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Yahoo Using 2012 Election to Showcase Its Capabilities
Yahoo today began rolling out its strategy for 2012 election-related content, showcasing its capabilities as well as its massive audience. It’s a way for the company to remind advertisers that it reaches 90 percent of online U.S. adults as it stumbles through rumors of internecine squabbling without a chief executive officer.
Will Porn Boost Google TV Viewership?
Adult content often leads the way in the mainstreaming of entertainment technology, so today’s announcement from Vivid Entertainment may prove to be a milestone for Google TV. The adult film studio is launching Vivid for Google TV, the first TV app specifically created to deliver sexually explicit content.
The Echo Nest and EMI Music Kick Sand at Licensing Problems
EMI Music and music intelligence platform The Echo Nest today announced a genuinely innovative initiative that will grant application developers blanket permission to work with thousands of songs, videos and other licensed music-related assets.
Amazon Goes Live with Book Rental Service
Amazon has added books to content that can be borrowed as part of an Amazon Prime membership, which already comes with movies and television program rentals as part of the $79 annual fee.
Yahoo! Optimizes Personalization in New Products [with demo]
Yahoo! Inc. launched several new mobile, tablet, and PC products today (Nov. 2) as part of the company’s philosophy of delivering the Internet to each of its users in a personalized digital experience.
Tobii Brings Eye-Controlled Games to Times Square
Tobii Technology has developed what the company describes as the world’s first eye-controlled arcade game, adding that "Tobii EyeAsteroids" represents an expansion of eye tracking applications into the consumer electronics and gaming industries.
Mindshapes Raises $5 Million to Create Learning Worlds
Digital publisher Mindshapes has raised $5 million in initial funding from its five founders and from unnamed angels, the company said. The influx will be used to launch two online learning virtual worlds, as well as to expand its app and browser-based educational game products.
YouTube Starts Rolling Out Cable TV Alternative
In an initiative that could appeal both to advertisers and to today’s fragmented audiences, YouTube announced about 100 original content channels from dozens of professional creators. If there’s an archetypical skateboarding dog among them, it will be a celebrity’s dog wearing a branded T-shirt on a program for teenagers.
HP Reverses Course, Will Keep PC Business
More than two months after first announcing plans to potentially sell or spin off its PC unit, Palo Alto-based HP said on Thursday that it has decided to keep its Personal Systems Group (PSG) as part of the company.
Livestream to Offer Pause, Replay and Multimedia Integration
Real-time event coverage company Livestream is launching a revamp of its platform that will add new features including multimedia integration, dynamic quality selection and often-requested DVR functionalities like replay.
