Almost everyone has gotten used to seeing that little hashtag (#) in posts. Used on Twitter to denote a topic, the hashtag manages to show up elsewhere too. Maybe your friends cross post or maybe they’ve simply gotten used to using it. Facebook is betting on the latter. The Wall Street Journal alleges that the […]
Techcitement will be live at Samsung Unpacked in New York Thursday evening for the announcement of the Galaxy S IV. You can follow the full coverage as it happens on our Twitter feed, starting at 7 PM EST.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been sitting at your computer today going “OhmigodOhmigodOhmigod IT’S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!” “It” being a Veronica Mars movie. And I have to assume you know, because VM is the first Kickstarter to bring in $1 million dollars in a short four hours. Go! Donate! I’ve been waiting six years to find […]
“What we’re going to discuss here is of an adult nature. If you are offended by such topics or images, you should leave now. No? Okay, let’s begin then.” This is how Jay Kopita (Vice President of adult industry news site YNOT) introduced himself and other speakers yesterday at the “Adult Industry Trends & Their […]
There are a depressing number of non-Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) handsets in the wild, so it could be that many are unfamiliar with Google’s impressive virtual assistant, Google Now. While other virtual assistants require that you talk to them, Google Now passively collects data on you and learns a surprising amount. For example, opening Google Now on my recently […]
While moderating the SXSW panel on Women in the Video game industry on Tuesday, A.J. Glasser of Inside Network made a few basic points that are often overlooked by male gamers. Women play games. Women make games. Women write about games. A woman who does any of these things is not, in Glasser’s words “a […]
File sharing has long been a part of the internet discussion. The sharing of music, movies, books, and other forms of media are common place, although legally murky. Attracting a lot of attention recently is Cody Wilson, Director of Defense Distributed (DD), an organization committed to sharing weapons designs to be fabricated through 3D printers. […]
The past few days have been busy for ComiXology thanks to different developments at SXSW. In fact, it seems like they’ve been a bit too busy for the company to handle. First, ComiXology announced a new Submit program for aspiring comic book creators to self-publish through its platform. Then, among other announcements, Marvel broadcast that […]
Raucous applause greeted guests of the 100 Year Starship panel at SXSW as they took the stage. It seems little introduction was necessary for this crowd to heap praise upon the panel, but the moderator Benjamin Palmer (of the interactive marketing firm The Barbarian Group) introduced the panelists anyway as: Dr. Mae Jemison (astronaut, first […]
Some urban planners are geniuses. Some are Albert Speer. And some put the sewage plant next to the theme park. It’s in the last category that Electronic Arts is currently falling in. For all the innovation and improvement EA and Maxis have put in this potential gem, there’s an unholy stench of soiled diapers and […]
