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In case you thought you were alone, you're not the only one miffed* at ABC's Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos after last…
Video sites should thank comedy shows, car magazines, and news anchors for traffic - they've been plugged by all of them. Search engines and social networks also belong on that list, though, and new Hitwise data shows that they're about even in terms of significance.
The minds behind the smash made-for-the-Web series lonelygirl15 and, more recently, KateModern, have formed EQAL (a la "equal"), a web video content production company with Series A backing of $5 million.Spark Capital, which includes names like Conrad Riggs, Ron Conway, Marc Andreesen and George Harik, leads the way in funding.
A new bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would ban the use of mobile voice calls while flying in planes.The new bill co-sponsored by democrat House Representative Pete DeFazio of Oregon, is called the "Hang Up Act" and would still allow text messaging and Web browsing to be used.Currently the FCC does not permit in-flight voice calls and has put…
There's a bit of a conceptual gap between code and pretty pictures, so we wouldn't have guessed that there would be a lot of overlap between the developer and photographer crowds. Still, Flickr's going to see how many people it can serve with a new developer website and blog.
Pick a clever intro: Comcast won't be tarred and feathered willingly; Comcast is taking its ball and going home; Comcast can't stand the heat and won't be going near the kitchen; Comcast won't lie in the bed it's made; Comcast will just hold its breath till it turns blue.I like this one:Comcast to FCC: Screw you guys; I'm going home.
