4 posts and columns on Jonas Brothers

Google Deal for SayNow to Make Google Voice More Interesting

in Enterprise on January 25, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

Ever since GrandCentral became Google Voice, it’s been a lot less fun to use. Maybe that’s one of the reasons behind today’s acquisition by Google of SayNow, which made its name connecting celebrities with fans.

Meet the App Store Millionaires: The Brothers Behind Doodle Jump

in Media on April 5, 2010 at 4:32 am PT

Developers are eager to use the iPad as a chance to sell more expensive apps via Apple’s iTunes store. But you can do just fine selling software at 99 cents. Just ask Igor and Marko Pusenjak, who have sold 3.5 million copies of Doodle Jump.

How to Lose Online Fans and Influence Nobody: A Jonas Brothers' Viral Video Falls Flat, But Facebook Live Today!

in News on June 4, 2009 at 4:02 am PT

A lot of entertainers have been using the Web increasingly to promote upcoming material, so it comes as no surprise that the Jonas Brothers have turned there aggressively to do a countdown for their latest music release. The new album, which is inexplicably called “Lines, Vines and Trying Times,” is set to debut next week. Thus, the pop trio have been doing a lot of online promotions, such a live Facebook Webcast on their fan page today. Unfortunately, the digital hawking also include a very odd YouTube video, which is due to some fan request that has landed Joe Jonas in spike heels and a leotard, doing a bizarre dance interpretation of Beyoncé’s viral music video, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).”
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3-D: Coming to a Theater Near You (at a Glacial Pace)

in News on October 3, 2008 at 9:38 am PT

A billion dollar investment in digital technologies, struck between a handful of Hollywood studios and a consortium of big theater chains, got little notice earlier this week. Under terms of the deal, the entertainment companies agreed to help defray the costs of rolling out more advanced digital technologies in 20,000 theaters, which will eventually lead to being able to see more movies in technologies like 3-D.