Tag: samsung

  • New screens for old: is 4K OK for storytelling?

    Media industry folks used to joke that you could choose a winning new video platform if you just followed the porn industry’s lead — from VHS to DVD’s to 1080p. But if you really want to follow the big money, you only need to look to the (somewhat) more respectable professional sports media machine. My…

  • How getting stuck in a Parisian elevator with a world famous war photographer last week prepared me for CES

    I was jarred by the familiar Apple chime from the table adjacent, as I sat down for lunch with my wife in the shadow of the Pantheon in Paris last week. Across the street, was the scene of the crime from two decades past: a place where I attended a single mind-numbing class in European…

  • A conflict of Pinterest? Take Evernote (on my Galaxy Note)

    My biggest “wow” from yesterday’s Seattle Chamber Interest in Pinterest event (which I moderated), was how locally-based Allrecipes.com has migrated its social engagement away from Facebook to the new visual platform (which is now the 3rd most popular online social network). That’s even as Bloomberg reports today that Pinterest referral sales on Amazon (via Zappos) are…

  • Is that a fridge in your pocket?  CES gee whiz

    Here’s a really compelling show-and-tell on how mobile technology is integrating into our home appliances.  Through your cellphone and this fridge, you can manage your groceries, use it as a remote bulletin board, operate your washer and dryer, and even stream video from your TV set.  We’re going to see the Android mobile OS in…