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Adobe Goes To War With Apple’s iPad, Pits “Full Web”Against Open Web

Mar 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Internet TV, Video

Adobe is going to war with Apple’s iPad, as this Adobe + HP demo video shows. Apple has demonstrated that lack of Flash support isn’t going to keep people from buying iPhones by the millions. It’s betting that the same will hold true with the iPad. The HP Slate demo is pretty slick – and […]



YouTube Closed Captioning Fail – All Your Video Are Belong To Us

Mar 5th, 2010 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Video

YouTube has introduced a new feature – automatic Closed Captioning – and it’s starting to look like they may have brought All Your Base Are Belong To Us into a new decade. Automatic Closed-Captioning uses speech recognition technology to translated audio from videos into text. It’s a great idea – but it often has unintentionally […]



Apple iPad Coming April 3rd. But Where Is The PageMaker Of iBooks?

Mar 5th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Citizen Media, Featured Story

We get that Apple thinks the iPad is “magical and revolutionary”.

But what’s really magical and revolutionary is giving individuals the power to create content that can be shared instantly with people anywhere in the world.

The Apple iPad has the potential to be an interesting new platform for doing that – but where’s the PageMaker of iBooks?



Books In The Age Of The iPad – Good Riddance!

Mar 5th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

Book designer Craig Mod has published a very interesting article looking at books in the age of the iPad. He argues that print is dying – and that it’s a good thing: As the publishing industry wobbles and Kindle sales jump, book romanticists cry themselves to sleep. But really, what are we shedding tears over? […]



Social Media Keeping Quarantined Aussie From Going Mental, But Not From Going Viral

Mar 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video, Vlogs

Christiaan Van Vuuren bas been stuck in quarantine for tuberculosis for two months. He’s sick, and not in the sense of being sick, sick. He’s making the most of his isolation, though, learning how to record songs on his laptop and making music videos, Twittering and making friends on Facebook. And while Van Vuuren may […]



Flash Is Dead At Virgin America

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

Flash is dead – at least at Virgin America. When the Apple iPad was introduced, we said that Flash Is Dead + The iPad Is Its Tombstone. Why? Flash is a great tool – but users and Web developers alike are better off developing standards-based content and not being locked into proprietary tools. Virgin America […]



Apple iPad iBook Sneak Preview (Video)

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Commentary

This video is a sneak preview of Penguin Book’s iBook plans for the Apple iPad. Penguin is bullish on the iPad iBook model, because giving Apple a 30% cut could be a lot more profitable that the 50% that they give traditional retailers. One of the things that makes this iPad iBook preview interesting is […]



Apple TV Sales Up 35%

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

Apple TV sales are up 35% over last year, according to Apple COO Tim Cook. The company has not revealed unit sales numbers for Apple TV. And, while the 35% growth rate would be enviable for most companies, it’s a new product category and Apple has yet to hit a home run with it. “We’re […]



5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About YouTube Videos

Mar 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

You probably know that YouTube is, by far, the top video destination on the Web. Here are some things about YouTube, though, that you probably don’t know: 5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About YouTube Videos People now watch a lot of YouTube videos. The average US Internet user watches over three hours of YouTube […]



Internet Now More Popular Than Newspapers For News

Mar 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Citizen Media, General

The Internet is now a more popular source of news than newspapers, according to a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Project for Excellence in Journalism. The internet is now the third most-popular news platform, behind local and national television news and ahead of national print newspapers, […]