South Korean popster PSY’s “Gangnam Style” is an absurdist tour de force of a four minute viral video. It’s also an object lesson in how YouTube is driving global culture. Now that kpop (short for South Korean pop music) has broken through to the mainstream, get ready for a whole lot more of it....
Daily Archives: August 24, 2012
YouTube rolls out custom thumbnails to more partners: Think of them as the homepage for your videos
The YouTube team works very closely with its partners, since it’s content creation that brings all of that traffic back to the site for Google. By providing content creators with tools to succeed, YouTube makes sure that it can keep them there with cutting edge technology and features. Today, one of the most requested...
The future of E Ink: An enlightening chat with CMO Sriram Peruvemba (video)
Anyone who’s ever read an electronic book on an Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader or Barnes Noble NOOK has seen the marvelous technology from Taiwan-US company E Ink Corporation from up close. At this week’s Media Evolution conference in Malmö, Sweden, I had the pleasure to meet and talk at length with E Ink executive...
Analysts Reveal Exactly How Much Windows 8 Will Boost Flagging PC Sales
Analysts at IDC said Friday that the launch of Windows 8 in October will be directly responsible for boosting the flat U.S. PC market into a period of moderate growth next year. And they were surprisingly specific about how big a bump Microsoft’s new operation system will deliver. David Daoud, research director of personal...
Analysts Reveal Exactly How Much Windows 8 Will Boost Flagging PC Sales
Analysts at IDC said Friday that the launch of Windows 8 in October will be directly responsible for boosting the flat U.S. PC market into a period of moderate growth next year. And they were surprisingly specific about how big a bump Microsoft’s new operation system will deliver. David Daoud, research director of personal...
Ting isn’t just supporting Sprint phones, it’s hinting at a much freer device market
Ting, the innovative mobile virtual network operator that offers pay-for-what-you-use shared plans, is expanding it mobile phone options. Instead of buying a device directly from Ting, the company will roll out a BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device, phone option in the last quarter of this year. Supported devices have to work on Sprint’s...
Evernote & Moleskine Merge Paper & Pixels in "Smart Notebook"
Evernote signed a treaty with Moleskine Friday at the Evernote Trunk Conference, formally declaring a truce in its war on paper. It announced the Evernote Smart Notebook from Moleskine, along with a new version of Evernote for iOS that will bridge the gap that’s familiar to anyone with an urgent need to capture ideas. Despite...
Evernote & Moleskine Merge Paper & Pixels in "Smart Notebook"
Evernote signed a treaty with Moleskine Friday at the Evernote Trunk Conference, formally declaring a truce in its war on paper. It announced the Evernote Smart Notebook from Moleskine, along with a new version of Evernote for iOS that will bridge the gap that’s familiar to anyone with an urgent need to capture ideas. Despite...
After Instagram: 6 Alternative Photo Apps To Try
Editor’s note: This post was originally published by our partners at GeekSugar.com. It’s unlikely the public’s love of Instagram will die down any time soon, but what if you just want to bring an app of fresh air to your smartphone camera routine? Consider expanding your vision to other apps. Just like the photography...
ReadWriteWeb Recommends: Apps for Students
More than half of middle and high school students carry smart phones, and the numbers are even higher among college students. Lots of apps promise to help students cram for exams and boost their grades. Read on for our pick of the app that jumps to the head of the class. We dove into...