I’ve never been much of a college football fan, preferring to wait for the NFL season to start. But for those NCAA football lovers, you can now get 3D coverage of select games from ESPN. The sports network kicks off 3D college football tonight at 8 ET with the game between Boise State and Virginia … Read more
With the NFL season right around the corner, and the college football season already underway, it’s about time Time Warner Cable and the Disney company finished their epic negotiations over retransmission rights. Luckily, the news is all good for Time Warner (and Bright House Networks) subscribers. First off, ESPN is premiering a new ESPN Goal … Read more
While most of the tech world was focused on the Apple event yesterday, Sony announced expansion plans for its streaming media service, Qriosity. Qriosity’s been around in the US for a few months, offering on-demand movie titles to consumers who own Sony connected devices. This week’s announcement adds five European countries to the distribution list, … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Are You Ready for Some (3D) Football? Verizon has announced it’s bringing football into the action with a 3D broadcast of the pre-season NFL game between the Giants and the Patriots on September 2nd. A Content War: Retransmission, TV Everywhere and Tru2way Content providers and … Read more
This morning I took (early) delivery of Amazon’s new Kindle 3 – I opted for the WiFi only version – a device that claims 50% better contrast than any other e-reader, a 21% smaller body while keeping the same 6″ size reading area, and a 20% increase in the speed of page turns. These are, of … Read more
The Consumer Electronics Association has long been the domain of CE companies willing to fork over the cash for membership. But that may all be about to change. The CEA is starting a new membership tier for Consumer Technology Enthusiasts (CTE). So-called “enthusiasts” will soon have the opportunity to sign up as individuals and receive … Read more
Bang out Morse code distress messages from your Sprint EVO MC. There’s been quite a dust up regarding the National Association of Broadcasters’ proposed federal legislation which would require a FM tuner in each and every mobile phone. Despite your perceived music royalty focus of the “Performance Act,” which some have called the last gasp of a … Read more
I’ve been thinking about the rapid move towards eBooks we’re witnessing right now and came across a pretty interesting related graphic/chart by Newsweek. Here’s a few snippets from the comparison: $4.05 average production cost for $26 hardcover $0.50 average production cost for $9.99 eBook download $3.90 average author royalty per paper book $2.12 average author … Read more