection of old-school phone company messages. The samples include recordings from Bell, US West, AT&T and other sources. You can preview “Please hang up…” below.
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