Harry Potter

Harry Potter Spell To Help Sell Sony E-Reader [Updated]

Harry Potter will apparate as an e-text exclusively on new Sony e-readers. It's a clever move that could give Sony some room to maneuver against Amazon and Apple.READ»

NUMEROLOGY | Harry Potter And The Multibillion-Dollar Empire

The boy wizard's box-office saga ends with the July 15th release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, but will his brand keep thriving? We break down what's at stake.READ»

Foursquare Wants You To Check In To A Radiohead Concert, Not Just The Garden

Check-ins on Foursquare answer one central question: Where are you right now? But they provide little explanation of what you're doing there. That's about to change. READ»

Harry Potter And The Deathly Climate Change

Regular people can rise to the challenge of climate change, as long as we treat it like the serious enemy it is.READ»

The Trouble With Harry: Pottermore, Nokia, And How Not To Launch A High-Tech Product

Two curious and awkward press events this week put a spotlight on the act of unveiling. READ»

Lytro: The $50M Tech That May Change Photography Forever

The startup's capital comes from big names like Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, and its tech team includes a cofounder of Silicon Graphics and the man who was the chief architect for Palm's revolutionary webOS software. So what's the fuss all about?READ»

Survey of Kids: Physical Books Here to Stay, In Parallel to Rise of E-Readers

American publisher Scholastic has just surveyed youngsters thoughts about books, and it's good news for traditional publishing: E-readers haven't dominated the world, and two thirds of kids still say they'd keep printed matter books. READ»

Twitter Abracadabras Weasley Whereabouts Clock Into Reality

Oh Harry Potter, you may be the stuff of fantasy for kids everywhere but you're not real. Which is why Twitter is more awesome: It's really real, and someone's just used it to make a version of the Weasley family's locator clock. If ...READ»

From Showbiz to Supermarkets: Tru Blood and 8 Other Products That Got Real

This month’s release of Tru Blood, the “blood-red” beverage created for HBO’s hit vampire series True Blood, got us thinking: What other fake products successfully jumped off screen and onto store shelves? Here’s a look at some fictional products that became a reality, and our thoughts on whether they were any good.READ»

2nd Anniversary of the Final Harry Potter Book

Though overshadowed by last week’s release of the sixth Harry Potter film, today marks the second anniversary of the final Potter book, the Deathly Hallows. So while the media fixates on The Half Blood Prince’s record-breaking ...READ»

Who Are the CEOs of Hogwarts?

Scrape away all the wizardry, and the Harry Potter films are about a company that unites behind a leader to defeat its foes. Which got us thinking about the real world wizards of finance and technology. In short, who in the business world is equivalent to our heroes and who deserves the title of He Who Must Not Be Named?READ»

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The boy wizard is back, but these days he's not looking so boyish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in theaters today, has been called the best Potter film yet, as our formerly pubescent students of sorcery find themselves very ...READ»

"I Forgot" Day

Forgot to preorder your friend's Harry Potter tickets? Missed yet another anniversary? Today's the pseudoholiday when we pledge not to let it happen again. (We tried to find out who started this, but it seems everyone has forgotten.) ...READ»

Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple

By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on.READ»

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