Dropbox is a file sharing standard many hope to emulate. Have you ever wondered about the story behind the cloud wonder, Dropbox? Drew Houston, CEO and Co-Founder, sat down to share the history of Dropbox’s early days. Two questions framed the discussion. How did you get here? How will you stay? Article source: RRW...
Daily Archives: March 11, 2012
SXSW In A Nutshell: Homeless People As Hotspots
South By Southwest 2012 can be summarized thusly: An impossibly-named marketing company called Bartle Bogle Hegarty is doing a little human science experiment called Homeless Hotspots. It gives out 4G hotspots to homeless people along with a promotional t-shirt. The shirt doesn’t say, “I have a 4G hotspot.” It says, “I am a 4G...
Blocked On Weibo is a blog documenting words that are censored from China’s microblogs
China’s Internet censorship policy, known as the Great Firewall, has a huge impact on the country’s Internet space. Not only are a number of popular Western Web services block — including Twitter and Facebook — but those in the country have restricted access to content — both Chinese and foreign — that is considered...
From Apple’s new iPad to Zeebox, here’s the week’s media news in review
From a tech perspective, there’s little doubt that the launch of the new iPad was the biggest news this week. Considering how important tablets have become for newspapers, it is obviously important for the media as well. Yet, this is only one of the many things that have happened in digital media over the...
Cartoon: Snarktivism
The #stopkony phenomenon of that last week has triggered a passionate debate over philanthropy and advocacy – from whether “awareness-raising” is a useful goal or one that saps energy and attention from the harder but more important work of building lasting change; to whether steering scarce resources and attention to arresting one man is...
10 ways big data changes everything
A yottabyte isn’t what happens when the Jedi master starts gnawing on your leg. It’s the information equivalent of one quadrillion gigabytes, or 1024 bytes, and is enough digital data to fill the states of Delaware and Rhode Island with a million data centers, according to Backblaze. While the world hasn’t yet seen many...
How Hulu is becoming a testbed for new TV shows
Shows produced by Hulu will soon find their way onto traditional TV networks in the U.K. and elsewhere, thanks to a distribution deal between the TV catch-up site and Fremantle Media. The deal, which was announced Sunday night, gives Fremantle an exclusive first look at shows like Morgan Spurlock’s documentary series A Day in...
Apple’s iPhone Is Getting Crushed In China
Pedronet via Flickr They’re using Android. See Also APPLE’S TV DREAM REVEALED: Embarrass Hardware Makers, Stiff Content Providers, Destroy Cable Companies DEAR PEOPLE WHO THINK APPLE IS GOING TO $1,000 A SHARE: Here’s Why You Might Be Idiots… Apple Blows Past $500 Billion — And It’s Not Silly To Think It’s Headed For $1...
Stop and start your music by using a webcam and a simple hand gesture
Skipping tracks and pausing your music is something that you probably do twenty to thirty times a day. If you’re at work and someone starts chatting with you, you’ll start seeking out the pause button until the conversation is done. What if you didn’t have to click a button at all? A new app...
Chris DeWolfe Talks SGN And The Mobile Gaming Gold Rush [TCTV]
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For a lot of people, Chris DeWolfe is still best known as the co-founder of pioneering social network Myspace — but even with that big name success under his belt, it’s fair to say he is not resting on his laurels just yet. For the past two years he has been heads down building...