It was a big year in tech: Apple unveiled the iPad (remember how much slack they got for the name? Now it’s a part of our everyday language). Google’s Nexus One launched (and failed), but the android operating system and app market blew up big. Facebook had lots of issues with privacy (but still managed to make an impact).
As 2010 …
Love social media? Great. But what about social reality?
You might feel the need to tweet about having dinner “W/ my bestest” but consider the potential animosity that may be silently shooting your way from across the table. Face it: Our attachment to our mobile devices has hit an extreme, so much so that a Pew survey revealed …
If it’s the end of the year, then it’s time for another cable carrier/content provider scuffle over retransmission fees. This time around, it’s Sinclair Broadcast Group complaining that Time Warner Cable is refusing to continue consent negotiations, and saying that, as a result, its 33 stations – the majority of which are the CW …
The idea of being forced to test out video games all day sounds like the perfect career for most people. The truth is, according to Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Senior Release Manager Brent Gocke, all the rumors are true: It’s the dream job for someone who wants to break into the industry.
“If you enjoy tinkering and …
Apple, it’s time to be nervous (Oh, alright, you might have another three years or so). After taking almost two years to reach 100,000, the number of apps available on Google’s Android phone doubled to 200,000 in a staggering 63 days.
Admittedly, that’s still 100,000+ below the number of apps available from Apple’s App Store, but with …
James Cameron’s Avatar may have ruled the box office, won countless awards and earned itself two separate DVD/Blu-Ray releases in the space of a year, but there’s one place where it doesn’t rule supreme: Video on Demand.
According to Comcast, who have released a list of 2010’s most viewed VoD movies, Cameron’s special-effects-heavy …
You may not have noticed, but the landscape of the internet underwent a surprising – and potentially dangerous – change yesterday with the news that 4Chan had been temporarily taken down by hackers.
The site was slow-to-impossible to load for around 24 hours, with the DDoS seemingly confirmed via 4Chan’s twitter yesterday
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There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new songs from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses, and show you where you can find them as free downloads or videos.
1. The terrific Swedish electronic pop …
You can stop whining about how there’s nothing good in theaters these days. 2011 has treats for the movie and TV nerd, and if you’re like us and love sci-fi, horror and anything overly complicated and technical, well then we’ll save a seat in the theater for you. From prequels years in the making like the Untitled Alien Prequel to …
Jon Chu’s idea to make a dance-based television show might not that seem unconventional, especially with the popularity of shows like So You Think You Can Dance? and Dancing With The Stars. His idea, however, was for a series called The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (The LXD), a show about people with special powers that battled …
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For my latest Technologizer column over at TIME.com, I peered ahead into 2011 and compiled a list of products and trends that should have an impact before the year is out. I tried to avoid making out-and-out predictions: I think that so much is unknowable that if your prognostications pan out it may be due to luck as much as anything …
