Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Return of TheWB
That’s right folks, for all those who can’t live without ‘One Tree Hill’ and ‘Smallville’ you are in luck. Earlier this morning Warner Bros., unveiled that TheWB.com (full press release here) will return as an online platform. As of right now the site is set to begin beta testing in early May and as soon as I [...]
No Comments » - Posted in TV on Web by Jason D.
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Social Dimension
Yahoo! and Google aren’t trying to become another social destination like facebook or myspace, instead they are trying to take it to a whole new dimension. By incorporating several of the applications and features that social networking sites already contain the companies are trying to build, once again, upon the social dynamics of the web. Connecting users [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Google,Social Networks by Jason D.
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Facebook Chat First Impression: Meh
So I tried the new chat feature in Facebook today for the first time, and wasn’t altogether impressed with it, at least so far. Here are some observations. I liked the fact that the chat window is somewhat larger than the Gmail/Google Talk window that is anchored in your Gmail session. It seems to allow [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Social Networks,User Interface by Jason T.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Earnings Call Hints at 3G iPhone?
If Apple expects to sell the 10 million iPhone’s it still maintains it will do by the end of 2008, something is going to have to change. Tonights earnings call reported only 1.7M units sold in the last quarter. At that rate they’ll only rack up about 6.8M units by year’s end. And iPhone shortages [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple,iPhone by Jason T.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Trouble in the Networld
Net neutrality is making headlines again this week. Turns out Comcast is a bigger jack ass than initially thought. Some might not even have thought that was possible but, with the announcement from the FCC yesterday that “Comcast’s slowing of peer-to-peer traffic appeared to be more widespread than the company has disclosed”, it’s possible those people might [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
PS3 Users To Wait Longer For “Home” Service
The “Home” 3D virtual online space for the PS3 owners will be delayed until autumn, according to Sony Corp. This is the second delay of the “Home” service, which I believe will be similar to the offerings Xbox users can currently access via Xbox Live. The announcement is another blow to the PS3, which is trailing [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Gaming,Microsoft,PS3,Wii,Xbox by Jason T.
Monday, April 21st, 2008
AT&T Says By 2010 Internet Will Be Maxed Out
At the Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 held in London, the VP of Legislative Affairs at AT&T stated that by 2010 the Internet will have reached it’s max capacity. This is, of course, with out billions in dollars worth of upgrades–$55B in the US alone, and $130B globally. The idea of the Internet maxing out seems [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Content,Industry News,Internet by Jason T.
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Presented in Technicolor by CinemaNow
Reuters has a story about how CinemaNow and Technicolor have “developed a new digital movie delivery platform to sell to online retailers and hardware companies.” The full press release and details can be found here. The highlight is: “Under the new partnership, Technicolor and CinemaNow will provide a seamless, fully-integrated platform for the electronic delivery [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Two New to iTunes
Throwing caution to the wind Fox and Paramount are joining the likes of Disney and MGM by offering full length films on Apple’s iTune’s store. Juno came out simultaneously on DVD and via iTunes. Only furthering the rage Wal-Mart and Best Buy have for Apple, Fox struck a deal with Starbucks to offer Juno in its [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Circuitbuster
The Washington Post has a unique article on the idea of Blockbuster merging with big-box retailer Circuit City. With both company’s shares losing a great deal yesterday and today analysts are skeptical why the deal has been presented in the context of “digital convergence” when Circuit City has such a limited online presence. Doug Anmuth, [...]