Google Street View isn’t going to let the “street” part define it anymore. That’s right, Google Maps wants to include more than just a view of the roads–it’s going off-roading, on… a tricycle.
Despite a variety of complaints and lawsuits that claim Google Street View is an invasion of privacy, the company is forging ahead into new …
Well, hate’s a strong word. I don’t hate The Mary Sue. But gender-based sites make me itch.
Truth is, Internet culture has evolved way past the gender divide. Aside from the occasional idiot smashing out “Tits! Tits! Tits!” to express the insane awesomeness level of a new gadget, I don’t encounter a high volume of …
Comcast may have no interest in offering Video on Demand to anyone other than its existing customers, but the same doesn’t appear to be true for Dish Network. On a recent conference call with investors, CEO Charlie Ergen admitted that the company is talking to providers about obtaining streaming rights to content beyond current …
Sure, Netflix might make sure that you can rent DVDs for your movie night parties through the mail, but what are your guests going to look at before you press play? Worry about such social faux pas no more; Artsicle is here to help, offering fine art for rent for just $50 a month in the New York area.
The New York City-based company …
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Social networking site Facebook created quite a stir last month when it announced that it would share much more personal details of its users — such as addresses and phone numbers — with third party developers. The move was so controversial that the company …
Could you beat the world’s best texters in a race of speed and accuracy? Try your hand…err fingers at the LG Mobile World Cup. Winner gets $50,000 (split from a grand prize of $100,000) and the honor of being known as “the world’s fastest texter.”
You’ll have stiff competition from 13-year-old Briana Hendrickson, co-representative …
The majority of people don’t have qualms about downloading material illegally, according to a new Danish study by the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit that looked at today’s moral standards.
Seventy percent of people surveyed said they saw nothing wrong with illicit file sharing as long as no one was making a profit. Sadly, my grade …
Is Lionsgate Entertainment getting ready to sell off its online assets? The New York Post is reporting that the company is considering spinning off multiple digital assets, including its share of pay-TV company EPIX, FearNet, it’s VoD horror service, and its TV Guide and TVGuide.com interests. According to the report, in total, …
The nifty thing about building a successful web app is that it often throws off all sorts of cool things unrelated to its primary function. To wit: Foursquare, the location based social network that allows you to systematically stalk strangers and extort local businesses (just kidding) accumulates a massive amount of data related to the …
Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and …
Netflix Instant isn’t offering anything that NBC hasn’t been offering for years, according to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts – but that isn’t the reason why Comcast won’t be going to go down a similar route, as it turns out.
Roberts seemed impressively calm about online video streaming in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, …
As the world around us becomes increasingly digitalized, it seems that even the stories we tell have been converted into blog posts and published on the internet. But luckily for fans of oral history, Broadcastr is keeping the joy of storytelling in its original form alive.
The site, which is currently in beta and plans to release …
