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Confessions of an iPod Touch Artist
Mobile devices are no longer just for communication, entertainment and business: They can make art, too. Several different iTunes apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch allow users to edit photos, record music and now paint. Last month, French artist and videographer David Lasnier began composing paintings with the Brushes app on his iPod Touch and ...
Why Facebook is for Old Fogies
Facebook is five. Maybe you didn't get it in your news feed, but it was in February 2004 that Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, along with some classmates, launched the social network that ate the world. Did he realize back then in his dorm that he was witnessing merely the larval stage of his creation? For what ...
Ask Van Morrison
10 QUESTIONS With his signature growl and unique blend of blues, jazz and celtic folk, Van Morrison is consistently ranked as one of the most iconic and influential rock artists of all time. Writer of such classic songs as “Gloria", “Moondance" and “Brown Eyed Girl", his 1968 masterwork, Astral Weeks, is listed by almost ...
Prosecution Baffled by Pirate Bay's Anarchic Structure
STOCKHOLM — Defendant Fredrik Neij took the stand as the landmark trial of Pirate Bay continued Thursday, and left the prosecutor scratching his head over who is in charge of the BitTorrent site. Three young computer geeks and one businessman face civil and criminal charges here for alleged contributory copyright infringement. The three geeks — Fredrik ...
Pirate Bay Prosecutor Probes Site's Bad Attitude
STOCKHOLM -- As the landmark trial of The Pirate Bay wrapped up its first week Friday, the prosecutor fought to tie the last two defendants to the daily operation of the world's most notorious filesharing site. Four defendants in all are accused of contributory copyright infringement for allegedly deliberately facilitating the making available of copyrighted works ...
Slicethepie Lands $1.4m in New Funding
Despite an economic meltdown that has added to venture capitalists' already wary view of the music industry, fan-to-artist funding enabler Slicethepie has attracted another $1.4 million. The money will be used to broaden marketing efforts, as well as, support some of the 20 artists already funded by the site. “We are delighted to close this latest ...
Facebook Grows into a Top-Ten Web Property
Job and tax-related Web sites dominated consumers' online activity in January, according to Thursday data from comScore, but there was also a little time for social networking as Facebook cracked the list of top 10 Web properties for the first time. “January has once again seen seasonal gains in the tax, career and travel categories, reflecting ...
The GPS Revolution and the Digital Music Fan
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Skimming through the latest edition of Wired Magazine, it took me Inside The GPS Revolution, and things became apparent to me quite quickly about how this could be applied to the live music sector. The key article is called I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle, where writer Mathew ...
Hollywood Struggles to Find Wealth on the Web
After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings. Even as talent agencies like William Morris and television networks such as NBC push for more celebrities on websites and better quality programs, many actors ...
Omnifone Plugs Musicstation "Alternative to Piracy"
Music is taking center stage as all sectors of the mobile industry search for ways to stand out in a cluttered marketplace during this week's GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But music services provider Omniphone is using the event to tout a new service aimed squarely at the very non-mobile desktop PC. ISPs and cable ...
