News tagged with interactive media

Huffington Post to release weekly iPad magazine

The Huffington Post will soon be available in a weekly magazine version for the iPad, president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington confirmed at a media summit in Toronto.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disney 1Q revenue misses estimates but profits up

(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. says net income rose 12 percent in the final quarter of 2011, as revenue inched higher amid company cost cutting.

Technology / Business

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The future of gaming technology

Microsoft, creator of the Xbox Live -- an online multiplayer video gaming and digital media delivery service -- has announced it would offer mainstream television programming to its subscribers, creating direct ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

News Corp. buys videogame news sites from Hearst

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced Thursday the acquisition of Hearst Corp.'s UGO Entertainment, expanding its reach over online videogame news.

Technology / Business

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Create intimacy with consumers or donors: Ask for their input

People feel closer to businesses and nonprofits that solicit their advice, but soliciting expectations can distance potential customers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Introducing Japan’s new singing robot (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new humanoid robot, the HRP-4, has been unveiled at the CEATEC Japan 2010 trade show. The robot, nicknammed "diva-bot," has learned to sing by mimicking a human singer, enabling it to sound ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 32 | with audio podcast report

3 Questions: Mitchel Resnick, Creator of Scratch programming language

The free, open-source Scratch programming language, developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab by a team led by Mitchel Resnick, has found great popularity around the world as a way ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Verizon and Motorola to Trial Energy-Efficient Set-Top Box for Digital Video Recordings

Verizon and Motorola have teamed up to create and trial set-top boxes that are up to 30 percent more energy efficient than current models, with one new model offering double the amount of storage capacity for digital video ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US appeals court nixes Internet gambling challenge

(AP) -- A U.S. appeals court has upheld an Internet gambling ban in a challenge filed by an association of off-shore bookies.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Negative, localized online news garners more attention, study finds

According to the "hardwired for news" theory, people devote more attention to information that is deviant or threatening. To test the theory, University of Missouri researchers examined the physiological effects of reading ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0