10 posts and columns on mashup

Glam Slam: Jimmy Fallon’s Tebow + Bowie Mashup (Video)

in Media on January 13 at 12:03 pm PT

Tim Tebow is a great gift to mankind — even non-Christians and people who hate the Broncos — because he keeps inspiring funny comedy bits.
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Early Adopter: Think That Restaurant Looks Shady? Donteat.at Lets You Know for Sure

in News on February 25, 2011 at 10:01 am PT

It’s happened to everyone—the terrible fallout from eating at that unfamiliar restaurant with the spoons that were a little too greasy, or the chicken that was served a little too rare. New York University junior Max Stoller feels your pain, and built donteat.at to keep his fellow New Yorkers out of unclean restaurants and the gastric turmoil that inevitably follows.

DocVerse–Now Google Cloud Connect–Head Shan Sinha Talks About Web-Based Biz Apps

in News on January 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Shan Sinha headed the start-up DocVerse, which was acquired by Google in March for a reported $25 million to $30 million. Since then, he’s has been ferreting away on scaling up DocVerse’s product, which allows users of Microsoft Office documents to collaborate in real time on the Web, for the search giant. Its new name: Google Cloud Connect.

Fun With Mobile Stats: Holiday Edition

in Mobile on December 29, 2010 at 4:27 pm PT

Zillow and eBay offer up some year-end stats on mobile visits. Read on to find out which site saw record mobile traffic on Christmas and the day after.

Myspace: A Place for Facebook Friends

in Social on November 18, 2010 at 12:05 pm PT

Myspace and Facebook are announcing a partnership today via GoToMeeting webinar. As I wrote last night, it’s become quite obvious that the partnership will include integration of Facebook Connect into Myspace.

Viral Video: "Sharktopus"

in News on July 22, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

I pretty much don’t have to say any more than this: A mashup of a big shark and a giant octopus, which is also really pissed off. Here’s the ridonkulous trailer for the upcoming movie, “Sharktopus,” a Roger Corman-produced movie that is coming out on the Syfy television channel and stars scenery-chomping Eric Roberts.

Mashup of OK Go and MicroHoo!

in News on May 21, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

BoomTown loves this mashup using the popular YouTube music/dance video of the treadmill dance of OK Go, singing “Here It Goes Again,” which was a viral hit in 2006, but superimposing the heads with the major players in the MicroHoo takeover circus.

Batman Trailer Mashup Lookalike

in News on May 2, 2008 at 12:56 am PT

One of my favorite things about the Web is how quickly and effectively you can take media and mash it up into all sorts of new forms. Case in point, this comparison of scenes from a trailer from the latest Batman movie, “The Dark Knight” and that of 1989′s original “Batman.” Incredibly, many of the [...]

One More Charlton Heston: The Moses Mashup

in News on April 9, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

In BoomTown’s Charlton Heston tribute earlier this week, we left out this gem of a parody for our other favorite of his movies, “The Ten Commandments.” In the words of Yul Brynner’s rocking Ramses: So it was mashed up, so it shall be posted. Do not miss this video, as it is quite perfect: