Academy Awards

Fusion-io Brings Flash Madness to Workstations and Movies Like “Hugo”

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 12 at 7:35 am PT

Long focused primarily on servers, Fusion-io is now going after professional workstations, like the ones used by visual effects artists.

More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

Kara Swisher in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT

Speakers? We got your D10 speakers.

Smoking and Tweeting in Line at the Oscars

The Artist people were in line in front of me and now I smell like cigarettes and entitlement.

– Kaui Hart Hemmings, author of “The Descendants,” tweeting about her Academy Awards experience. The film adaptation of her book was shut out of the Oscar race, while “The Artist” was the big winner of the night.

On Twitter, the Oscars Were Huge — But Not Whitney Houston Huge

Peter Kafka in Media on February 26 at 10:47 pm PT

Big TV event + lots of people on Twitter = lots and lots of people Tweeting about the Big TV event. But not that many people.

Oscar Night Means a Torrent of Twittering. Trendrr Gets Ready to Tally It Up.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 26 at 9:39 am PT

Like the Super Bowl and the Grammys, tonight’s Academy Awards will generate a flood of social media commentary — and lots of work for the start-ups trying to track all of that.

Roll of the DICE: Videogame Leaders Name the Industry’s Best

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 9 at 6:22 pm PT

The videogame industry is hosting an Oscars-like ceremony Thursday in Las Vegas, where a few hundred of the top leaders will recognize the achievements in the interactive arts and sciences.

Viral Video: Oscar Host Billy Crystal Is a Yeti?

Kara Swisher in Media on January 6 at 1:19 am PT

Hooray for Hollywood!

Voices

Twitter's Ads: Here's What Works

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 2, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

More than 100 small and mid-sized businesses are paying to post ads on Twitter, the site where users broadcast messages called tweets, in 140 words or less. The advertisers are using the service to target consumers who are interested in real-time information about events, such as the Academy Awards show, or those who follow the moves of particular organizations or people.

The Oscars Loved the Web Last Night, Hate It Today

Peter Kafka in Media on February 28, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Yet again, another big live TV event that doesn’t want you doing any catch-up viewing the day after, on the Web. OK. If you insist…

"The Social Network" Falls Short at Oscars

Liz Gannes in Social on February 27, 2011 at 8:37 pm PT

“The Social Network,” the Hollywood version of the founding of Facebook, won three out of the eight Oscars it was nominated for on Sunday, but not the grand prize of best picture.