Never ones to miss the chance to celebrate, especially if it means the chance for exclusive performances from “today’s hottest stars”, MTV is planning a new awards show aimed at the web – literally. The show, which will honor the best of digital music and social media, will take place at some point this spring, and be …
Emanata: The Uncanny Longevity of Hellblazer
John Constantine got married this week, to no particular fanfare. It happened in Hellblazer #275, an oversized issue with a 38-page story by writer Peter Milligan and penciller Giuseppe Camuncoli. The bride has the very Milliganian name of Epiphany Greaves; the real wedding takes place after a fake wedding, and the mechanics of the story …
What Went Viral This Week
January 11, 2011 –
Crazy Smuggling Techniques
Did you really think you would get away with strapping pigeons to your legs? [via Boing Boing]
Woman Upset With People Laughing Because She Fell Into The Fountain While Texting
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Moral of the story: …
Syfy Partners With Shazam on New TV/App Hybrid
Syfy’s Being Human may not be breaking new ground in terms of content – It’s a remake of a popular British series, already seen in the US on BBC America – but it is making technological moves no-one has seen before by becoming the first season-long “TV Tagging” series on the air.
Syfy is partnering with Shazam to allow viewers to use …
Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
10% ($0 to $8,500)
Whisky in a Can
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Duke Nukem Has A Release Date And A SFW Trailer
It’s official: Duke Nukem Forever will be released on May 3, 2011. I know we’ve been promised this several times over the last 12 years, but president of Gearbox Software and executive producer of Duke Nukem Forever Randy Pitchford says this time it’s for real to Game Informer.
“Somehow the guys at Game Informer magazine discovered …
Blizzard Responds To The “World of Starcraft” MMO Issue
A few days ago, Techland wrote about how Blizzard Entertainment asked YouTube to take down a video of a player-made Starcraft II MMO called World of Starcraft. Even though the MMO was made using Starcraft II’s Galaxy Editor, an Blizzard Entertainment approved map creator that the company has encouraged users to toy around with in the …
First Verizon iPhone Ad Features Clocks And Waiting
Since DVRs have basically eliminated the need to sit through commercials, we turn our attention to YouTube. That’s where Verizon’s first iPhone commercial has cropped up. It’s 30 seconds of clocks ticking, fingers and toes tapping, and a girl who smiles when one of the clocks strikes midnight—presumably on February 10th when the …
TechFast: Google’s CEO Switch, Groupon Clone, And TV Apps
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Results and Management Changes
Link: Google
In case you hadn’t heard, Eric Schmidt is out as CEO of Google, with co-founder Larry Page
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Larry Page: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Google’s New CEO
Google’s Eric Schmidt announced today that company co-founder Larry Page would take on the role of CEO in April of this year, a huge shake up for the tech giant. In a blog post, now-Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed that he’ll be overseeing things from a new chairman’s post while Page would inherit the day-to-day operations …
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The Eric Schmidt Era: Google 2001 vs. Google 2011
Will the end of Eric Schmidt’s nine and a half years as CEO of Google and the return of co-founder Larry Page to that role have an impact on the company’s direction? I’m no Google insider, but I’ll be startled if it has no noticeable effect. In announcing the news today, Schmidt said that Page will call the day-to-day shots while he …
The Comic Book Club: Iron Man #500, Supergirl and Wolverine/Jubilee
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Evan Narcisse, Graeme McMillan and Douglas Wolk talk about The Invincible Iron Man #500, Supergirl #60 and Wolverine and Jubilee #1.
EVAN: Y’know, I didn’t love Iron Man #500 when I first read it, and then I read it …