Have you ever heard of an amazing new app that you really wanted to use, only to find out that it is not available on your device? The current limitations of app stores can be frustrating for both consumers and developers. Mozilla, the company who brought you the Firefox web browser, wants to change the restrictive nature of app stores by putting them all online. Read more »
Good language software may be very hard to find. Even so, if you are visiting China there are many options for software that teaches you Chinese. To learn Japanese, there is Jibbigo. If you are planning a trip to the Orient, why not continue your trip through Asia and visit Russia? Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has opened up to tourists from the United States and the country has much to offer travelers there. However, unlike traveling to Europe, visitors to Russia need to have at least a rudimentary knowledge of the Russian language. For that, there is Russian Complete Edition software! Read more »
With so many changes coming to the tech sector and the distribution of media, it is understandable that evaluating those changes has often been difficult to assess. While television has mechanisms built in, like the Neilsen Corporation’s statistical analysis, how can industry leaders determine if you are watching their program from your smartphone or tablet computer? When users stream videos from the Cloud is not as easy to chart the impact of your programming. At least, it was not easy to chart before Deb Roy set his mind to the issue!
Deb Roy saw the way social networking was changing the landscape of communication at the same time as technology was advancing to provide users with more instantaneous shared experiences. Deeply interested in the relationship between the distribution of media and news through technology, Deb Roy began an ambitious project to collect the statistics that would inform him – and others – as to the actual effect of the technological changes. That was when he and Michael Fleischman founded Bluefin Labs. Read more »
The first big threat to traditional advertising models on television came from the development of cable tv. Advertisers liked it even less when premium cable channels like HBO, Cinemax and Showtime offered viewers both original programing and advertisement-free television viewing at a price customers appeared willing to pay. As advertisers struggle with how to monetize streaming television technology, HBO is working to adapt to the digital transmission framework. For that, they have Alison Moore.
Alison Moore is the Senior Vice President of Digital Platforms for HBO. In that role, Moore is responsible for all aspects of HBOs online and streaming presence. It is her job to oversee the creation of a viable online subscription service for HBO, especially marketing its original content on the Internet. Her responsibilities also include promoting and positioning the HBO digital services to compete with established streaming services like Netflix and Blockbuster Online.
There are amazing things users can do on YouTube. YouTube is the ultimate playground for users with creativity, a video camera, and a computer. It should come as no surprise then to find that the YouTube user ThatsMrRobertson has created a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game entitled The Dark Room. Read more »
Wikipedia is, it might not surprise you to learn, not considered a valid reference by the vast majority of those in academia. Because just anyone can write or edit the articles on Wikipedia, they are often inaccurate or imprecise. Fortunately, there are other resources that educators consider authoritative, even digital resources that are like Wikipedia. One of the most comprehensive, authoritative sources students may use as a reference tool is the 2012 Britannica Ultimate Reference DVD!
No matter how effecting the marketing departments for navigation apps for smartphones are, using your smartphone while driving is just dangerous. No matter how reliable wireless providers insist their networks are, they are not infallible. There is little worse than being lost because you have driven out of your network coverage area and lose your navigation tool! For those who plan ahead or travel with a laptop computer and can pull over for get directions from your computer while driving, there is no more reliable a navigation tool than Microsoft MapPoint 2011! Read more »
Every great idea in the tech sector requires good people to execute. No matter how clever or constructive a concept is, without the right technical people to execute the plan, a business or ambitious idea will fail. So when a number of influential individuals in finance, education and business began departing their lucrative careers to form the Khan Academy, some of their most important hiring choices involved staffing their technical support positions. That made Marcia Lee an important hire for the Khan Academy.
Anyone who works with digital photographs knows that having great photographic equipment is only half of what one needs to create amazing digital images. In many ways, the quality of your digital camera is not as important as the quality of your photo manipulation software. Adobe has long been the leader in digital photograph manipulation software, with its Photoshop software becoming synonymous with photo manipulation. Once again, Adobe is raising the bar with its Lightroom 4 software.
Any number of good ideas will fail when you do not have the right people in place to execute them. As online advertising becomes increasingly competitive, Spongecell CEO Ben Kartzman knew that in order to compete with giants like Amazon and Google’s Adsense, he needed a staff that was both creative and could execute complex ideas. For the computer proficiency Spongecell needed to compete in a very tight market, Kartzman turned to Blythe Dunham!