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Who Needs Flash? The Tipping Point
In just months, from seemingly nowhere, Apples solo campaign to dethrone Flash as the de facto standard for web video has gathered enough momentum to get over the top. The question is no longer whether HTML5 will or should do the job, but when. Last week signaled the tipping point, when Microsoft confirmed HTML5 video support ...
The Changing Typography of the Web
Since the World Wide Webs earliest days, whether you were shopping on Amazon or researching on Google or catching up on news at latimes.com, chances are you were looking at just one of four typefaces -- Arial, Verdana, Georgia or Times -- each formulated for computer monitors and trusted by web designers to display properly on ...
Noise-Canceling Earbuds Have Got Your Concha Covered
Yamaha EPH-50 Headphones. For avid earbud users (and abusers) the entire concept of “noise-canceling" is a feature that just never seems to work correctly. No matter how snug the bud, there's just no way to eliminate the clamor of the outside world (especially for those of us who work in places as rowdy as Wired). Yamaha's ...
It Could Be Long Wait For iTunes in the Cloud as Labels Argue Multiple Use and Demand More $'s
When a fan buys a legal DRM-free MP3, they can listen to it anywhere, right? We'll maybe, say the major labels, as long as they don't store it in or play it from an online music locker. News last week that Lala.com was shutting down at the end of the month, led to increased speculation that ...
New Study Examines U.S. Twitter Usage
A new report from Edison Research/Arbitron Internet details Twitter awareness and usage of Twitter, as well as, demographics, behaviors, and preferences. Highlights of the online presentation (below): Awareness of Twitter grew from 5% of Americans 12+ in 2008 to 87% in 2010 Twitter still trails Facebook significantly in usage: 7% use Twitter while 41% maintain ...
iPad Sales Top 1 Million in Just 28 Days
Not sure if creating special content for the iPad is worth it? Apple today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction. iPad users have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, but purchased just 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. ...
Concert Simulcasts Increase in Popularity
The Met Tops 2.2M Season Tickets To Broadcasts The Metropolitan Opera has proven that simulcasts of concerts have a future. The company this season sold 2.2 million tickets for 9 HD telecasts to theaters this season, an increase of 400,000 from 2008-2009. Last Saturday's broadcast of Rossini's was seen by an estimated audience of 105,000 in ...
Jailbreak App Turns iPhone into 3G Modem for iPad
Data-hungry iPhone owners eager to grab iPads can forgo paying for a 3G model altogether and save a good buck. That is, so long as theyre willing to take a risk. MyWi, an app available for hacked (i.e., jailbroken) iPhones, turns the handset into a wireless 3G modem that can be tethered to an iPad. That ...
New HTML5 Tools Make Your Browser Sing and Dance
HTML5s tag gives you a way to embed audio files directly into a web page without requiring a plug-in. But the audio element could do a lot more than just offer Flash-free inline audio players on your favorite MP3 blogs. The audio player element could end up fueling a whole new class of web applications online ...
Stolen Facebook Accounts for Sale
Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense division tracking the digital underworld say bogus and stolen accounts on the Facebook are now on sale in high volume on the black market. During several weeks in February, iDefense tracked an effort to sell log-in data for 1.5 million Facebook accounts on several online criminal marketplaces, including one called Carder.su. That ...
