Jeff Bezos Wants to Fly You to Space and 10 Other Tryptophan-Free Stories This Week on Fast Company

We still haven't found a better way to sleep off a turkey feast than beach ourselves in front of the boob tube. But that doesn't mean there aren't better ways to watch TV: Roku wants to, well, rock you--the Web-to-TV device is upping ...READ»

TiVo Hops Across the Atlantic, Gets Into Virgin's Box

Just yesterday TiVo was in the news for its user-data deal with Google, but its execs have obviously been far busier than that: Today there's fresh info that TiVo is expanding--it's due to launch a co-branded DVR TV service in the ...READ»

Google and TiVo Make a Deal: Your Commercials Are Going to Get a Lot More Personal

TiVo, everyone's favorite DVR maker, has just signed an agreement with Google to hand over tons of data on its users habits for analysis. The upshot: Advertisements are going to be even more targeted and personal. It's how Internet TV ...READ»

Toothbrushes, TiVo, and Twitter: Designing Great Relationships

If a company can't replicate the traditional exchange between maker and consumer, the relationship is destined to fail.READ»

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Dying Hard With a Vengeance: Blockbuster May Go Under

Blockbuster, the $500 million video rental chain, has been in a long battle to remain relevant in the Internet-enabled age--lately by attempting to strike a deal for online content distribution. But the company's Internet leap may ...READ»

Blockbuster Goes Online With TiVo, Apple to Save Its Business

Remember Blockbuster? You know, you'd rent a movie and then when you had to return it, you dropped it in that funny mail slot outside the store? It just announced, at long last some would say, that it's partnering with TiVo to bring ...READ»

iFive: Your March 22 Innovation Agenda

Palm's Not-So-Smart Bet When Palm ships its Pre smartphone, will it be too little, too late? Talk to the hand. [via NYT] Tivo-Proof Advertising Stop the ffwd button: Boost Mobile's visually arresting TV spots beat obnoxio ...READ»

TiVo Brings Web Video to TV

Tara MaitraVice President, General Manager of Content Services TiVo> New York, New York Tara Maitra, 37, helps bring content from Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, and more than 50 other sources to TiVo subscribers. "TiVo is ...READ»

• Google Takes on TV Ads
• ComScore Sees the Bigger Picture
• Bringing Order to the World of Online Video
• ESPN Scores With Broadband TV Network

ComScore Sees the Bigger Picture

Tania YukiSenior Product Manager, Video Metrix comScore> New York, New York Tania Yuki, 29, works with comScore clients such as CBS, Google, Microsoft, and NBC to gauge who their online video content is actually ...READ»

• TiVo Brings Web Video to TV
• ESPN Scores With Broadband TV Network
• Google Takes on TV Ads
• Bringing Order to the World of Online Video

The Frenemy Relationship in Business

The friend-enemy relationship (aka friend-foe, or "froe") has become essential to business -- a thrillingly intricate dance that would impress even Bruno and Carrie Ann. Imagine Apple without the record labels, Google without Yahoo, and Harvey Weinstein without everyone else. The relationship can be so baffling, we humbly offer this field guide.READ»