UK independent film distributor Revolver Entertainment has launched a new Facebook video-on-demand (So-VOD) service at Cannes Film Festival 2012. FindWatchShare reels in Revolver’s library of indie flicks, new and old,…
2011 was a tumultuous year for the Middle East, but the troubles also served as a reminder of the role technology can play in giving everyone a voice. Live video-streaming…
UK independent book publishers Canongate and Faber & Faber are launching a new audiobook venture together. As The Bookseller reports, Canongate will manage the sales and production side of the new…
All right, the story was almost too good to be true: A TED talk, on economic issues and income equality and tax policy, didn’t get put onto the TED site….
The day after we reported that Wikitude was taking its augmented reality (AR) tech beyond apps and direct to the mobile Web, we’ve gotten wind that AR platform Zappar has…
One month after social TV app Zeebox finally arrived on Android, the second-screen platform has announced a slew of new features designed to better engage audiences. Today’s announcement means that…
Netflix has updated its web player with a redesigned control bar and better support for small windows and advanced controls in full screen mode. Among the changes: The size of…
Skype is launching its previously announced partnership with Xfinity today in two markets, Boston and Seattle. The video-calling-via-TV service will also be available to Xfinity subscribers in Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami,…
Dish’s bold move to help consumers skip advertisements on the TV screens is rankling the top brass of television. Despite being difficult to track, and not too hard to avoid,…
The impending Facebook IPO is a sizeable one. Scratch that. It’s fricking gigantic, that’s what it is. No wonder financial media worldwide are quietly slipping into frenzy mode. A little…
Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. Convenience and belonging. These are two of the most evolutionary reasons why we’re naturally…
How to be successful with an over-the-top TV service in Latin America? That is the question some of the sector’s experts tried to answer yesterday during a panel at Streaming…
The BBC has given the biggest indication yet of what its digital offering will look like for the London Olympics, and The Next Web was on hand yesterday to get…
Amazon has revealed the latest incarnation of its ‘most well-read US cities’ list. The ranking was determined through compiling data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print…
Comedian Louis C.K. has been a bit of an Internet darling, of late. His irreverent style is a hand-carved fit for Internet culture, and his in-your-face attitude has carried over…
