Filed under: Feature, ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Arts, Europe, Music, Music Video, Oren Lavie, Stop motion, United States, Yuval
ONLINE VIDEO OF THE WEEK: HER MORNING ELEGANCE
Taking stop motion to the next level, the musician Oren Lavie has crafted a single from his 2007 album release into a music video of art. Released on inauguration day last week and directed by Lavie along with Yuval and Merav Nathan, the video is simultaneously witty and poignant. The album was released in 2007 in Europe and was previously not available in the U.S. That was until Oren Lavie started his own music label in the U.S. and released his album domestically in January 2008. You can find it on i-Tunes.
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- [Viral Video Chart] Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance (geeky-guide.com)
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: ABC Studios, Arts, Grey, Grey's Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes, Susan Sarandon, Television, Universal Media Studios
Comedy Central launches a new sketch comedy series Important Things with Demetri Martin on February 11 at 1030p. Stand-up comedian, Martin is the creator, executive producer and star of the series combining stand-up comedy, sketches, animation, music and more to focus on one “important thing” each episode such as timing, chairs, power or safety. (Cynopsis 1/28)
Is it me or does Demetri look strangely like Jason Schwartzman?
Who Do You Think You Are?, a new alternative series on NBC adapted from a British documentary series, takes celebrities on a personal journey to discover their family genealogy and stories. The series premieres April 20 at 8p and is from executive producer Lisa Kudrow and her production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment and the U.K.’s Wall to Wall productions. Celebrities who have signed on to date include Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Susan Sarandon and others will be announced in the near future. (Cynopsis 1/28)
ABC ordered three drama pilots from ABC Studios, reports THR: I, Claudia about a female lawyer who is determined to become the next U.S. president; John Scott Shepherd wrote the pilot script and is executive producing with Matt Gross. The next project is Inside the Box about an ambitious news producer and her associates set in Washington; Richard E. Robbins wrote the pilot and is executive producing with Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy) and Betsy Beers. The third yet-to-be-named project is based on the Argentinean drama Brothers & Detectives about a detective who finds out he has a genius 11-year old brother who can help him solve crimes; Daniel Cerone is the writer and executive producer. (Cynopsis 1/28)
NBC heads to the future with a drama pilot called Day One from writer/producer Jesse Alexander (Heroes). The story centers on a small group of survivors bent on rebuilding a society following a catastrophic global disaster. Universal Media Studios will produce. (Cynopsis 1/28)
Verizon added a record 303,000 new FiOS TV subscribers during Q4, bringing its total subscriber base to 1.9 million. Verizon also added 282,000 FiOS Internet subs, up from 244,000 a year ago, and closed on its acquisition of Alltel, giving it a market-leading 80 million wireless customers. (Cynopsis 1/28)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: AOL, Click Forensics, Click fraud, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Lions Gate Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Viacom
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Epix — the pay-per-view movie channel created by Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lions Gate Entertainment — initially will launch on a subscription-only broadband Web site in May, according to Mark Greenberg, chief executive officer of the joint venture. Greenberg said Epix executives were negotiating distribution deals with cable and satellite providers as well and hoped to bring the channel to television sets in October. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (1/28) , Los Angeles Times (free registration) (1/27)
The Epix channel will provide an outlet for flicks such as ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.’
Pssst. Epix, there already is a subscription-only broadband product on the market. It’s called Netflix and they additionally send you DVD’s if that’s the way you want to watch something. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone…
NBC is attempting to lure younger viewers to Heroes by building a presence on teen-focused virtual site Habbo.com. NBC.com will extend its popular Heroes’Evolutions offshoot offering fans the ability to interact with a new avatar Hero through a variety of in-game activities. Habbos participating in a weeklong quest will discover their own “special powers” and will be recruited as new heroes. (Cynopsis 1/28)
AOL
will cut its work force by 10 percent today, laying off approximately 700 employees, as a result of the struggling economy and a decrease in advertising revenue, we’ve confirmed with the company. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/aol-axing-700-employees 1/28)
17.1% of all clickthroughs on web advertising are the result of click fraud – the act of clicking on a web ad to artificially increase its click-through rate – according to the latest report from Click Forensics class=”snap_preview_icon”> , a company that specializes in monitoring and preventing internet crime. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/27/report-click-fraud-at-record-high 1/27)
In honor of Jackson Pollack’s birthday, Google changed their logo today to the artwork below. If you click on the logo, you will search for Jackson Pollack. Witty.
The preroll unit, one of five being tested by the Pool, a joint effort by marketers and online publishers to determine a standard Web video format, has been gaining currency with marketers but has its limits in terms of creativity and flexibility, according to this article. “On the one hand, you want to standardize for the simplicity of doing business and the ability to do more business,” said Randall Rothenberg, chief executive officer of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. “On the other hand, you have a medium that allows for infinite customization.” BusinessWeek (1/27)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, BarackObama, Blackberry, Gartner, Microsoft, National security, National Security Agency, Safari
RIM really dropped the ball after launching the Bold with the shouldhaveneverbeenlaunched Storm. But I’m happy to say that they’ve come back into Mobilecrunch’s good graces with the launch of the T-Mobile Curve II otherwise known as the 8900. (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/28/review-t-mobile-blackberry-8900 1/28)
Apple released its iPhone 2.2.1 OS update, a minor fix intended to improve the stability of Safari and Mail. To update your iPhone simply plug it in to your computer and click on “Check for Updates.” (Cynopsis 1/28)
Noting the National Security Agency’s concerns about President Barack Obama‘s retention of his BlackBerry, Microsoft has offered Obama the option of using one of two $3,300 handsets, which the company said carried its most secure technology. In an interview, Microsoft mobility executive Randy Siegel discussed security issues and how it can apply its experience with Obama to the mass market. Telephony Online (1/27)
From deployment of Bluetooth 3.0 to the introduction of Near Field Communications, Gartner has outlined eight wireless developments that will make a substantial impact in 2009 and 2010. “All mobile strategies embed assumptions about technology evolution so it’s important to identify the technologies that will evolve quickly in the life span of each strategy,” said analyst Nick Jones. cellular-news (U.K.) (1/28)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Amazon Kindle, Apple, E-book, ILife, IMovie, iPhone, IWork, Morgan Library & Museum
The wait for the new Kindle may be much shorter than initially expected. Amazon is hosting a press event on Feb. 9 at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, apparently to unveil the second generation eBook reader. Amazon’s first Kindle been sold out since before the holidays but the Amazon site has revised the suggested wait time for one from 11-13 weeks to 4-6 weeks. (Cynopsis 1/28)
Chris Hutchins, a former management and business strategy consultant who was laid off in early December, is looking to make the best of his predicament and a generally weak economy.
Realizing that he’s just one of many being laid off (more than 224,000 employees have been ejected from the tech sector since August), Hutchins decided to launch LaidOffCamp San Francisco, a “bar camp” style event that he hopes will be a self-organized networking resource, start-up incubator, and group coping session for the recently unemployed in the Bay Area. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/unemployed-techies-hope-to-help-themselves-at-laidoffcamp 1/28)
(Below) That’s just what you get when you try to rip off Jobs. I would never cross that man, in sickness or in perfect health.
Illegal versions of Apple’s iWork 09 productivity software and Adobe’s Photoshop CS4 For Mac apparently contained “Trojan Horse” viruses that allow a remote user to take over the affected computers. The iWork Trojan, which about 20,000 people unwittingly downloaded off the Internet, was discovered last Wednesday, and the Photoshop bug, downloaded by about 5,000, was found Sunday. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (1/27)
When Crunchgear heard about iLife ‘09 last month, Apple touted the Faces and Places features of the iPhone and image stabilization and precise editing in iMovie. How much does all of this pleasure cost? $79 or nothing if you get it with a new Mac. But is it worth the upgrade? (http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/28/review-ilife-09 1/28)
The online HP Parts Store reportedly is offering a six-cell, lithium-polymer battery that is compatible with the HP Mini 1000 netbook, which comes standard with a three-cell power source. The higher capacity battery costs about $155 and is rated at 2.4Ah and 53Wh. Electronista (1/27)
The U.S. and Scandinavian countries are among the most tech-savvy in the world when it comes to cell phones, networks and computers, according to a ranking system called the Connectivity Scorecard, which measures technological skill and usage. Countries in southern and eastern Europe — including Italy, Greece and Poland — were among the worst. Reuters (1/28)
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Filed under: MISC | Tags: Davos, Recreation, Resorts, Robert Scoble, Ski resort, Snowbiking, Switzerland, World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum, arguably the most prestigious gathering of the world’s political, business and intellectual leaders (plus, absurdly, me and Robert Scoble), has officially opened at the tiny ski resort town of Davos, Switzerland. 2,500 attendees from 96 countries have flocked to the event this year, about 500 more than last year. And a record 40 heads of state are present as well. At least one rock star isn’t here this year, though. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/a-more-somber-world-economic-forum-at-davos 1/28)
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