By Ben Homer, May 27th, 2007
On tap this shortened work week, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs will make a joint appearance in a discussion at the WSJ and Walt Mossberg’s annual D: All Things Digital conference.
A few years ago, these two on the same stage would have been a bigger deal. But these days Apple is no longer Microsoft’s biggest [...]
By Ben Homer, May 26th, 2007
There were a lot of cool new TVs and displays showcased at SID 2007 this week, most notably Sony’s new ultra thin OLED display which has become one of the top videos on YouTube.
Above: Sony shows off their new display technology
Sony’s display uses a combination of EL (electroluminescent) and TFT (thin film transistor) technologies to [...]
By Ben Homer, May 25th, 2007
Paul McCartney debuted his Dance Tonight music video on YouTube ahead of the release of his new album. It has received more than 220,000 views and more than a thousand comments in two days.
Above: McCartney’s video is directed by Michel Gondry and features Natalie Portman.
Videos from last week’s Personal Democracy forum are now up on [...]
By Ben Homer, May 24th, 2007
$3 Billion for DoubleClick (GOOG). $6 Billion for aQuantive (MSFT). With the news that Google is spending $100 Million on FeedBurner, are we getting maybe, a little ahead of ourselves here?
I’m as excited about new media as anyone and DoubleClick and AQNT are great companies that will fit great into Google and Microsoft strategically, but [...]
By Corey Kronengold, May 23rd, 2007
Poking around for new videos to watch, I stumbled across WeDigTV.com, which features interactive game shows like The Price Is Right. They use Flash layovers to create an interactive experience, allowing users to play along.
What I found most interesting on the site, though, was their simple explanation of why they need to serve ads. This [...]
