Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

APPLE MAKES $46.33 BILLION in 1ST QUARTER

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

You may have heard of this tremendous feat that Apple accomplished but Engadget has a full breakdown of how each piece of Apple hardware did on its own.  Pretty interesting information here. The iPhone alone sold $37.04 Million alone.

ELECTION 2012 GOES DIGITAL

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

After the success of #BarackTalk with the League of Young Voters last night it was interesting stumbling across this article on Mashable about the 6 Ways the Media is Using Digital Tools to Cover the Election.  There is Social Debates, Election Centers (portals), Calendars and Interactive Maps, Delegate Trackers, Print Going Digital and lastly Twitter.  For more details on how they are using each check out the full article here.

ANONYMOUS DOWNS GOVERNMENT & MUSIC INDUSTRY WEBSITES

Friday, January 20th, 2012

In what they called a retaliation for the Department of Justice seizure of Megaupload yesterday, the collective known as Anonymous hacked into and took down websites for Universal Music Group, RIAA, Motion Picture Association of America, the FBI and the Department of Justice.  This was the largest cyber attack ever.  “It was in retaliation for Megaupload, as was the concurrent attack on Justice.org,” Anonymous operative Barrett Brown told RT on Thursday afternoon.  The Megaupload event came the day after the huge web “blackout” movement that was in protest against SOPA & PIPA (two anti-piracy initiatives).  With all these events happening could a cyber war be on the horizon.  What are your thoughts?

IS SWIZZ BEATZ HEADED TO JAIL? FEDS SHUTDOWN HIS MEGAUPLOAD COMPANY

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

After the internet came together to fight SOPA & PIPA interestingly enough the Federal prosecutors have shut down Megaupload.  Megaupload is one of the largest file-sharing sites in the world.  The founder and other employees have been charged with piracy.  Oddly enough it’s CEO Swizz Beatz was in the middle of a copyright infringement case w/ notables such as Kanye West, Diddy, Chris Brown, Will.I.AM and more.  These artists came out in support of Megaupload in 2011 with a song.  It’s interesting to see that someone who works within the music industry is a CEO of a service that the music industry alleges takes money out of their pockets.  Will Swizz see “fed time”?  For more details on this story check out Complex.

MICROSOFT CREATING “MINORITY REPORT” STOREFRONTS [VIDEO]

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Remember how cool you thought it would be if our computer experience was more like Tom Cruise’s in Minority Report?  Well that experience is here and it’s brought to you by Microsoft.  Mashable has the article and video…we just wanted to share this info with you all.  What do you guys think about this?

THE SOPA STRIKE: INTERNET BLACKOUT TOMORROW?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

In an effort to fight internet censorship a number of internet websites are coming together to have a blackout in an effort to fight SOPA and PIPA.  Large names like Google, WordPress, Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla and more have already confirmed.  Above are some of the larger confirmed participants.  With them “blacking out” their sites it remains to be seen how the world wide web will be affected.  To read up on more details or even see how to participate please go to www.sopastrike.com today.  This will be the largest internet blackout ever.  Important issues here that can affect how everyone uses the internet in the future.

ONE LIKE SON NEW ALBUM RECORDED ONLY w/ iPhone

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

The rock band One Like Son returns from a 10 year hiatus with a new album, the big deal about not just the return is that it was recorded with only iPhone track apps.  The album was finished by New Year’s Eve and will release on iTunes and Bandcamp January 17th of this year.  For more details on their recording process check out the article on Mashable.

VH1 TO ENTER SOCIAL TV & 2ND SCREEN FOR CRITICS CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

VH1 will debut a second screen experience to launch with it’s 17th Annual Critic’s Choice Movie Awards tonight.  The integration will allow experts and critics to engage via a livestream during the live broadcast of the CCMAs.  The experts are to provide context to the proceedings and also chat with VH1′s audience.  This feature will live on the awards website.  Users will be allowed to ask questions and post comments using their existing social profiles.  We’ve seen how people interact on Twitter and Facebook during award shows, sporting events and more…it looks like VH1 is taking steps to fully embrace this.  For more details check out Mashable.

Will.I.AM’s New Project w/ INTEL: Ultrabook™ Project [VIDEO]

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Will.I.AM unveiled his new initiative with Intel™ yesterday at CES and it’s looking rather cool.  With his interests in technology, music and philanthropy, he has found a way to use them all together.  The campaign will involve his new Ultrabook, the new #willpower app and a few other things.  To see what that is watch the video, to get a clear cut example read below:

Towards the end of Intel CEO Paul Cotellini’s keynote, Will previewed the first of 12 songs he’ll be releasing over the course of the next 12 months. The first, “I’ll Blow Your Mind With My Ghetto Blaster,” was recorded in Japan during a four-day trip in which Will.I.AM played a DJ gig, helped raise money for tsunami relief in Japan and recorded a track that captured his experience using Intel technology. “Ghetto Blaster” will be available for a free but will be limited to only 10,000 downloads at Intel.com before it’s taken down.

RZA on CHELSEA LATELY [VIDEO]

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Our friend RZA was on Chelsea Lately and talked about his headphones and his role on Californication.  As the conversation moved forward a Chess challenge came up and Chelsea told RZA she would beat him.  She’s supposed to download the RZA’s World app for iPhone and get this challenge going.