Kara Swisher in Media on March 15 at 9:30 am PT
Can’t we all just get along? Yes! Hollywood grabs a piece of Silicon Valley content tech.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 15 at 5:00 am PT
Cisco has confirmed a reported deal to acquire NDS, which specializes in software for video set-top boxes.
Ina Fried in News on March 14 at 8:00 am PT
Guess what? It was a party down there.
News Byte
Kara Swisher in News on February 23 at 6:00 am PT
Luminate, the Silicon Valley start-up aimed at making digital images interactive, said it had raised $10.7 million in a Series C round of funding, led by Nokia Growth Partners and also including existing investors. It also said it was launching an Image App Store to “provide a central location for publishers to browse and choose the specific image apps they wish to leverage for their sites.”
Kara Swisher in News on September 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm PT
Well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian has joined the board of Amazon, according to several sources close to the situation. He is considered one of tech’s most savvy execs with regards to video and media distribution, an area the online retailer is aggressively entering.
Kara Swisher in News on August 17, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Andy Miller, the high-profile VP of mobile advertising at Apple, is planning on leaving the company, according to sources close to the situation.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 10, 2011 at 12:15 am PT
This is perhaps the best demo ever for the interactive Microsoft game player.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 27, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
Pixazza is dead. Long live Luminate.
Voices
John Jurgensen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm PT
Director Chris Milk’s new music video, released yesterday, introduces a young woman roaming a postapocalyptic landscape, and features a song from the coming album “Rome” by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. But for some viewers the video’s main attraction will be the technology used to create it.
