Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Short-form roots
The Los Angeles Times has a story about Disney returning to “its short-form roots with the debut of a digital studio that will develop original content for the Internet.” Stage 9 Media released the first of their new series titles “Squeegees”. You’ll be able to find the series at ABC.com and YouTube. This is the [...]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Apple still on track to sell 10M iPhones in ‘08
As reported on Reuters, Apple announced it is still on track to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. Furthermore, they’ll be announcing details next week about the much-anticipated iPhone SDK which will allow 3rd-party developers to create more robust apps for the phone. This will not only provide users with an expanded library of [...]
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
2008 Oscar Predictions
Actor in a Leading Role:
George Clooney: Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis: There will be Blood
Johnny Depp: Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones: In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen: Eastern Promises
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck: The assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford
Javier Bardem: No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Movies by Jason D.
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Home Entertainment goes to the Big Screen
Joining the group Disney has announced plans with National CinemEdia’s FirstLook to deliver ads for children’s DVDs to theaters owned by AMC, Cinemark, and Regal. The ads will be part of the ad clusters that run before the previews and only play before G and PG rated films. If these DVD campaigns prove successful we could [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Advertising, Movies by Jason D.
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Tru Dat
Thanks to Ezra Klein.
No Comments » - Posted in Internet by Jason D.
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Your Next Doctor Visit: “I’m Feeling Lucky”
Your doctor visit may one day be powered by Google, much like your internet searching. As reported at eFluxMedia, Google is going to expand it’s IT business into the medical arena, starting with 1,500-10,000 patients at a clinic in Cleveland.Patients who opt-in will have their medical records transferred to Google. The idea would be to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Advertising, Content, Google, Microsoft by Jason T.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Microsoft Lets Users Create Games for Xbox 360
Using games developed using it’s XNA Game Studio 2.0, Microsoft announced today in a press release that users will be able to create, play, and peer review games developed by Xbox 360 users.Developers can download the XNA Game Studio 2.0 toolset for free. In order to submit the games for distribution on Xbox Live, developers will have to join [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Microsoft, User generated content, Xbox by Jason T.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Video Games in da house
Saying a no go Disney plans to cut their longtime ties with THQ Inc. in order to develop the new Toy Story 3 game in house. The Wall Street Journal is reporting on this general trend that Hollywood studios are taking. They are slowly planning to stop outsourcing video game production to companies like EA. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Industry News, Video games by Jason D.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Apple Becomes American Idol Sponsor
Variety reports that Apple joined the likes of Ford, AT&T, and Coke to become a sponsor of the hit TV show American Idol. The iPod will be the show’s official digital music player (and mine too!…??), and the iPhone will be the official handset. I wish all of my, er, favorite shows would have official media [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Advertising, Apple, TV, iPhone, iPod by Jason T.
Monday, February 18th, 2008
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