Media & Entertainment

Inspired by a pillar of antiquity, the Library of Alexandria, Brewster Kahle has a grand vision for the Internet Archive, the giant aggregator and digitizer of data, which he founded and leads. “We want to collect all the books, music and video that has ever been produced by humans,” Mr. Kahle said.  As of Tuesday, Continue Reading →

Dropbox has given its iOS offering a little more social spice after it quietly updated the app with options to share content to Facebook and Twitter, while there is now support for AirPrint. Sharing support was initially limited to ‘email’ and ‘copy to clipboard’ only but, with the update, content can also be posted to Continue Reading →

An NFL replacement referee was pulled from the officiating crew of a game on Sunday morning due to a Facebook photo he posted of himself decked out in a hat and sweatshirt supporting one of the teams involved. Now, the league says it’s reviewing social media use the temporary referees who are overseeing games while Continue Reading →

Apple is a huge fan of Snapseed, the mobile photo editor for iPad and iPhone from Nik Software. So much so, in fact, that Apple named it the 2011 “iPad App of the Year.” But Snapseed has an even bigger admirer in Google, which just bought the German company behind the app, according to a Continue Reading →

Warner Bros studio is filing a wave of copyright lawsuits across the country against individuals who are using Amazon to sell pirated versions of shows like True Blood and The Wire. While the lawsuit campaign has been underway for several years, the studio has lately become much more aggressive. A review of court records shows Continue Reading →

In March we wrote about the launch of UpTo, an iPhone app that attempts to build an event-based social network around your calendar using the iPhone calendar API. Whether you use Google Calendars, Outlook or Yahoo, UpTo goes for agnostic and works with whatever calendar you already have synced with your phone to eliminate friction Continue Reading →

Microsoft hasn’t been very forthcoming about what it plans to charge customers for its soon-to-be-released Surface tablet, but CEO Steve Ballmer told the Seattle Times that the device will be priced more to compete with Apple’s iPad than with low-cost tablets such as the Kindle Fire HD or the Google Nexus 7. Specifically, Ballmer said Continue Reading →

If you were banking on hacking a new Kindle Fire to take advantage of cheap hardware without Amazon’s modded Android OS, you perhaps better think again. Developers over at XDA are speculating that they expect the new range of Fires to be too sophisticated to hack. In particular, a forum post provides evidence which suggests Continue Reading →

Nintendo’s new console may be short on popular games, but it contains a surprising feature that could severely tarnish Apple’s plans for a new television set. Nintendo announced that in addition to its gaming features, Wii U will also come with a brand-new service called Nintendo TVii. Using this service, consumers will be able to Continue Reading →

The ever-increasing oddity of what’s going on between Nintendo and Amazon hit another milestone Thursday, as the world’s largest e-tailer informed customers it won’t have Nintendo’s latest console available for pre-order. “Thank for you signing up to be notified when the Wii U is available,” the email from Amazon to customers read. “Unfortunately the Wii Continue Reading →