Entries Tagged as 'Events'

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Sony Playstation ‘Move’

Playstation today announced the new ‘Move’ controller, which seems to look and act a lot like the wand used on the Wii system. The major difference, as mentioned in the videos, is the addition of a camera, that tracks the controller using gesture recognition, and adds a dimension of control to the experience of [...]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Did You Know?

Stumbled on this online. Kind of a good look at the more recent statistics and general goings on in the world of technology today. The producers have made a few of these videos, and they put out new ones periodically, so if you want, you should peruse some of the older ones a [...]

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Walmarts Acquisition of VUDU And The Future of Video Rentals

So I was reading an article on Walmarts acquisition of VUDU, VUDU being an online video rental service similar to several others in the market right now, and started thinking how similar this marketplace is to that of video rental chains in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Back in the day, companies such [...]

Monday, February 8th, 2010

If Filmmakers Directed the Superbowl

A pretty interesting idea. Takes the tried and true NFL films methodology to a new level with short segments cut to look like professional filmmakers have directed the Superbowl footage. Turned out pretty well. I’d be interested in seeing others such as Spielberg and Scorsese. Maybe even Darren Arenofsky.

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Ads

A rundown of Superbowl ads through the years covering such events as 1973s Farrah Fawcett spreading Noxema cream all over Joe Namaths face, the Bud Bowl, and the current trend toward more web based advertising and social media marketing…all in the span of less than three minutes.