Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A Netflix Model for Haute Couture
For many women, a $1,000 dress is something they admire in the pages of a glossy magazine or see draped on the frame of a celebrity–not an item hanging in their closet.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post
Twitter and Facebook ask users to answer the question: What are you doing right now?
Thursday, September 3, 2009
The Race to Be an Early Adopter of Technologies Goes Mainstream, a Survey Finds
For decades, the adoption and use of the latest technologies was limited to a subculture: Whether called “tech enthusiasts” or “gadget geeks,” the implication was that most of the world got along fine with older, established products and services, while a smaller group pursued the most leading-edge technology.
Friday, May 29, 2009
New Yorker iPhone Cover Lifts Sales for Brushes App
Artist Jorge Colombo may have drawn the dreamy, nocturnal cityscape of Manhattan on the June 1 cover, using his iPhone, but a software engineer named Steve Sprang built Brushes, the iPhone application that transformed Mr. Columbo’s swipes into digital strokes.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Mini-Links to Web Sites Are Multiplying
If you have spent any time on the Internet in the last few months, chances are you have clicked on a shortened link Web address.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Who Needs a College Reunion? I’ve Got Facebook.
A few weeks ago I received an invitation to my five-year college reunion. My reply was swift, unhesitating and final: No, thank you.
I have no desire to join the rest of my fellow University of Virginia graduates in sipping mint juleps on the sun-dappled Lawn and taking tours of the Rotunda. Why would I?
Friday, March 27, 2009
There’s Something About Boxee
Boxee, a free software package that pulls together multiple sources of Internet video in an easy-to-use interface, has quietly been building an army of ardent fans.
But what is it about Boxee that is driving the technorati wild?
Turns out, more than a handful of the 600 or so people who filed into Webster Hall in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday evening for a free Boxee-focused event couldn’t quite put their finger on it either.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Do TV Buyers Dream of Electric Sheep?
The most popular clip on YouTube this week isn’t a music video, a sports blooper or a comedy skit. It’s a three-minute short featuring Welsh shepherds wrangling hundreds of sheep draped with LED jackets into formations that resemble a game of Pong, a fireworks display and even the Mona Lisa.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own
Alex Andon, 24, a graduate of Duke University in biology, was laid off from a biotech company last May. For months he sought new work. Then, frustrated with the hunt, he turned to jellyfish.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Twittering Celebrities Take Fans Backstage in Their Lives
Paparazzi, eat your hearts out: Celebrities are now taking their own candid photos of themselves and putting them on the Web. While watching the Academy Awards on TV Sunday night, Hollywood couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore sent text updates to fans via Twitter.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
For Laid-Off Journalists, Free Blog Accounts
It’s a long way from $700 billion, but the media start-up Six Apart is introducing its own economic bailout plan. The TypePad Journalist Bailout Program offers recently terminated bloggers and journalists a free pro account (worth $150 annually) on the company’s popular blogging platform.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos
YouTube videos that show a group of friends apparently cooking kernels of popcorn with their cellphones have been viewed more than a million times since they were uploaded last week. The clever parlor trick looks amazing enough, but there’s a hitch: It’s not physically possible, according to University of Virginia physics professor Louis Bloomfield.
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