4 posts and columns on aviator

WSJ.Com's "Digits": Is Wal-Mart's Future Bright With Kosmix?

in News on April 20, 2011 at 11:11 am PT

Yesterday, from the back of the official All Things Digital minivan, BoomTown donned the official ATD Ray-Ban Aviators to talk on WSJ.com’s “Digits” online news show about the $300 million acquisition of Kosmix by Wal-Mart announced earlier this week. Can the retail giant, which has tried a number of digital moves in years past (to negligible impact), get social and mobile this time?

EBay Augmented-Reality App Lets You Try It On Before You Buy

in Commerce on January 7, 2011 at 4:46 pm PT

One of the problems with ordering clothing online is not knowing whether it will fit or look good. EBay has a technology fix for that using augmented reality on the mobile phone. Now you will never have to go to the mall!

Fossett Update: Plane Wreckage Found

in News on October 2, 2008 at 11:33 am PT

It seems the discovery of IDs and some money and clothing in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains thought to have been related to missing aviator Steve Fossett has led a search crew to a crash site of a small plane belonging to him. A search for his remains continues at the wreckage, reports say. Fossett’s plane apparently flew into a part of a mountain. The quest to find Fossett included a massive physical search, as well as unusual digital efforts.

New Clues About Missing Aviator Fossett–Whom the Internet Has Tried to Find–Discovered by Analog Hiker

in News on October 1, 2008 at 5:32 pm PT

A man hiking in a remote part of Mammoth Lakes in California’s Sierra Nevada found a pilot’s license and an FAA card, both bearing the name of aviator Steve Fossett. The discovery is about 50 miles away from Nevada desert locations where teams had been searching for the well-known adventurer, who vanished while on a solo flight in a single-engine Bellanca Super Decathlon a year ago. After Fossett’s disappearance, tens of thousands of Web users mounted an unusual online search mission, called “crowdsourcing,” studying satellite photos of a huge swath of ground.