Wednesday, June 8, 2011

More ads hit online TV as Web audiences grow (AP)

More ads hit online TV as Web audiences grow (AP)

More ads hit online TV as Web audiences grow (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:26 PM PDT

In this May, 9, 2011 photo, Kate Hooper, a 24-year-old professional nanny, is able to watch an Internet stream of the CW show 'Gossip Girl' while preparing food for her sitter at her home kitchen in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles native often travels for work and on a recent trip to Hawaii, booting up her laptop was the only way to catch her favorite CW show, “Gossip Girl.” She was faced with either watching more ads, about four per break, or missing her show altogether. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - One of the rewards of watching TV online is not having to sit through as many commercials. Now the networks are chipping away at that little luxury.

Review: HTC Flyer tablet mates with slippery pen (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:47 PM PDT

In this product image provided by HTC, the HTC Flyer tablet is displayed with a battery powered pen.(AP Photo/HTC)AP - Is it better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all? That's the question posed by a new tablet computer that takes aim at one of the deficiencies of the iPad: that it's difficult to write on it with a stylus or pen.

Nintendo stock plunges amid doubts about new Wii (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:31 AM PDT

The new Nintendo Wii U gaming console is displayed on a video screen during a news conference at the E3 Gaming Convention in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Nintendo stock plunged Wednesday in Tokyo amid doubts about the consumer appeal of the Wii U, the much ballyhooed successor to its hit Wii video game console.

E3 2011: This enormous wrap-around screen setup makes us extremely jealous (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - They're not showing off any games of their own of course, but chip-maker AMD did nevertheless manage an impressive presence on the E3 show floor with this insane, almost 180-degree wraparound screen setup. The PC hardware and software part of …

iPad App Review: Splashtop Remote Desktop lets you control your computer from your iPad (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:56 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - The iPad is a great tool and a well-designed piece of technology. There are many things it's good at, such as acting as a digital cookbook, surfing the web, and playing movies and games. However, a tablet will never be able to …

Why Augmented Reality Is Poised To Change Marketing (Mashable)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:25 PM PDT

Mashable - Sam Travis Ewen is the CEO and founder of Interference Incorporated, a non-traditional marketing agency, and is co-founder of Supertou.ch an immersive technology company focused on bringing human computer interaction (HCI) to real-world environments. If you've read Daniel Suarez’s techno thriller Daemon or William Gibson’s Spook Country, then you've encountered a world where there is no dividing line between physical and virtual realities. This vision is also advanced in the films Blade Runner, Minority Report or Children of Men which feature floating screens and active surfaces that come alive at a gesture or command. While this may seem like fantasy, those in business and marketing need to start paying attention to how real this all becoming.

Coupons.com gets $200M investment (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:12 PM PDT

AP - Digital coupon provider Coupons.com Inc. has received $200 million from undisclosed institutional investors, making it the latest Internet company to attract significant attention from the investor community.

Coupons.com raises $200 million in private round (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Digital-coupon business Coupons.com said it had raised $200 million from institutional investors, underscoring the tremendous investor appetite for businesses that help consumers find bargains using the Internet.

E3 2011 event: Shigeru Miyamoto reveals insights at Nintendo Developer Roundtable (Digital Trends)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:28 PM PDT

Digital Trends - (This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.)

EBay seeks acquisitions to speed impulse buys (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - EBay is hunting for acquisitions to speed up its development of image recognition and augmented reality features as the online retailer and auctioneer seeks to capitalize on the potential of mobile phones to help consumers make impulse purchases.

Facebook under fire for photo tagging feature (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Facebook is coming under fire for a feature that uses facial recognition software to allow members to tag pictures of their friends on the social network.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Facebook is coming under fire for a feature that uses facial recognition software to allow members to tag pictures of their friends on the social network.

Efforts Frantic to Reverse Obama's Re-Election Support Drought (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - According to a recent report by ABC, "a legion of 1,600 newly-recruited Democratic campaign volunteers, armed with Tweet-producing smart-phones and a contagious spirit of enthusiasm, are fanning out across 40 states today to begin laying the groundwork for the reelection of President Barack Obama."

iOS 5 cuts the USB cable for good (Appolicious)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - On Monday, Steve Jobs took the stage for Apple's WWDC 2011 keynote. After going through all the juicy new details on Mac OS X Lion, Scott Forstall came on stage to share iOS 5 and all that we can expect this fall. Among the list of the 200 new features that will be included within iOS 5, two of them stood above the rest. First of all, Apple (AAPL) will be totally overhauling the notification system for the mobile devices, and secondly, iOS 5 will be cutting the USB cable and bringing in over-the-air setup and updates to all iOS devices. ...

Senate panel backs auctions of TV airwaves (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Reuters - A Senate committee backed giving U.S. communications regulators authority to auction some airwaves currently used by broadcast television and to shift their use to mobile broadband.

Analysis: Crunching Big Data more than a byte-sized bet (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Download a full-length movie on your computer and you'll need about 700 megabytes of space. Now multiply that digital mass by 2.7 trillion.

Gartner cuts 2011 global PC growth forecast (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Desktop computers are stocked on a shelf at a Best Buy store. Technology research company Gartner lowered its forecast Wednesday for worldwide personal computer growth amid a sharp drop in sales of mini-notebooks and rising interest in tablets such as Apple's iPad.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Technology research company Gartner lowered its forecast Wednesday for worldwide personal computer growth amid a sharp drop in sales of mini-notebooks and rising interest in tablets such as Apple's iPad.

Police: Computer tech installed peeping software (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:07 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Fullerton (Calif.) Police Department on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 shows Trevor Harwell. Police say Harwell, a Southern California computer repairman installed spyware on laptops that enabled him to snap and download photographs of women showering and undressing in their homes. (AP Photo/Fullerton (Calif.) Police Department)AP - A Southern California computer repairman suspected of installing spyware on laptops that enabled him to snap and download photographs of women showering and undressing in their homes was arrested Wednesday at his home, police said.
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