Google announced today that its Book Search engine is now home to magazine archives. Partnerships with publishers such as Hearst mean you can read magazine articles in full-color, from page-to-page, in their original context. And you don’t have to be afraid of papercuts. Searches now bring up results from magazines like Popular Science, New York [...]
Tivo will now be placing text ads into paused shows. So far it is only when the show is paused and only for clients with certain subscription packages, but how long before they place ads when your fast forwarding through a show? Or they dont let you fast forward through certain ads at all.
http://gizmodo.com/5105465/tivo-sticks-ads-into-timeshifting
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The first-ever live broadcast of an NFL game in 3D aired in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles last week. The game played on a large screen in a theatre and on 2 HDTVs with the 3D feed. The 3D transmission is supposed “to bring the audience on the field with the players.” I think [...]
Blockbuster Video is selling a set-top box that could download movies and play them on a television. However, Internet connection in most homes in the United States may not be fast enough to make downloading movies a satisfying experience. I don’t think this will sell as well as Blockbuster hopes due to the rise of bootlegging and [...]
Dell introduced its online Design Studio which allows customers to decorate the lid of their 15 or 17 inch Studio Laptop. There are more than 100 designs available for additional $75. It seems that Dell tries to keep their position as a customization leader.
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Engadget.com reports that a new player in the online video community has arrived. Sling.com is a Hulu-like site where you can (legally) watch clips and full episodes of your favorite TV show online. There is even a partnership with that infamous Slingbox product on the site. Hm, I wonder where they got the idea for [...]
Amazon created a new software which will allow apple ipod and iphone users to browse products available on their website. It is interesting that “the tool lets users take a photograph of any product they see in the real world. The photos are then uploaded to Amazon and turned over to the far-flung freelance workers [...]
An article explaining a service provided by amazon.com to customers. Customers sign up to recieve daily texts about amazons deal of the day. Customers also have the option of sending a text back to amazon to buy said item.
I think its a great concept for customers but there has already been some negative feedback from customer [...]
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This just might be better than winning the lottery! Steve Demeter developed Trism, an application for iPhone, and earned $250,000 in just two months. Barriers are at a all time low thanks to big name companies like Apple who have started to give hobby-developers easy, low cost ways to create on hardware. Once upon a [...]
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Good news for small city dwellers! Soon enough, they too will be able to enjoy some of the perks we’ve grown accustomed to in the Big Apple. Coffee shops, cafes, libraries, schools, parks – these are some of the places people have come to expect a free internet connection. As it is now, apartment complexes [...]
Online advertising is not stopping but only slowing down in growth. third quarter online ad revenues reached $5.926 billion, which is only a %2 increase from the prior quarter.
“The growth of interactive advertising that we’ve been experiencing over the past few years has stabilized due in large part to the difficult current economic climate,” said [...]
I was working away from my home office Friday night and the time came when I needed to eat. Not being able to cook within my Non-High Fructose Corn Syrup diet I thought about the lesser enemy and decided that baked buffalo wings would be the least harmless or so I hoped.
For where I was [...]
In April 2008, Toyota updated its section at Memphis AutoZone Park to now have a redesigned three-car showroom ready for the baseball season. It will offer fans the chance of seeing Toyota’s all-new products and technology up close before, during, and after games and different vehicles will be on display every month. Additionally, visitors will [...]
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This is an interesting article about the new movie ‘Twilight’ and how it’s internet buzz has created a domination of online ticket sales weeks before the movie comes out.
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