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News: Technology

Survey: Quarter of Americans Read News on Cell Phones

March 3, 2010

3G Technology Shifting How People Consume Information; Most Popular News Function - Checking the Weather. The survey results being released by the group Monday offer another sign of how people are changing the way they get information. Technology has been reshaping the news business and the way consumers relate to it for more than a decade. ...

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News: TV / Film

Oscar "In Memoriam" segment tough to produce

March 3, 2010

“It gets close to agonizing by the end," produce Bruce Davis says of the editing process for the Oscar “in memoriam" segment. “You are dropping people who the public knows. It's just not comfortable." The Kodak Theatre goes quiet as the big screen at center stage begins flashing images of actors and filmmakers who have died. ...

News: Technology

Thumplay Adds Apple Exec, to Launch Mobile Music Streaming on Thursday

March 3, 2010

Pablo Calamera, who oversaw technology development for MobileMe at Apple has joined Thumbplay as their Chief Technological Officer. In this newly-created position, Calamera, will have oversight of all technology initiatives for the company including Thumbplay Music, a cloud-based service that provides unlimited, on-demand access to millions of songs. Thursday Launch Thumbplay Music, which has been in ...

News: Technology

Skype Gives Up on Windows Mobile App

March 3, 2010

Making free Skype calls on a cell phone without using up minutes is certainly appealing. But the reality hasn't always lived up to the promise. Nowhere has this been more true than with the Windows Mobile version of Skype--which we found in two separate reviews to be, shall we say, less than desirable. It turns out ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Garrison

March 3, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Garrison's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jimmy GarrisonJimmy Garrison acoustic bass (1934 - 1976) Bassist Jimmy Garrison was the anchor in the classic John Coltrane Quartet, from 1961-\'66, which recorded all of its well-known albums on Impulse. Garrison\'s big, blunt sound... ...

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News: Event

Cabaret Singer Etta Abramson "Sings for Change", 3/10 in NYC

March 3, 2010

Cabaret singer/actor Etta Abramson will perform an evening of folk music, Jewish liturgy and Broadway songs, inspired by the yearning for change/progress, at The Duplex in NYC, March 10th. Etta Abramson March 10, 2010: Etta Sings for Change @ The Duplex West Village, NYC, 7:00 PM Etta Abramson performs an ...

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News: Recording

Steff Mahan Starts Fresh at 40; "Never a Long Way Home" CD out Now

March 3, 2010

Musician Steff Mahan Rebuilds her “Broken Life" and Starts Fresh at 40 Hard Knocks Infuse Mahan's Cinematic Songs with Honesty, Poignancy and Vivid Detail Alt-Country singer/songwriter Steff Mahan always envisioned a career as a performer, but life got in the way, time passed, and she wasn't able to hit the road for her first real tour ...

News: Technology

Survey Finds: Slack Editing on Magazine Web Sites

March 3, 2010

The only thing standard about magazines Web sites is that there are no standards. That is the chief finding of a research project conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review, which surveyed 665 consumer magazines on the practices and profitability of their Web sites. There isn't yet a generally accepted set of norms for this new medium, ...

News: Radio

Live Pop Jazz on WLRN Radio, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale & Palm Beach

March 2, 2010

Tune in for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, March 5, 2010 With the WENDY PEDERSEN/JIM GASIOR BAND Featuring Ed Calle Led by award-winning singer/songwriter, WENDY PEDERSEN, Southern Bell/P.A.C.E. Jazz Artist of the Year and a Miami New Times Best Vocalist, this group boasts all professional musicians/educators JIM GASIOR ...

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News: Recording

Otis Taylor's New Album, "Clovis People," Set for Release on May 11, 2010

March 2, 2010

BOULDER, Colo. -- Otis Taylor digs the past. Whether it's the songs he wrote a decade ago, or ancient civilizations that lived more than 10,000 years ago, he's drawn to stories from another time, and he's compelled to retell them in a way that's relevant in the modern day. On Clovis People, set for release May ...