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April 2010

Design

Apple will be shutting down Lala May 31, 2010. Say apple while holding your tongue.

I wish this wasn't true. But this morning I received the email of the bad news. Lala is a web based music player and awesome place to listen buy and store all your music. Mega awesome but mega bully Apple bought Lala late 2009 at an undisclosed amount with no public announcement on what it planned to do with the company. I guess they just didn't like the idea of letting people listen to songs and albums free for the…
April 30, 2010
CultureDesignMarketing

Survey Select Coming to San Diego!

“Survey Select—Narrative Art Exhibition” Ninthlink is collaborating this year with Curator, Mark Murphy, on “Survey Select—Narrative Art Exhibition,” a contemporary art exhibition celebrating 64 internationally renowned artists, coming this summer to San Diego. If you are interested in participating or sponsoring event, please contact us direct at 619/ 252-776. “Survey Select” elevates the narrative tradition of storytelling with original art works, critical writings, workshops, films and community events. Through a unified presentation of painting, drawing, collage and sculpture the public…
April 30, 2010
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Pay to Play on Apple

  The Wall Street Journal recently reported that while advertisers want a presence on the iPad and iPhone, it doesn’t come cheap. Marketers are being charged a premium to maintain a presence on Apple's new iAd platform. Inaugural rates are being set at 5-10 times higher than typical mobile ad rates and marketers who want to participate in the launch of the platform could pay up to $10 million. Apple has stated that it plans to maintain a sizeable amount…
April 30, 2010
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Facebook and Privacy Issues Continue…

We’ve been noticing Facebook friends leaving systematically over the privacy concern debacle (if not scandal) lately, with debates over who owns the content (writing, photos) that the social network's users post: the user or the platform owner? Not to mention the use of personal information for targeted advertising... (more…)
April 30, 2010