There’s a preconceived notion that if you purchase something in a digital format, that you own it. When you buy digital music, movies, games, or programs from iTunes, Amazon, or any number of retailers, it’s assumed that you own it in perpetuity, and can do whatever you want with it, however, I’m sorry to say,…
…You are not. I cannot stand twitter accounts that friend thousands upon thousands of accounts to attract followers, hoping for #FollowBack. These numbers do not reflect true reach and are as fake as bought traffic. The pure and true reflection of good social media is engagement. Not the same engagement that make some single people…
Facebook, twitter, google plus, pinterest, reddit, etc. We know the names and for most folks, they’re just time burners, a place where we can kill time playing a game or see the most recent family pics or your friend’s dinner at the hot new restaurant. That’s the regular person’s life on social media, but not…
Within the last year or so, you may have noticed something interesting… The new king of the mountain: instant video. With the popularity of Vine in the last year, Instagram’s foray into short form videos, and, of course, Snapchat‘s snowballing success, it was almost expected that Facebook would attempt to add their two cents in. To add to…
If you haven’t heard about the New York Asian Film Festival, you’ve been under a rock. For lovers of Asian cinema, late June through mid July turns into the 12 days before Christmas or the 8 days of Hanukkah extended, depending on your faith (for your guilty pleasure). This year’s 60 offerings include some blockbusters…
I can now stop holding my breath. I’ve known about this project for a while now, but haven’t been able to make a peep, obviously because I thoroughly like my job, but I can now tell you folks… …BET Networks new mobile app (BET NOW – available on iTunes and Android) is launching the FIRST…
I’m going to be the one who coins this term, even if I have to kick some butt to do it. Swaggertech, by definition, is cutting edge technology that people buy to have on them just to look relevant. It must be either worn or portable and the person who has it does not have…
The definition we used as Bionics is machinery that is used to enable the subject to fully function, sometimes offering enhanced abilities as a trade off. This is not an exhausted list and if you’d like me to include something, please comment on this article. Real Bionics 2014 Video Game Bionics 1992 (Kano from Mortal…
I personally think there is a special place in Dante’s Inferno reserved for spammers, particularly blog spammers. As I take time out of my day, clearing away 2,000 pieces of spam that found their way on to my music website, I think to myself just how infinitely useless spam mail is. I understand that they’re…
Those of us who live in the north east coast aren’t used to massive hurricanes and with ones like hurricane Irene that hit us last year, we are looking at the emergency management system as “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, so when hurricane Sandy was announced, we saw the ranting as “Chicken Little”. Even up…
Recently awarded Best of Show at Macworld 2012, this video app allows you to not only record, edit, and share your videos, but also allows you to pull footage from other devices through WiFi, as long as both devices have the app. I recently tried this app on a trip to the Zoo, where I…
What if you had three days to prove someone innocent of murder… …and you were a new attorney fresh out of law school? Start sweating bullets now. That’s pretty much the premise of this cult video game series. (cult for us in the states, phenomenon for those in Japan) The Turnabout Series aka Ace Attorney…
Happy Chinese New Year! Enjoy the year of the dragon! A few things to be aware of… Eat noodles today for long life. Avoid eating green pork always, for a long life. (Pork should not be green) Make sure the eggs you eat today don’t belong to an angry bird. This includes moon cakes, which…
I’m borrowing the term “Taken the Black” from George R. R. Martin’s series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, aka “Game of Thrones” in respect to the men that guard the wall. In some odd way, it’s an appropriate name for those on the 24 hour SOPA Blackout. The protesting sites: Wikipedia, Google, Craigslist, Boing…
Let us start with the now and work our way back. Last night Justin Timberlake, shareholder of the former defunked social media site MySpace, announced a partnership with OEM company Panasonic to produced MySpace TV: interactive entertainment incorporating social media. As fascinating as this prospect might be, all the tech press outlets would do was…
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