Archive for: July, 2011

Ford, TechShop Will Preview TechShop Detroit at Maker Faire Detroit this Weekend

Ford and TechShop on Thursday announced that Allen Park, Mich., is the home of TechShop Detroit, the communal fabrication studio where everyday inventors, from backyard tinkerers to tech-savvy engineers, can go to work and create their projects and products. TechShop already has already has more than 1,500 membership base of do-it-yourselfers (DIY) using their loctaions in […]

The First Annual PAX Dev Con – A Must Do for Game Devs

Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, founders of Penny Arcade (AKA PAX) have came a long way from their Mead (Spokane, WA) roots.  Now they are even going to have a pre-PAX Prime Game Dev conference. Many of the game industry’s leading figures will present panels on the art of game development at PAX Dev on […]

Comic-Con 2011 Warehouse 13 Roundtable

The Warehouse 13 roundtable at Comic-Con gave us some pretty interesting insights into what the cast thinks about their characters, the direction of the show and what they are doing in their live outside the Warehouse. Saul Rubinek Saul Rubinek told everyone about how he enjoys working on a show that gives him the opprtunity […]

Spotify Sued by PacketVideo Over Music Distribution Patent

Just two weeks after it entered the US, Spotify on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit (below) alleging that it violated a patent. Twonky’s creator PacketVideo claimed that the streaming music service violated a patent for a “Device for the Distribution of Music in Digital Form.” It insisted that it had told Spotify of the […]

Google Maps Now Has London Transit Directions

Google Maps now sports public transport directions for London, UK in its iOS, BlackBerry and Android apps, the search giant said on Thursday. Earlier this month, Google introduced Transit Navigation beta for Android device owners that also allowed this for London and other cities. The new multi-platform app uses a user’s current location to deduce […]

Motorola Mobility Improving Results, Zoom Sales Fall Below Hopes

Motorola Mobility had a bittersweet second quarter as an independent company with improving results but a sign that Android tablets weren’t faring as well. It improved its losses and only shed $56 million versus $81 million in the winter. Its phone shipments were also bouncing back, with 11 million cellphones trading hands and 4.4 million […]

Skyfire Brings Flash Support to iOS Devices with VideoQ

Skyfire today released a new application for iOS devices that allows them to view Flash-based video content. The VideoQ app is not a browser, but works in conjunction with Safari and Opera on iOS devices to render Flash video. In order to view the content, users must email the video’s web link from their browser […]

Grace Coddington Will Pen Memoir About her Life in Fashion

Grace Coddington’s story from the front row of fashion will be told in a memoir. The book by Vogue’s creative director with be written with friend and Vanity Fair style editor-at-large Michael Roberts. The as-yet-untitled book will be published in the U.S. and Canada by Random House, and in the United Kingdom by Chatto and […]

New Trailer, Poster for Tower Heist

Universal Pictures has revealed the trailer, poster and new images for Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Ta Leoni, Gabourey Sidibe, Casey Affleck, Stephen Henderson, Judd Hirsch, Michael Pena and Alan Alda. The official site has also come online at TowerHeist.net. Opening in theaters on November 4, the comedy caper is about […]

NBCUniversal and Amazon Strike Licensing Deal for Movies

Amazon today announced a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution that will allow Amazon Prime members to stream select Universal Pictures movies through Prime Instant Video. This deal with Amazon will bring the total number of Prime instant videos to more than 9,000 movies and TV shows this summer. Amazon Prime customers will be […]

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