Filed under: Feature | Tags: Apple, Digital Genesis, Hyundai Genesis, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, Mac, MacBook Air, Macintosh, RIDES, Rides Magazine, SEMA, T-Pain
GOT WI-FI?: YOUR WHEELS DO
A friend over at RIDES Magazine just sent me one of the coolest things that I’ve seen in a loooong while. Now, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that we usually review coffee shops in the Got Wi-Fi? series with the Bolt Bus thrown in for extra flavor. RIDES magazine has gone and created the ultimate in wi-fi hot spots, one with a steering wheel and 22″ MHT three-piece wheels.
The Challenge
In preparation for next week’s SEMA in Las Vegas, Hyundai threw the gates open for 6 mods; 3 coupes, 3 sedans. In short, teams were given the original car (see below) to add their own pimp-your-ride flavor. The cars have yet to be officially released to the public, but pictures are already aflutter on the internet. From what I’ve seen so far and given my general affection for all things digital, the RIDES Digital Genesis takes the win on cruise control. Yay puns!
Before
Above is a picture of the Hyundai Genesis in its original condition.
The Digital Genesis is Born
I can’t say that I’m the sort of girl who appreciates a super-charged engine, rims, blah blah blah, but I do surely appreciate a mobile wi-fi spot capable of supporting 30 simultaneous users up to 100ft away. This is the sort of ride I patrol parking lots looking for to pick up some free online juice for my iPhone.
The Digital Genesis sports an on-board Internet in Motion IIM2300V providing those in the car with an EVDO connection or for those playing at home, a mobile broadband connection. You may be more familiar with these types of connections of the sort the EDGE network provides to the iPhone and other smartphones. If this were a comparison to DSL and cable, EVDO would be cable what EDGE would be DSL (i.e. EVDO is faster).
Digital Genesis = Apple Love
Along with the mobile wi-fi connection, which is brilliance in itself, the car also packs in three Macs (including a MacBook Air and two Mac minis), an iPod Touch, an iPhone 3G, Farenheit DVD player, Genesis amps, Morel Hybrid Ovation speakers and two 12” subs. In essence, a whole lot of Apple love here folks. I suggested they drive this Apple-packed goodness over to MacWorld after SEMA.
The RIDES team removed the middle seat, installing a center control console to activate the car’s electronics and store your precious MacBook Air. That not enough for you? The back seats have been outfitted with flip-down tray tables with wireless Apple keyboards and 8.4 inch VGA monitors built-in to the headrests. There’s a 20” Apple Cinema display in the trunk (above) in case you want a little web-surfing with your tailgate.
This is the kind of ride you need a driver for. Take that Maybach. . .
Fancy Some T-Pain with Your Digital Genesis?
In honor of the Digital Genesis’ release, RIDES shows some respekt with a track from T-Pain’s new album Thr33 Ringz before it releases in stores on 11/11. Click on the image above, enter your e-mail address on the site and you can have yourself a T-Pain party at your desk.
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Barack Obama, Beverly Hills 90210, CBS Paramount Network Television, John McCain, Larry King, Melrose Place, Television, Universal Media Studios
The CW and CBS Paramount Network Television are developing a remake of the 1990s FOX hit Melrose Place. The storyline has not been hashed out and a writer is being sought. This news comes after the pair collaborated on the current 90210, a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210 which also originally spawned Melrose Place. CBS Paramount owns the rights to Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place when it purchased Spelling TV. (Cynopsis 10/29)
With less than a week to go before the Nov. 4 presidential election, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz., will be heavying up on their cable schedules. Obama is scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” tonight and on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” on Thursday, while McCain will have a sit-down tonight with Larry King on CNN. Multichannel News (10/28)
Universal Media Studios made a two-year exclusive first-look television development pact with Jennifer Lopez and her production company Nuyorican Productions, along with her producing partner Simon Fields. (Cynopsis 10/29)
Modern pirates. Japan’s robot invasion. America’s secret war – just a few of the stories tackled in the all-new season of Current TV’s “Vanguard,” which premiered last Wednesday, October 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. A new “Vanguard” report premieres each week on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Tonight, check out the premiere of The Great American Detour, an intimate look at America via bus tour across the country. In addition, the team will be including their twitter feeds on the site and conducting a live chat during the show.
In this election season, it’s a welcome departure to gather the opinions of our people, rather than our politicians.
Comcast announced today that it added 483,000 digital-phone customers, 417,000 digital-TV subscribers and 382,000 Internet customers during the third quarter. Overall, the company reported earnings of $771 million, a robust 38% increase, on revenue of $8.55 billion, a 10% bump. Reuters (10/29) , Google/The Associated Press (10/29) , OneTRAK (10/29) , BusinessWeek (10/28)
Disney-ABC Television Group signed a deal with Verizon to make primetime ABC shows such as Desperate Housewives and Lost available via FiOS TV’s video-on-demand service. The shows will be offered in HD for no charge one day after they premiere in the network with the ad-skipping feature disabled. ABC began testing its VOD service in Cox’s Orange County system last year. (Cynopsis 10/29)
Suddenlink Communications is working on an aggressive rollout schedule that will bring video-on-demand services to 23 of the company’s cable markets. The rollout began last month and relies on the Axiom On Demand content-delivery system from SeaChange International. Multichannel News (10/28)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Google, Microsoft, MP3, New York Times, Wal-Mart, Windows, Yahoo, YouTube
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Wal-Mart Stores plans to lower prices for some MP3 downloads 22%, a move that will heat up competition in the online-music sector. “Top 25″ tracks will sell for 74 cents, and other songs will be priced at 94 cents, according to the company. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (10/28)
Online video portal Hulu is in talks with BBC/ITV/Channel 4 VOD joint venture Project Kangaroo to launch a UK version of the site, reports C21 Media. The discussions have stalled due to the venture’s ongoing legal issues, according to Fox Digital Media President Dan Fawcett. (Cynopsis 10/29)
Microsoft unveiled Azure, a new Windows program envisioned as a “cloud computing” operating system for the internet. Azure will provide a platform for developers to build applications that will be accessible online in real time using existing Windows programming languages. (Cynopsis 10/29)
Google’s settlement this week in a copyright-infringement case against book publishers may have a bearing on Viacom, which last year filed a $1 billion case for similar reasons against the giant search engine and its online video site YouTube. Michael Fricklas, Viacom’s general counsel, said that Google might have finally figured out that “copying and distributing copyrighted works requires permission from the copyright owner.” The New York Times (10/29) , CNET (10/28)
Six months after first announcing its open strategy, Yahoo has released a slew of development tools (as we told you it would) under the Y!OS 1.0 platform. It’s kind of like a Web OS, but Y!OS officially stands for Yahoo Open Strategy. As part of its strategy to remain one of the most popular starting points on the Web, Yahoo is making it much easier for data, content, and applications to flow in and out of Yahoo. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/28/yahoo-opens-up-big-time 10/28)
Msnbc.com unveiled its new embeddable Decision ’08 election widget that allows consumers to watch the presidential results unfold in real-time on November 4, 2008. The widget allows users to view the electoral vote count and the congressional balance of power via the national U.S. map or choose a state and see how individual counties are voting. It also provides the top political headlines of the day. (Cynopsis 10/29)
SciFi.com launched a new social network built around its hit reality show Ghost Hunters, featuring weekly tutorials, ghost story swapping and Q&A’s with the show’s part-time adventurers. Go to SciFi.com on Halloween night to access a multi-camera online video feed, thermal imaging camera views and photos taken from The Ghost Hunters Live event at the historic Fort Delaware. (Cynopsis 10/29)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Android, Apple, Google, iPhone, Motorola, Software development kit, Starbucks, Truphone
AT&T just sweetened the pot for all of its iPhone subscribers. If you own an AT&T iPhone, you now get free WiFi access
at AT&Ts 17,000 hotspots across the country, including at most Starbucks. Although just last summer AT&T teased customers with the same freebie service, only to put up a pay wall afterwards, this time it looks like the free WiFi is here to stay. (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/10/29/the-iphone-now-comes-with-free-wifi-at-all-att-hotspots 10/29)
Now, this is an improvement I can be pretty damn happy about. To be fair about this though, as of June, Starbucks has offered 2 hours of free quasi free wi-fi to anyone who purchases $5 monthly on a Starbucks reward card. In essence, 1 coffee = 2 hours daily for a month of free and clear wi-fi with or without an iPhone. Click here for more info.
Motorola Inc.’s new cellphone chief is moving quickly to scale back the struggling division, simplifying the way it makes devices and cutting additional jobs. Sanjay Jha, who also became Motorola’s co-chief executive in August, has decided to focus on Google Inc.’s Android operating system as the software platform for Motorola’s showcase phones, according to people familiar with the matter. (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122523624204277979.html?mod=googlenews_wsj 10/29)
Global wireless operator Truphone has began tests on a new service for BlackBerry phones that the company says will make it less expensive and simpler for users to call overseas from their home country. Truphone Anywhere, which will work in 33 countries, is designed to operate in combination with local carriers. Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) (10/28)
Wikileaks has posted Apple‘s controversial iPhone Software Development Kit after the company’s disclosure last week that it would discontinue its use after developers objected to what they saw as its overly restrictive terms. The document had never been publicly released, and the Wikileaks summary page says, “The agreement contains several controversial terms and claims that need to be discussed in an open forum. This is however explicitly forbidden by the agreement.” InformationWeek (10/28)
AccuWeather.com launched an advanced weather app for the BlackBerry providing up-to-date weather info., hourly and 10-day forecasts, severe weather alerts and radar images. (Cynopsis 10/29)
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Filed under: GAMING | Tags: Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, GAME, Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Role-playing game, Video game, World of Warcraft, Xbox 360
On November 19th, Xbox will debut a new user interface which simplifies the experience from a never-ending maze to one that seems more lifestyle-related and specifically bringing video-based applications more front and center. In addition, the availability to play movies from your Watch Instant Netflix queue and new gaming features have been added as well. Check out the video below for a walk-through from Crunchgear. (http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/29/review-the-new-xbox-experience-for-xbox-360 10/29)
Some will say this is just a simple UI upgrade. To those, I’d like to remind that the iTunes store could have been described as a simple mp3 store upgrade but that description would in itself. . .be too simple.
Gaming powerhouse Blizzard Entertainment has issued a press release announcing that the number of subscribers for World Of Warcraft has surpassed the 11 million mark. The milestone for the popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) represents a 10% growth in 10 months and shows signs of slowing. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/29/world-of-warcraft-hits-11-million-subscribers-mark-shows-signs-of-slowing 10/29)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Apple, Dell, Humor, iPod, Mac, Microsoft, RadioShack, Sony
TECHNOLOGY
Numark has introduced the PT-01USB, a battery-powered turntable system that enables vinyl lovers to take their collection with them on the go. The $149 system is compatible with Mac and PC setups to enable the transfer of tunes from record to MP3s. ElectronicHouse.com (10/28)
RadioShack has launched a program by which consumers with old camcorders, MP3 players, laptops and other CE devices they no longer want can trade them in for store credit. Manufacturers participating in the program are Apple, Archos, Creative, Dell, iRiver, Microsoft, Philips, RCA, Samsung, SanDisk, Sony and Toshiba. InformationWeek (10/28)
Sunfire has come out with a new A/V receiver, the Theater Grand 401 Receiver, with a suggested price tag of $4,000. System features include 200 watts of amplification, support for Sirius satellite radio, Olé touchpad ports and a VIA!migo port for iPods, to name a few. CEPro.com (10/28)
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