May, 2008

08.05.12

Using the web as a playground

PMOG lets you use the internet as a medium for a game of treasure hunting. An interesting use of the medum and an example of how you can re-claim your browsing experience.
“PMOG is the Passively Multiplayer Online Game. To play, you’ll need to Get Firefox and Add Our Extension.
This game […]

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Posted by Michael Tippett in Vidfest/No Comments

08.05.12

Twitter breaks Chinese earthquake news

The Globe and Mail’s Mathew Ingram wrote about Twitter’s news breaking success today as well. If you don’t read Mathew’s blog it’s worth checking out for a Canadian perspective on technology. Here’s what Mathew had to say today:

“Like many others, I woke up this morning to news of a disaster in China: […]

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08.05.12

Eye-Fi Brings Online Ubiquity to Almost Every Digital Camera

This is a pretty cool looking new product:

New versions of the Eye-Fi hitting the market today. Now available in the original model (at $100) that allows online and local file uploads, the new versions are desktop upload only ($80) and a new model that will work with paid hotspots as well as do geo-tagging […]

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Posted by Michael Tippett in Cool Links, Vidfest/No Comments

08.05.12

Twittering the Earthquake

Twitterers the world over are changing the way news travels. Chinese microbloggers issued some of the first reports of the earthquake that hit the country last night. But the accounts tell the story from a perspective that is unlike anything you’ll see on the evening news.

“all is good around here. i think […]

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08.05.12

What happened to prime time?

The news business is going through dramatic changes as viewers continue to move online (and take advertisers with them). Here is the latest bit of bad news for those trying to sell prime time news:
“With fewer people watching television, ad sales are more uncertain than in years past. This week the networks are going […]

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Posted by Michael Tippett in Digital Entertainment, Vidfest/No Comments