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The Pancake Media Manifesto
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The Pancake Media Manifesto is a post from Chris PirilloAt events, I find myself constantly surrounded by people who consider themselves “experts” just because they’ve wielded a pocket camera and a badge with a custom URL on it. Expertise comes from time served, lessons learned, and community activity.Mind you, I’m...
Kozmo Is Dead, Long Live Instacart: A Y Combinator-Backed App for One-Hour Delivery
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(Photo: Instacart) Of all the ghosts of tech bubbles past, none looms as large in our memory as the ultimate flameout classic, Kozmo.com, which offered one-hour free delivery of any item on its site. Oh, foolish Kozmo, how we loved you. Let us count the ways. One for the ability...
"Arrested Development" describes Netflix's business strategy
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The Bluth family returned last night and many people no doubt binge-viewed their way through a panoply of gags and self-referential humor. All indications are that Netflix’s attempt to become video-streaming’s version of HBO is working as its original programming – House of Cards, Arrested Development – keeps its...
6 ways to watch your own videos from your iPhone or Mac on your TV
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Things were simpler when you would have a stack of VHS tapes that you recorded yourself next to your VCR. There was no YouTube or Facebook and the internet was far away from your television set. Fast forward 10 years and not only are there no longer any tapes, but...
Moving to digital-first is great, Disney - now go kill DVDs
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Disney’s announcement that it plans on selling the digital version of “Wreck-It Ralph” before its physical counterparts go on sale is a belated Christmas miracle. Rather than plodding along and hoping that holding onto a digital copy of its videogame-centric film would allow the company to make a higher...
YesVideo makes it easier for your mom to show off your baby pics. Hooray?
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Here’s a new hack that you will either find very adorable, or very irritating. If you don’t mind it when someone pulls out pictures of their kids to show you, then it will be the former. If you do mind, you might be out of luck. That’s because today...
Wello and OpenTok bring personal trainers into your living room
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The person who invents an exercise program that allows you to burn calories without moving from your couch will have it made. Until then, startup Wello has a pretty close second — using webcams and the OpenTok video player API, the company lets customers book sessions and train with with...
How to hire and get hired by video
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Video might have “killed the radio star” with the birth of MTV in 1981 but now video is an expanding part of our everyday lives. Online video especially has grown and developed since the birth of YouTube in 2005 making sharing videos easier than ever. Online video might conjure moving images...
Max Capacity's glitch-fueled pop art: beyond the average GIF
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Drawing from old console games and VHS tapes, artist and horror aficionado Max Capacity has created probably thousands of pieces of pixel art and kinetic animated GIFs. Mr. Capacity favors retro imagery and lines or glitches of the sort found on worn-out analog media, making viewers pay attention to...
Girls No Longer Wild: Infamous Porn Franchise Files for Bankruptcy
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(Photo: CBS) Girls Gone Wild, the long running reality TV-style XXX franchise whose creator Joe Francis cajoled college women to strip on camera, has filed for bankruptcy. This is the part where you cheer. Like MTV’s Undressed, GGW was many a millennial’s first introduction to porn, with its late-night infomercials comprised of screaming women...
Major League Baseball can’t wait to get its hands on the ‘iPad 3′ Retina display
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Story from USAToday: [Cincinnati Reds' manager of video scouting, Rob] Coughlin says the third-generation iPad’s improved resolution will enhance those efforts, noting the Reds installed high-definition cameras at Great America Ballpark this off-season in hopes of gaining a scouting edge. “With the ’3,’ now you’re going to be able to see...
One Of Jim Chanos' Shorts Is Exploding Higher To New All-Time Highs After The Bell
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Jim Chanos was on CNBC this morning talking about one of his shorts: Coinstar. Coinstar is the owner of RedBox, the DVD rental kiosk company. MarketFolly summarizes Chanos' short argument: One company in particular he's shorting is Coinstar (CSTR). He points to DVD sales falling as VHS tapes once did....
Video Site DramaFever Raises $4.5M, With Backing From YouTube Co-Founder
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DramaFever wants to build a site where North American audiences can watch TV from around the world, and it has won the support of some key figures from YouTube’s past. The company just announced that it has raised $4.5 million in Series B funding. The round was led by MK...
Physical media is dead — long live the app
gigaom.com
Over the weekend, Hunter Walk (a friend of mine who works for YouTube) tweeted about brands offering apps built on the Spotify platform. Spotify is likely to introduce these branded apps from the likes of Intel, AT&T, Reebok and McDonalds at an Ad Age event next week. This tiny tweet...
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