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Marvel Tempts Fate Second Time With Limited-time Free Comics Offer

Justin Davis — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:45:18 +0000

When Marvel made the announcement during SXSW that the company was opening its library to readers for access to over 700 free first issues, the rush of people ended up causing ComiXology’s servers to crash. The entertainment juggernaut hopes to have different results this time and seeks to do so by instituting a registration policy […]

Nokia Wants To Give You Cellphone Sense

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:25 +0000

You probably want to file this under “Solution in Search of a Problem” — Nokia has patented the bright idea for alert ink. The idea is to use ferromagnetic ink to create a tattoo that “pairs with your phone” and vibrates when you get an alert. For those not into body art, there’s also the […]

Marvel Tries For A Digital Revolution With Infinite Comics

Jeremy Goldstone — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:57:56 +0000

For the past week, Marvel Comics’s new initiative, Infinite Comics, has been the biggest secret this side of Daredevil’s secret identity (which if that’s too much of an in-joke for you, you really should be reading Mark Waid’s excellent Daredevil series). Today, at SXSW Interactive’ s ScreenBurn Arcade, the company that brought you the X-Men, Spider-Man, […]