The Office

That Triangle-Shaped Tablet From “The Office” — One Guy Wants to Build It

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 22, 2011 at 4:48 pm PT

Tablet fan Eric Calisto figures the triangle-shaped design shown on the NBC comedy couldn’t do much worse than some of the four-sided models that have come to market, so he’s hoping to raise $25,000 on Kickstarter to start production.

Jotly Spoof Turns Real; “Rate Everything” App Now Available for iPhone

Liz Gannes in Social on December 12, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT

Sometimes the most ridiculous thing you can think of turns out to be not that ridiculous after all.

Seth Meyers on Fire When It Comes to Amazon’s New Tablet (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on October 2, 2011 at 9:22 am PT

While Amazon’s Kindle Fire is probably the iPad rival least in need of a good mocking, Seth Meyers did get in a good shot on “Saturday Night Live” last night.

Finally, the Tablet to Make HP and RIM Feel Better About Themselves

Ina Fried in Mobile on September 30, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

On NBC’s “The Office,” Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch tries to sell a new, triangle-shaped tablet called the Pyramid. Unlike the PlayBook and TouchPad, this tablet was meant to be a joke.

Dancing Queen: After Meeting With Microsoft Last Week, Yahoo Is Next on Hulu’s Sales Card

Kara Swisher in Media on July 5, 2011 at 12:05 pm PT

Here’s a handy helper for those following the fate of the Hulu premium online video service, whose noisy efforts to sell itself have gotten a lot of attention of late: “In preliminary talks” = “hawking itself to one of a half dozen big moneybag tech companies who will visit with Hulu’s bankers and management to see its presentation at Morgan Stanley’s office in Century City in Los Angeles.”

How to Handicap Hulu, Even Before a Sale

Peter Kafka in News on June 23, 2011 at 7:37 am PT

What if you had to wait eight days to watch last night’s “Office” on Hulu, unless you were a cable subscriber? That would make Hulu a lot less valuable, right?

Okay, Okay, It's a Bubble! "The Office" Says So.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 19, 2010 at 5:22 am PT

Now network TV sitcoms are parodying the notion of investing in revenue-free Internet start-ups. That’s a market top, no? (Make sure to read the fine print.)

Voices

Networks Block Web Programs From Being Viewed on Google TV

Sam Schechner and Amir Efrati, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 22, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking TV programming on their websites from being viewable on Google Inc.’s new Web-TV service, exposing the rift that remains between the technology giant and some of the media companies it wants to supply content for its new products.

Hulu Still Beating the IPO Drum

Peter Kafka in Media on October 8, 2010 at 8:33 am PT

Newest trial balloon: A $2 billion IPO that raises as much as $300 million, sometime next year. Possible! But also very tricky to pull off.

Apparently, There's No "Me" in Team, but There Is "AOL"–At Least in Its Employee Email!

Kara Swisher in News on June 16, 2010 at 4:57 pm PT

From the horse trail of our Western All Things Digital HQ, BoomTown could not resist posting this internal email from AOL exec Brad Garlinghouse, which was sent out to employees this afternoon. Apparently, the striving Internet company is changing its email address to reflect its morale goals. Presto, it’s the peppy @teamaol.com and no longer the duller @corp.aol.com.