Despite being launched last week to reader upset and (somewhat traditional, admittedly) cries of abandoning the sites for good, Gawker Media’s Nick Denton is so confident that the line-wide redesign isn’t going to negatively affect the sites’ pageviews in the longterm that he’s putting his money where his mouth is. Denton has taken a bet …
Apps & Web
Too Soon? Immigrant-Smuggling iOS Game Pending Approval
Mobile apps usually aim to entertain, inform or help us be productive. All in all, they usually don’t incite the Internet into political debate. But people have a lot to say about the pending iOS release of Owlchemy Labs’ instantly infamous game, Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration.
Owlchemy Labs would have to be beyond clueless to …
Better Songs For a Spider-Man Musical
The Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has not technically opened yet; it won’t do that until at least March 15. But a bunch of newspaper critics have weighed in today, and their assessment is… well, not good. To put it mildly.
Perhaps what the Julie Taymor-directed show needs is some different songs besides the ones …
App of the Week: Angry Birds Seasons Valentine’s Day Update
Love is in the air and with it, kamikaze birds and flying debris from the remains of wooden domiciles temporarily inhabited by thieving pigs.
True to form, Rovio’s popular Angry Birds franchise has gotten another injection of levels. The Angry Birds “Seasons” app—available for 99 cents on iPhone or free on Android—plays host to …
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Has a Stalker, Gets Restraining Order
Big day!
This marks the first time I’ve ever sourced an article from TMZ. But enough about me; Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently has a stalker.
His name is Pradeep Manukonda, he’s 31 years old and according to legal documents filed by Zuckerberg, he’s allegedly seen fit to “follow, surveil and contact Mr. Zuckerberg using …
Joint Venture 111: The Venture Bros. from the Very Beginning
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 …
FCC Wants to Help Connect Rural America To Broadband
Rural America deserves broadband internet as much as everyone else, according to the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is expected to propose that the $8 billion fund used to subsidize rural telephone service be adapted into one that helps pay to provide underserved areas with broadband internet.
The fun, known as the …
Too Good To Last: Last.FM To Start Charging Feb. 15
Get ready to open your wallets: Last.FM is going to start charging. While the streaming music and Internet radio service is still going to remain free on the website and and for US and UK users of Xbox Live, the company is going to charge for other devices that use the service on Feb. 15. Relax, it’s only going to set you back $3 a …
Yahoo Prepares To Personalize Your Mobile Experience
When the going gets rough, the rough get customized. Or, at least, that’s what Yahoo! is hoping; the onetime internet giant is about to announce a publishing platform for apps that will allow users to receive personalized content on mobile devices, according to the New York Times.
Anonymous sources from the project, apparently named …
Photos: Theoretical Tech Solutions For Our Environmental Problems
Our world might have a lot of problems, but Vincent Callebaut thinks he has the right idea on how to solve them. The Belgian architect has designed ways to solve our environmental and societal woes that combine technology and visual aesthetics.
From a vertical farm that could provide New York City residents with locally grown food to …
Comic-Con International 2011 Totally Sold Out
Thinking about going to Comic-Con International 2011 this July in San Diego? Too bad. Unless you’ve managed to score tickets already, it doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen: all 100,000-plus spaces for attendees are now completely sold out.
Following a couple of attempts that resulted in technical meltdowns as several zillion people …
When It Comes to Illegal Downloads, Movies Trump Music
Napster. KaZaA. LimeWire. All three of these existed in the glory days of illegal music pirating. But new research shows that the good ‘ol days of copping the latest Britney tracks from someone’s library are as good as over.
A P2P file-sharing study (PDF) conducted by Envisional shows that out of all the media we share (illegally) on …