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December 2009

DevelopmentMarketing

More Ethnographic Data on Leisure Trends

Are new media platforms replacing the old ways people spend leisure time as much as certain studies and trends indicate? According to the latest update in the "Entertainment Trends in America" consumer tracking surveys initiated by The NPD Group, “America is still mostly a nation of couch potatoes who spend a vast majority of their leisure time in front of the boob tube. 81% of respondents indicated that they watch an average of 10 hours of TV per week—this does…
December 18, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Now You Can Edit Live Video!

Qik.com pioneered the "visual tweet" last year, with the help of people like Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, sending out one-to-two minute video messages to themselves and to the world. In its next new media move, Qik launched a new desktop app they dub Qik-in-Touch in private beta. The app allows users to stream, organize and edit live video from friends and family on Windows, Mac and Linux-based computers. This seems to be a welcome ability among those who engage…
December 15, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

The FTC v. Intel

This is of interest and concerns us all... The Federal Trade Commission has been busy again, taking heed of actions by authorities in Europe, Japan, South Korea and New York State. The government agency has launched legal proceedings against silicon mega-corporation Intel for a decade's worth of anticompetitive business practices, under the Anti-Trust Act. The FTC has a notion to change how Intel “shares” its intellectual property with competitors. The FTC’s complaint contends that Intel has used its dominant position…
December 14, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Now You Can Karaoke Online!

Ever been in a bar or at a party and there’s karaoke, your friends are bugging you to get up and sing, and you say, “Not until I’ve had a few drinks,” to get over the fear of performing in front of people? Well, now your fears are gone if you have that karaoke itch – you can sing your heart away online! Stingray Digital's Karaoke Channel online karaoke platform has launched an iPhone app for the intro price of…
December 13, 2009
Design

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No It’s Formata Bold!

Which is the typeface that was used for the Washington Mutual logo before they got all fancy modern with WaMu. But that didn't last too long anyways because they got bought out by Chase. And now we get the excitement of watching these 8 ft tall typefaces get trucked down from the twentieth floor of the building across from ours. Matt asked a great question concerning the final resting place of these gigantic beauties. Where do they go? Could it…
December 10, 2009