The nation’s major internet service providers by year’s end will institute a so-called six-strikes plan, the “Copyright Alert System” initiative backed by the Obama administration and pushed by Hollywood and the major record labels to disrupt and possibly terminate internet access for online copyright scofflaws. Via Wired.com
Lytro finally gets the manual controls needed to make it useful
Lytro camera gets manual controls, new colors and accessories for exacting light-field fans By Jon Fingas A frequent gripe of Lytro camera owners has been the hands-off nature of the photography, with that signature infinite focus about the only real fine-tuning that’s on tap. As of a fresh firmware upgrade, the light-field camera is much friendlier to demanding shooters. The...
That’s it! Roll up the carpet. Want to hack the PR machine? There’s an app for that.
Techcrunch’s Kim-Mai Cutler just published an article about startup Called hackPR. It’s an interesting read, and a service that could be of great use to anyone interested in DIY distribution, marketing, fundraising, etc. Here’s an excerpt: First Round Capital Launches A Platform For Startups To Hack PR Over the last year, early-stage venture firm First Round Capital has quietly built an arsenal of...
The Pros and Cons of Pro YouTube Content
With YouTube investing in 60 new professionally produced video channels and decisions being made as to which of the 100+ existing channels to renew, competition grows for premium content niches honed by “amateur” producers. Naturally YouTube wishes this to be seen as a necessary part of a competitive stratagy, but how would you feel if you sweated blood establishing your content,...
To Post or Not to Post
There are 900 million social media users plugged into Facebook alone, and nearly 500 million of them log into the social network every single day. In fact, in just one day on Facebook, 250 million photos are uploaded, and 532 million statuses are updated. And that doesn’t even count the millions of tweets sent, tumblrs updated, and instagrams snapped. With...
Red introduces $42K Epic-M Monochrome cinema cam, on sale October 1st
Red introduces $42K Epic-M Monochrome cinema cam, on sale October 1st Red Camera promised to stop hyping products that weren’t ready to ship, and true to its word, just announced the Epic-M Monochrome, surprising even its rabid user base. via but it is for David Fincher, says Red, who’s already shooting his next feature on one.
ITU meets to define 4K and 8K UHDTV parameters
ITU meets to define 4K and 8K UHDTV parameters This month NHK has been previewing a slew of Super Hi-Vision equipment, but there’s still much work to be done to make high res broadcasts a reality worldwide. There’s where the ITU steps in, and as it did for HDTV back in the 90s it’s been meeting to decide just what...
Project Aether films northern lights at 100,000 feet using a GoPro camera Sadly we can’t all be spacemen. Commercial travel beyond the atmosphere is getting closer but still priced way, way, way beyond the budgetary constraints of mere human beings. The closest many of us will get to outer space is photography and, thanks to ever-cheaper and ever-more-durable cameras, getting...
How Niche Content Sites Can Build And Keep Audiences
How Niche Content Sites Can Build And Keep Audiences The online world of Crafts/DIY is fragmented. On one end, you have the big players like the DIYNetwork.com whose web presence is part of a whole media strategy. On the other, you have a host of semi-independent sites like Craftster.org, Craftzine.com, and host of other mommy blogs. In 2007, if you...
Find a Solution to Your Common Productivity Problems
Find a Solution to Your Common Productivity Problems With approximately a gazillion apps, articles, and other resources to help us increase our productivity, it isn’t easy figuring out which is the best tool. Simply Business’ five interactive flowcharts can help you solve common email, meetings, workload, travel, and collaboration problems. via The flowcharts are embedded below. To click through to...
