Apple just released two new iPhone 4 commercials. The first covers AirPlay, and shows how easy it is to push music, photos, and video to your Apple TV. The second is about FaceTime, with a demo of an iPhone FaceTimeing with a Mac and an iPad. Nothing groundbreaking, but this is likely the last...
Daily Archives: July 10, 2011
Online games: where the real key to the future of social technology lies
The past few weeks has put the attention of those of us in the tech world onto the evolution of social networks with the field test of Google+. We’ve been thinking about what it would take for Google to topple Facebook in this space: the immediate next steps in the social technology market. But...
Major tech companies wage war in new competitive team league
Everyone loves to see a brawl, and there are no more fun fights to watch in the world than those between the top dogs of tech. Usually involving leaks, patents, lawsuits, product launches, and sheer mockery, the battlefield of technology sees a new war daily. The latest ground on which the titans of tech...
College2Startup Wants To Connect Startups To The Best Young Talent (And Vice Versa)
Those media experts among us may be familiar with “Help A Reporter Out”, or HARO, which brings reporters and bloggers to quotable sources, and helps small businesses promote their brands. It’s an interesting, if not completely proven, model. Now, what if you apply that model to startups, and the startup hiring process? This was...
OMG/JK: Yes, Of Course You’re In My ‘Friends’ Circle. Swear.
Hey, we’re here for a new episode of OMG/JK? I am Jason Kincaid in New York. And I am MG Siegler. As you can see this is a little bit different. Jason abandoned ship and moved to New York. So this is how we’re gonna do it, split screen now, I guess, which is...
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Oh lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz. That’s how I feel about the strange trip we’re on with our social studies. Used to be that I could just sit back and wish for a Mickey Mantle home run, and sure enough, it would be there. The powerful compact swing generating an arc...
Beyond the iPhone 5: The future of Apple’s mobile devices
There have been a flurry of rumors surrounding Apple’s next iPhone this week. Some of them are reiterations of previous rumors, like a thinner and lighter iPhone, and some focus on a lower-end model that might appeal to prepaid customers. But the rumor that the next iPod may feature a 3G connection has drawn...
A Groupon For Sports? Crowd Seats Brings The Daily Deal Model To Sports Tickets
Daily deal sites, by and large, seem like they’re here to stay, much to Rocky Agrawal’s chagrin, surely. Whether or not you agree with Rocky’s flurry of posts last month about Groupon and its claque of clones, the daily deals model is not perfect, and it’s certainly a worthy endeavor to make sure that...
Cartoon: "Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my legal team!"
If the minions of Satan ever want to seize your soul, they don’t have to trick you into signing it away in exchange for untold wealth, fame or a sneak peak at Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. All they have to do is tuck a provision into the iTunes user agreement. Something like “The Licensed...
Google+ is set to take the social gaming industry by storm
Google’s long-awaited social project has arrived and it has been met with general approval from the early adopters. The promising new social platform opens up many opportunities for Google, and it can now tap into the lucrative social gaming industry. Whilst the likes of Facebook already have a solid footing in the gaming industry, it doesn’t...