Just because Hulu may be a leader in the field of Internet TV doesn’t mean that it’s resting on its laurels – or that it won’t be torn apart by internal disagreements. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hulu is undergoing a number of behind-the-scenes arguments that could result in massive changes in direction for the company in …
Crowdsourced YouTube Documentary Shows Us “Life In A Day”
Probably nothing out of the ordinary happened to you on July 24, 2010. It’s those seemingly unimportant, mundane details that director Kevin McDonald (Last King of Scotland, State of Play) was looking to feature in his new documentary Life In A Day. Composed solely from YouTube submissions of people who had filmed something on that
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The Comic Book Club: Fantastic Four #587 and Infestation #1
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 Fantastic Four #587 and Infestation #1.
DOUGLAS: There are a lot of things I enjoyed about FANTASTIC FOUR #587, the “death of the Human Torch” issue (I’d try to …
Cord-Cut No More: Pay TV Numbers Rise For Q4 2010
The days of cord-cutting talk may be over, with analysts predicting that the number of pay TV subscribers will have grown in the final quarter of 2010 amid fears that viewers were choosing to bypass television for other methods of watching TV shows.
Verizon reported growth in its FiOS TV service earlier this week, and Time Warner …
ComiXology Lets Your Local Comic Store Sell Comics Online
ComiXology, the company behind both its own digital comic store and the technology that powers similar stores for publishers like Marvel Comics and DC Comics, has solved a dilemma for loyal fans wanting to step into the future: Thanks to their just-announced Digital Storefront Affiliate program, no longer will fans have to choose between …
Netflix Tries to Go Social (Again)
After a failed attempt at social networking in September, Netflix announced yesterday in a quarterly earnings report that it will once again try going social.
The report stated that the company is working on an “extensive Facebook integration.” While Netflix won’t say exactly what that means, we’re guessing it will allow users to do …
PlayStation Phone Looks to Mix Advanced Gaming with Android
Engadget got some early hands-on time with the impending PlayStation phone, known as the Xperia Play and manufactured by Sony Ericsson.
Pricing and availability details are still unknown at this point, but Sony’s expected to officially reveal the device at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference that takes place in Barcelona next …
What iPhone Apps Do You Need? Here’s 50 Suggestions
Whether you’re deciding to join the iPhone world for the first time or a loyal customer for generations, it’s hard to decide which apps are worth downloading. Paid apps can be worthless, while free ones often provide more content than you would expect. Head over to TIME.com to see our take on the 50 Best iPhone Apps that should be on …
Study: Virtual Reality Personas Influence How You Act In The Real World
Some people create virtual characters to escape reality, but a new study is showing that your virtual persona might have more influence on your real life than you think. Research completed at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) at Stanford University in conjunction with the National Science Foundation (NSF) found that when an avatar …
Gallery: Android’s New Tablet Operating System, ‘Honeycomb’
Google has branched its Android operating system into phone-specific and tablet-specific versions. The latest phone version is 2.3 and the new tablet version starts with 3.0, also known as Honeycomb. While Honeycomb is available for software developers to tinker with, we won’t see consumer tablets running Android 3.0 until next month …
Two Minute Video: Verizon vs. AT&T iPhone Service Plans
The Verizon iPhone will be here before you know it and though the hardware behind the AT&T iPhone and the Verizon iPhone is nearly identical, the service plans offered by AT&T and Verizon differ enough to warrant a closer look. The voice plans offered by the two companies are the same, but the required data plans and optional text …
TechFast: Google Axes Piracy Searches, Android For Tablets, PlayStation Phone
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 Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More
Link: TorrentFreak
Seemingly under pressure from the entertainment industry, Google has begun blocking certain piracy-related …