6 posts and columns on Pilot

Amazon Confirms Tote's Demise, But Doesn't Say Why

in Commerce on March 1, 2011 at 6:41 pm PT

Amazon.com is shutting down an experimental delivery service just a couple months after it was expected to expand the trial beyond a handful of Seattle neighborhoods.

And by “Variety of Ways to Leverage the iPad,” We Do Not Mean Angry Birds and Infinity Blade

in News on December 1, 2010 at 3:19 am PT

Another small victory in enterprise for Apple. As part of a six-month pilot program, J.P. Morgan is outfitting its staff with iPads.

Digital Bromance: Producer Lloyd Braun and MSN's Scott Moore Talk About Online Content on a TV Set!

in News on April 13, 2010 at 12:49 pm PT

Yesterday, BoomTown interviewed Hollywood producer Lloyd Braun onstage in Las Vegas at the National Association of Broadcasters annual confab about the future of television in the digital age. Braun, as well as many other longtime entertainment execs, are trying to forge the gap, by trying to operate in both worlds. So last week, I motored down to Long Beach to the set of a very elaborate pilot for an action drama that he is shooting for NBC called “The Cape,” to talk about television, as well the latest Web site he launched in partnership with Microsoft’s MSN.

Palm's New Pilot: Jon Rubinstein [UPDATED]

in News on June 10, 2009 at 2:33 pm PT

Now we know why it was Palm executive chairman Jon Rubinstein and investor Roger McNamee on stage at the D conference last month talking up the Pre, and not CEO Ed Colligan: Colligan was on his way out. On Wednesday, Palm tapped Rubinstein as its new CEO.
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Palm’s New Pilot: Jon Rubinstein [UPDATED]

in News on June 10, 2009 at 2:33 pm PT

Now we know why it was Palm executive chairman Jon Rubinstein and investor Roger McNamee on stage at the D conference last month talking up the Pre, and not CEO Ed Colligan: Colligan was on his way out. On Wednesday, Palm tapped Rubinstein as its new CEO.
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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.