News tagged with digital media
Apple's restriction-free music downloads create pause
When Apple Inc. announced in January that it would sell restriction-free music files, that was supposed to mean consumers could buy songs and play them on the portable gadget of their choice.
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Online activity grows in a similar pattern to those of real-life networks
The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?
Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Digital divide widens, research finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The "digital divide" -- the gap in Internet access and usage due to socioeconomic factors -- is increasing, according to research published in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Amazon 4Q results, outlook sends stock lower
Shoppers spent more money online this holiday season than ever before, and yet, Amazon -the world's largest Internet retailer- failed to meet Wall Street's sales expectations with its latest financial results.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Review: New iPod Nano impresses, Zune improves
(AP) -- Back in 2004, when I got my first MP3 player, I never cared that it lacked a camera, Web browser and crystal-clear video playback - features that are now common on digital media devices.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 16, 2009 |
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How social media help save an endangered language
(PhysOrg.com) -- There was a time when everyone living in Michigan grew up speaking the native language of the area's indigenous people. Now less than 10 people born in the state are fluent, yet more than 2,700 people "like" ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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African Americans are more apt to blog than whites, latinos
(PhysOrg.com) -- The blogging community is more racially diverse than one might think. Internet-connected African Americans are more likely to blog than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 05, 2012 |
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'Culturomics 2.0' forecasts human behavior by supercomputing global news
A paper published yesterday in the peer-reviewed journal First Monday combines advanced supercomputing with a quarter-century of worldwide news to forecast and visualize human behavior, from civil unrest to the movement of ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 06, 2011 |
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NY Times curbs free Web access, subscriptions rise
The New York Times said Tuesday it was cutting back on free access to its online content, as it announced gains in paid subscriptions to its news website.
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Video fingerprinting offers search solution
(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A look at Roku's new line of digital media players
Getting video from the Internet to your TV used to be a difficult, costly procedure. That's no longer the case.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Amazon 3Q net income sinks, missing analyst views
(AP) -- Amazon's spending on expansion will eventually help its bottom line, but right now it's costing the online retailer on Wall Street.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Media boss Murdoch rallies Internet for education
Media baron Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday urged Internet companies to pull out the stops in developing digital education programmes to revolutionise the world's classrooms.
May 24, 2011 |
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Digital media a factor in ferocity of political campaigns
A University of Missouri study of recent political blogs indicates politics are getting nastier due to digital media, which are segmenting people into polarized interest groups. The researcher recommends a balanced approach ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 02, 2011 |
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