Archive for March, 2011

The Economy of SXSW

Mar 20 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Music, movies, and tech. That’s what the nearly-finished SXSW convention offers to its participants every year for what seems like a month. Austin watches thousands of people descend into the heart of the city every year and the results are always unpredictable. One thing that stays constant more »

De Niro Doesn't Get Twitter and That's Okay

Mar 20 by Connor Livingston | add comment

He’s risen to power from obscurity as Vito Corleon, helped a child prostitute find peace, ran a casino and met the Fockers. In his acting career, Robert De Niro has done just about everything with everyone and he shows no signs of slowing down much with more movies scheduled to be released soon. There more »

Sony, Toyota Face Weeks of Downtime in Japan

Mar 20 by Rocco Penn | add comment

The aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami that crippled much of Japan is being felt by two of the country’s largest manufacturers, Sony and Toyota. While Toyota is hoping to open some plants next week, the supply chain and power grid are still question marks. “This will be played out more »

Geek Porn: The Star Wars Cast

Mar 19 by JD Rucker | 5 comments

Few things are more epic than this. You know the unmasked people, but can you guess which ones are Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and R2D2? If not, you probably shouldn’t be reading this blog. A certain level of “geek cred” is necessary to appreciate how awesome this image from Star Wars truly is. more »

iPad 2 Get Utterly Destroyed - and it's Beautiful

Mar 18 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

We’re willing to bet you’ve never seen a tech toy meet its end with such beauty. Remember in Jet Li’s Hero, where everyone kind of pirouetted all pretty-like when they died? This is like that, but with, like, iPads and bullets and stuff. more »

Tech Needs More Women

Mar 18 by JD Rucker | 23 comments

There, I said it. The tech industry needs more women to get in and make things right again. It’s way too male dominated and it doesn’t have to be. Over half of the professionals in the United States are women. They account for nearly 50% more college degrees than men. With this kind of knowledge, how more »

Why 30% of Something Is Better Than 100% of Nothing

Mar 18 by James Mowery | 13 comments

There has been incredible discussions throughout the Web about Apple’s decision to take 30 percent of the revenues through iOS subscriptions. Many are not happy about the decision. I’m sorry to say, however, that everyone who disagrees is flat-out wrong. Apple is right. Many tech journalists more »

Save IE6: Because Progress is Overrated

Mar 17 by Rocco Penn | 6 comments

When you enter that level of Internet embarrassment that people start to develop memes about you, you’ve transcended bad to become good again. Just as Rick Astley rematerialized in the form of the Rick Roll, a new effort is being made to “save” IE6. On the website SaveIE6, people can sign a petition to bring more »

NY Times Bets Big on Their Muscle, Announces Paywall

Mar 17 by JD Rucker | add comment

Starting March 28, you get 20 articles a month. That’s it. Beyond that, it’s $15 for 4 weeks for the web and smartphone package, $20 for iPad access, and $35 for both. The idea is that casual readers will still be able to be exposed to the content for free while heavy users will need to encouraged to pay more »

Why 'Big Media' Was Just a Historical Blip

Mar 16 by Navneet Alang | 2 comments

The conversation about the shift from “old” to “new” media usually goes something like this: 1) the media business has fundamentally changed; 2) media companies need to think in new ways due to the problems of fragmentation, the attention economy and a whole range of platforms; 3) those that adapt more »

Heavy Multitaskers "lousy at everything that's necessary for multitasking"

Mar 16 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

New reports find that high multi-taskers are “lousy at everything that’s necessary for multitasking.” Considering the amount of time people spend with around-the-clock access to TV, the Internet and mobile devices, it’s not surprising. The following is a look at the causes and effects of multitasking. more »

Twitter Pushes https, Plans to Make it Default

Mar 15 by JD Rucker | add comment

With security being a major concern for Twitter over the years, they have been continuously making improvements and securing internal systems to tighten up the service. The https option has been available for a while, but only by typing it into a browser as such. Today, Twitter announced that they are making more »

HTC Thunderbolt Strikes March 17, Brings LTE To Verizon Customers

Mar 15 by James Mowery | add comment

The first LTE-enabled Verizon phone is official. The HTC Thunderbolt will strike Verizon Wireless stores on March 17 for $249.99 on a two-year contract. This phone marks the next evolution of mobile network technology for America’s most popular mobile carrier. Thunderbolt is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm more »

Proof That The Game Console Is Dead

Mar 15 by James Mowery | 3 comments

What happens when you take an iPad 2, an iPad game, and a 50-inch HDTV and put them together? You get a mobile gaming experience that never looked so good. And when we say good, we mean really, really good! By utilizing the HDMI out potential with the iPad 2, a gamer is now enjoying the iPad 2 gaming experience more »