Kickstarter

The emergence of Kickstarter, the leader in the newish field of online crowd-funding, has been a paradigm-shifting boon for artists and other creators looking for a new way to bankroll projects that might otherwise never have happened. But as the popularity of the site, and others like Indiegogo, increases, users have been asking: What happens Continue Reading →

Will the next generation of TV get off the ground if venture capitalists, angel investors and the growing incubator/accelerator crowd continue their sideline posture over funding any venture with a TV set attached? The outlook may appear not. However, a cavalry out to save this generation’s day may show up from another direction: the direction Continue Reading →

While filming Stanley Kubrick’s legendary war movie Full Metal Jacket, actor Matthew Modine documented the whole process with a borrowed medium-format camera and a richly detailed diary. To mark the 25th anniversary of the film, he has released a Kickstarter-funded iPad app that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Kubrick classic. (If Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120813_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] It’s incredibly common to hear people complain about Facebook and Twitter. Just last week my Facebook feed was filled with whining from users being forced into the timeline format. But even the most common complaints are often ignored by Facebook, Twitter and other free social networks, and Continue Reading →

App.net’s goal of creating an alternative social network took a big step forward with the announcement that it had achieved the goal of raising $500,000 in a crowd-funding campaign. The project, which seeks to build an open API framework for developers, achieved its Kickstarter pledge goal with almost two days to spare before its deadline, Continue Reading →

As of Wednesday night, the famed Ouya Kickstarter project has now been fully funded. Actually, it was way past fully funded, as 63,000 backers gave the project $8.5M when the initial goal for the hackable console was only $950K. This includes 46,000 who gave $99 which comes with a promise that they’ll get the console Continue Reading →

Now that the Ouya is all funded and everything, the company has started accepting pre-orders through an actual website, rather than as a reward to Kickstarter contributors. Your hard earned $109 ($119 if you live somewhere foreign) nets you one extremely tiny console, one controller and the promise of a new tomorrow. Shipping costs are Continue Reading →

The Android-powered, Kickstarter-funded $99 console is, apparently, very small. Images released Tuesday morning put context to the pictures of the console and its controller that we’ve seen already. The console is super, super small. Like a baby GameCube. All it needs is a big goofy handle and we’re all set on that comparison. Anyway, the Continue Reading →

Oh yes folks, there’s (yet again) more news surrounding OUYA’s $99 indie gaming console. After passing $6.5M in funding on Kickstarter, OUYA is now partnering with iHeartRadio to release its HTML5 app on the console. Keep in mind that the company only just teamed up with VEVO and also recently announced an important partnership with Continue Reading →

We’ve been saying for a while now that a large deal of the success of Kickstarter blockbuster OUYA will hinge on the console’s game selection. News just got a fair bit brighter on that front — particularly for RPG fans. The company announced via its Kickstarter page (as per usual) that it has partnered with Continue Reading →