Posts Tagged with ‘entertainment’

Eric Eldon over at VentureBeat has two interesting posts today about both Facebook and LinkedIn allowing their employees to sell up to 20% of their stock options in each of the respective company. Eric has a great and insightful analysis of both companies and how these decisions could work out but to me the most interesting part in both stories is that if Eric's sources are correct, Facebook's internal valuation is now at $4 billion while that [...]

For those of you who have not yet heard of Qtrax, it is an upcoming peer-to-peer (P2P) music service, aiming to offer free high-quality music from major labels in exchange for being served advertising while utilizing the Qtrax website and service. Think of the free model in use at SpiralFrog for an idea. In fact, some former SpiralFrog executives have signed on to perform consulting for Qtrax.
Despite seeming to be a completely legit service however, there is apparently a misunderstanding [...]

With all of the increased competition coming from Apple these days, Netflix seems to have a strategy for 2008 that will move the movie rental service beyond serving DVDs through mailboxes across America.
Perhaps it is because of the modern-day format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray that Netflix is now looking to expand the ways consumers can access its library of video entertainment. Whatever it is, it will not only save movie lovers a trip to the store, but also [...]

The original intent of the Apple TV set-top box was to make it easier for anyone to transfer media files from their PC to their television, which is an idea that seems to have been somewhat accepted by consumers although the interface still presents some problems to users.
Now, to make it even easier to watch movies on the AppleTV, Apple today announced a new software update for the devices which will add support for the new iTunes Movie Rental [...]

For years and years there have been those who believe (myself included) that the music industry is no longer developing quality music that people actually want to hear, but rather relying on revenue-generating formulas and focusing solely on financial details with no regards to the quality of the music being created. It is more about deadlines and budgets.
Of course, major label record executives see no problems with that since they are taking in the cash, but there is a reason [...]

We’ve mentioned several times before the engaging and quite cutting-edge (metaphorically, not literally) device known as the XO Laptop, a project that has developed from MIT experiment to captivating reality now backed by a full-fledged mission-esque organization, called One Laptop Per Child, or OLPC.
Many a question has been raised about the green and white and mostly-waterproof invention since it’s first public showing. Some have challenged the tenacity of the project’s pilot and foremost spokesman, Nicholas Negroponte, for even so much [...]

National Public Radio, better known as NPR, has today launched its multi-genre music service known as NPR Music, which is a joint project between NPR and 12 other public radio partners.
"NPR Music aims to be as diverse as our audience’s interests and curiosity," explained Maria Thomas, Senior VP and GM of NPR Digital Media. "We want to surprise you with new artists, new music, and things you didn't know you would enjoy until you discovered them."
The music of the [...]

Ever since Netflix came onto the scene back in 1999, Blockbuster has been feeling the heat to catch up with the changing times. No longer would people put up with the insanely-high late charges or even trips to the store to rent a movie. Netflix brought it all to the web with no time restrictions or motions towards the car.
Since then, Blockbuster has tried eliminating late fees and its own online service with Total Access, but all of this still [...]

Comcast has now opened the doors on a beta version of Fancast, its entertainment portal that will aim to be ?the one place where you can find what to watch, where to watch, when to watch it — plus all the video, photos and facts you crave.?
Fancast is now open to the public and provides a comprehensive database of TV shows, movies, actors, directors, movie trailers and various other video clips. Think of it as web 2.0 meets IMDB meets [...]