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TV nets wrap upfront week: “The biz still goes through us”
What, me, worry? Those three words broadly sum up the attitude of the broadcast TV network chiefs regarding the encroachment on their turf by digital media companies, as they conducted their… Read more
A kinder, gentler DRM?
With Harry Potter fan site and e-bookstore Pottermore.com now using watermarkinginstead of heavyweight DRM on all the Harry Potter e-books, anti-DRM arguments are growing louder. Now the International Digital Publishing… Read more
Why Social Learning Benefits Your Business
Classroom training isn’t dead, but it also isn’t the answer for every training need. Social tools are changing the game when it comes to employee learning. Organizations can create collaborative… Read more
SpaceX No Stranger to Launch-Day Rocket Glitches
When a privately built rocket aborted its launch attempt at the very last second today (May 19), it was likely a familiar sight to the booster’s builders: the California-based company… Read more
YouTube’s April video usage up 55% over 2011
Digital media companies like YouTube and Yahoo have yet to see how much they will have increased their ad base by upping the quality of their video content recently. But… Read more
Can This Computer Empower a New Generation of Programmers?
Big Idea: Raspberry Pi is a small, lightweight computer that runs on Linux and costs next to nothing — the Model A retails at $35, while the forthcoming Model B… Read more
6 Reasons Why the Facebook IPO Fell Flat
Well, that was anticlimactic. After all the hullabaloo about Facebook’s IPO, this is how it ends, with a mere $0.23 jump in share price? That kind of movement is what happens… Read more
What you need to know about that $15 billion Facebook privacy case
Lawyers tried to ruin Mark Zuckerberg’s big day with a sprawling lawsuit that portrays the Facebook founder as a rogue hacker, and accuses the company of tracking users on their… Read more
One TV Everywhere deal down! (Many more to go)
Hey, it’s progress. Whether it actually ignites the kind of momentum needed to ultimately propel TV Everywhere to live up to its ubiquitous promise remains to be seen. On Wednesday,… Read more
Is a cheaper, ad-supported Kindle Fire on the way?
Amazon is trying to sell ads that would appear on the Kindle Fire’s welcome screen, AdAgereports, at prices of at least $600,000 for a two-month campaign. Does that mean a… Read more
