NBC has partnered with YouTube to provide its video player and livestreaming infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Part of its strategy is to broadcast every live event in some form, showing more than 3,600 hours of Olympic coverage…using (the YouTube) player to deliver livestreams on NBCOlympics.com. “We’ll also include replays of Web-exclusive events, all television broadcasts, interviews with …
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Trailer for Ridley Scott’s new movie, Prometheus – released as a TED Talk
TED Talk from the future – as envisioned by Prometheus director Ridley Scott “If you will indulge me…I’d like to change the world.” In the year 2023 Peter Weyland will make a speech in Tokyo about how humanity has become the new gods, with the power to create artificial life that looks like a …
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The digital divide – newspapers are completely lost
Online advertising is booming. Already a $32 billion business, advertisers are expected to spend a full $62 billion online in 2016. But news publishers are not poised to cash in on the growth, a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center suggests. The problem? News publishers’ online advertising products simply aren’t competitive. Most tend …
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Scholastic joins the e-book revolution – new app for children’s books
The kids’ e-book market is still nascent, with e-books making up just about three percent of children’s book sales. That could change now that Scholastic, the world’s largest children’s book publishers, is digitizing much of its list and releasing an e-reading app, “Storia,” that includes a large e-bookstore and lets kids read e-books based on …
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8-bit art for the Game Developers Conference
GameSpot, the video game magazine, was at it again with the 8-Bit post-it art! Welcome Game Developers Conference 2012 to San Francisco!
Newspapers lose $25 billion in revenue – where did it go?
US newspaper publishers’ hopes that advertising revenues might be about to stabilise have been dashed by several pieces of research. An analysis of data predicts that newspapers will achieve a new low in ad sales for 2011, with revenues expected to come in at about $24 billion this year (2011) – down from the record …
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Over 100 coal plants have closed in U.S. – since last year
Two utilities announced the planned closure of nine coal plants in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, bringing total retirements (executed and planned) since January 2010 past the 100 mark to 106. A combination of high domestic coal prices, low natural gas prices, new air quality regulations, coordinated activist pressure, and cost-competitive renewables are making …
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Top 10 reasons to read comic books
10. Fun To Read 9. Spark The Imagination 8. Inspirational 7. Pretty Pictures 6. Literacy 5. Educational Tidbits and Nuggets 4. Cool Factor 3. Better Than The Movie 1. Good Ol’ Fashion Values via Top 10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Read Comics I totally agree with the list, though I think ‘fun’ and ‘inspirational’ …
Our trash pollutes beaches around the world
A recent cleanup of trash on a scenic Mexican beach seemed to confirm what many there thought: Most of the plastic garbage comes from outside Mexico. On Feb. 25, a cleanup collected more than 6 tons of trash and allowed participants to examine pieces for signs of where it came from. The answer: all over. …
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