(LA Times) — For many mom inventors, having a creation picked up by a national chain validates the hard work and sacrifices they make to juggle child-raising with creating a product. Excitedly snapping pictures of herself and her daughter next to a rack in the Babies R Us store in Temecula, Stephanie Veve ignored the […]
(Black Web 2.0) — Whether you are trying to prepare for your future or correct the mistakes of the past, money is always a factor. No matter how good we think we are at keeping track of our money, it often seems like it’s gone as soon as you get it. Goals that we set […]
(AdAge) — Five years ago Huffington Post launched as a left-leaning blog, featuring commentary from Hollywood heavyweights, political pundits and its co-founder, Arianna Huffington. Today, it counts more than 20 vertical areas, from religion to tech, 50-odd editors and, by ComScore’s last count, 23.2 million unique visitors. Read More…
(New York Times) — What if you woke up every morning to find a customized newspaper on your doorstep? Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, wrote about a similar concept in his 1995 book “Being Digital.” Mr. Negroponte called it “The Daily Me.” Google is aiming for something like that with an upgrade […]
(Read Write Web) — CBS.com is experimenting with HTML5 video, the plugin-free video technology supported by Apple mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad. With HTML5 running on the CBS website’s back-end, visitors from these and other Internet-connected devices could stream videos without having to install the Adobe Flash plugin, something that Apple CEO Steve […]
(WSJ.com) — The New York Times will begin charging for access to articles on its website in January, Bill Keller, executive editor of the newspaper, said at a dinner for the Foreign Press Association Thursday evening. New York Times Co. unveiled a plan early this year to begin charging for access to the Web version […]
(AdAge.com) — The magazine business may soon have a way to do more with Facebook than engage fans and promote its brands. Synapse, a Time Inc. division that sells subscriptions for many publishers, is collaborating with Alvenda, a company that builds e-commerce applications, to introduce a system letting Facebook users buy print magazine subscriptions without […]
(AdAge.com) — In another sign that advertisers are growing more interested in determining what types of people watch their ads — rather than just how many — market-research shop Millward Brown is partnering with TiVo in an effort to pair information about specific segments of consumers with data on how people watch television. In another […]
(CNN) — Google has released a new version of Google Goggles with an exciting new feature: translation. According to the company’s blog, the new feature will be able to read five different, Latin-based languages and translate to many more, all using a smartphone’s camera. The new version of Google Goggles will help translate text from […]
(NYPost.com) — Sean John — the clothing label founded by hip-hop entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs — has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Macy’s.The nation’s biggest department-store chain — which lately has scored exclusives with brands including Tommy Hilfiger, Ellen Tracy, Diesel and Martha Stewart — in spring 2011 will become the only department store […]
(AP) — A trade group representing Detroit automakers and Toyota Motor Corp. plans to pledge support for requiring brake override systems and vehicle “black boxes” on all new vehicles as Congress develops new safety improvements following Toyota’s large recalls. Toyota’s recall of more than 8 million vehicles around the globe to fix faulty accelerator pedals […]