Social TV Clear Channel Airports Go Gesture Crazy By David Weinfeld on May. 27, 2010 - 12:10 PM Clear Channel Airports recently announced a partnership with Monster Media, a leading alternative out-of-home media and technology company, to bring gesture-controlled interactive displays to its portfolio of airport locations. Mo ...
Social TV The Future of Mobile at TechCrunch Disrupt By David Weinfeld on May. 25, 2010 - 7:51 AM I was lucky enough this morning to catch a bulk of the future of mobile panel from TechCrunch Disrupt. Thanks to TechCrunch’s live stream of the event, I was able to follow the discussion between Foursquare’s Dennis Cr ...
Social TV Blippy opens users' purchases to developers By David Weinfeld on May. 15, 2010 - 12:49 PM Blippy, the social networking startup that has been called “Twitter for credit cards,” is set to open its firehose of data to outside developers. A site designed to answer the question “What are your friends buyi ...
Social TV 48 Hour Magazine to transform old media By David Weinfeld on May. 4, 2010 - 7:44 PM How would you like to contribute to a magazine that aims to go from concept to completion in 48 hours? You would join a cadre of photographers, journalists, illustrators, and editors who want to combine the efficiencies of the web ...
Social TV Death notices on digital billboards By David Weinfeld on May. 4, 2010 - 1:03 PM I don’t like reading obituaries in the newspaper. I try to skip over the section altogether. Even though death is as unavoidable as taxes, I try to think about it as little as possible. I suppose I’m much like everyone ...
Social TV Access 360 acquires Arena Media Networks By David Weinfeld on Apr. 30, 2010 - 12:01 PM Fresh off of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing, Arena Media Networks, a digital place-based media company with video networks in sports stadiums, has been acquired by Access 360 Media. After raising nearly $12.5 million in ...
Social TV RMG Networks partners with Delta Air Lines By David Weinfeld on Apr. 29, 2010 - 1:21 PM RMG Networks, a market leader in the fast-emerging digital out-of-home media sector, has doubled the size of its in-flight entertainment network thanks to a partnership with Delta Air Lines. The multi-year advertising sales agreem ...
Social TV Los Angeles Times adds Amazon Links By David Weinfeld on Apr. 29, 2010 - 12:14 PM For a newspaper that has seen arguments erupt recently between its business and editorial groups over calls of media exploitation, the Los Angeles Times continues to blur the lines between news reporting and commerce. The Los Ange ...
Social TV Is Facebook trying to revolutionize the web for the good of Facebook? By David Weinfeld on Apr. 23, 2010 - 8:36 AM Ever since Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s twenty-something CEO, announced his company’s new “Open Graph” initiatives at FB’s developer conference F8, the web has been buzzing about the potential repercus ...
Social TV Facebook unveils "Like" button at f8 By David Weinfeld on Apr. 21, 2010 - 12:23 PM As the web speculated a few weeks ago, including an article from yours truly, Facebook announced at f8 in San Francisco that it will be launching a universal “Like” button. The objective of the “Like” butto ...