8 posts and columns on Stevie Wonder

On Valentine’s Day, Ol’ Fashioned Phone Calls Beat Video Chat for Long-Distance Love

in Social on February 14 at 7:10 am PT

There’s a reason Stevie didn’t sing “I Just IM’ed to Say I Love You.”
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QOTD: Stevie Wonder’s Shout-Out to Steve Jobs

And I want you all to give a hand to someone that you know whose health is very bad at this time. … His company took the challenge in making his technology accessible to everyone. In the spirit of caring and moving the world forward: Steve Jobs. Because there’s nothing on the iPhone or the iPad that you can do that I can’t do.

— Stevie Wonder, at a recent performance, thanks Steve Jobs for Apple’s work in making technology accessible to people with disabilities

The Beatles Don’t Want You to Steal Music. But They Still Won’t Sell It Anywhere but iTunes. (Video)

in Media on August 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm PT

That Apple exclusive is now 10 months and counting.
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YouTube Supersizes Its Uploads. Do You Have 15 Minutes You Want to Share?

in Media on July 29, 2010 at 9:20 am PT

This is one way to get longer-form content on YouTube. What prompted the change? Google’s site says it’s because copyright owners aren’t nearly as crabby as they used to be.

Yahoo Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary: Now, Is It Finally Time to Buy AOL as a Gift to Itself?

in News on March 2, 2010 at 8:44 am PT

Today, Yahoo is turning 15, which makes it approximately 105 in Internet years. All joking aside–especially since that makes BoomTown 134 years old–reaching this mark is both an accomplishment and a burden, with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz pushing forward a very deliberate transformation and employing a fix-it management style in her tenure at Yahoo of just over a year. While the seasoned exec has most certainly gotten the trains running better, some are now wondering if there needs to be a more dramatic facelift at Yahoo to hurl it forward at even greater speed.

He Had a Dream: So, Have an Inspiring MLK Jr. Day (and ATD Will Return Tomorrow)

in News on January 18, 2010 at 4:28 am PT

All Things Digital is not planning on publishing today, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthdate holiday. Until we return tomorrow, please listen to the famous “I Have a Dream” speech that King delivered at the Lincoln Memorial, which is in its entirety after the jump. As you will see, it is as resonant today as it was when spoken on Aug. 28, 1963, so thank goodness you can see it instantly on the Web.
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CES: From Lady Gaga to Punky Brewster

in News on January 6, 2010 at 9:06 am PT

Celebrities pop up at every annual Consumer Electronics Show, with Tom Cruise, Slash, Stevie Wonder and Hulk Hogan making appearances in recent years. CES 2010, which starts Thursday, is no exception–as long as you keep your definition of celebrity broad.

Short Attention Span Theater: Web Video Watchers Bail Fast

in Media on November 26, 2008 at 3:00 am PT

Web video watchers watch a lot of Web video. But they don’t spend much time on any single one: Clips that run more than a minute long lose half their audience. But some videos, like the one I’ve selected for you here, are worth sticking around for.