Those of us of a certain age remember the early days of HBO, launched in 1972, when paying for TV was a novel idea. How quaint that seems in today's always-on, always connected world of three -- or is that four? -- screens (computer, ...
Tags: HBO, CIO, IT Success and Developing
Disney has hundreds of licensing partnerships in place across Europe and toy sales for its big IPs are climbing. With huge films like Planes and Monsters University on the way, the opportunities for toy firms are bountiful. Anna ...
Tags: Disney, Anna Chapman, Toys
iOS 6 brings some changes to its three on-board stores: the iOS App Store, the iTunes Store and iBookstore. These changes dont change functionality as much as they improve navigation and usability. The result is a more pleasant shopping ...
Tags: iOS 6, App Store, iTunes Store, iBookstore
Your favorite virtual assistant now knows a lot more than it ever did before. Beyond merely knowing answers to more kinds of questions, Siri in iOS 6 gains new functionality, simplifies some common tasks, and provides more useful results, ...
An Apple iPad with a smaller screen, if released, could create tough decisions for buyers and slow the momentum of the current 9.7-in. iPad and a number of Android devices with 7-in. and 8-in. screens, analysts said on Thursday. ...
Tags: Apple iPad, smaller screen, tablet market
Google has upgraded its Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad, giving the feature a voice search functionality that poses a challenge to Apple’s Siri. The app, which is available for free download, opens with a “Try our ...
Tags: app, Google, Google Search, iPad, iPhone, voice search
Google co-founder Sergey Brin today played the role of ringmaster in a modern-day circus for the second time at Google I/O as parachutists jumped from an airship to the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Center and bikers jumped and then ...
Tags: Google, Sergey Brin, chrome browser, virtual 3D web site
HAMMOND, LA, August 04, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Brightbox contract allows Barrister to service the kiosks nationwide in places such as bars, restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and casinos. Barrister will be installing and maintaining ...
Tags: Brightbox, Barrister, kiosks, online service
Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal and other organisations. On Sunday, a hacker group called HTP claimed to have compromised Web servers, MySQL databases, routers and ...
Tags: cyber criminals, cyber security, cybercrime, hack, hackers, highlightedpost
Daring Dave and the Eye of Ra is the first in a quality list of games. Daring Dave is a fearless archaeologist on the hunt for ancient treasures. The slot game has a special feature not often seen. The bonus game has 3 levels. Players ...
Tags: Daring Dave, Eye of Ra, online game, bonus game
I always think of spas as something for an exotic Asian holiday – a relaxing Thai or Balinese massage or a zen Indian retreat – so the idea of a detox weekend wallowing in hot mud did not exactly grab me with excitement when we ...
Tags: Mud Spa, spas, spa holiday
After Haiti and Japan, . FASHION FOR SANDY RELIEF initiative was launched by CFDA and Vogue in response to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. FASHION FOR SANDY RELIEF launched on Tuesday, November 13, with an online auction at ...
Tags: Fashion, CFDA, Andrew Rosen
On the occasion of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, of which Marilyn is the figurehead, Chopard is unveiling an exceptional series of 25 unpublished photographs of the star by Milton H. Greene, along with a stunning tribute jewelry creation ...
Tags: Caroline Scheufele, Eva Herzigova, Cannes Film Festival
According to Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of software tools company Software AG, the time for big IT transformation is over. People no longer buy exciting IT. Rather, IT must compete for investment. The question is, where will this investment ...
Tags: Gartner Symposium, Barcelona, Digitisation
The shadow puppet play, also called "shadow play", is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light, singing and dancing ...
Tags: shadow puppet play, drama form, shadow play