The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are two of the most popular shows available at Hulu, and have even come to represent the possibilities of the service--personally speaking, I hit up Hulu most mornings specifically to catch ...READ MORE›
Last night, Ben and Jerry, the founders of the ice cream company, were on the Colbert Report. Besides promoting their new flavor "Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream," they took a moment to get serious. Ben Cohen held up a cloth disk ...READ MORE›
While you were sleeping, innovation killed on The Colbert Report. Here's today's innovation news:
1. Google is reportedly in negotiations to buy Twitter. At last check, the earth is still on its axis. "We're going to ...READ MORE›
“People will work harder for a cause than for cash,” according to behavioral economist Dan Ariely in Predictably Irrational.
That was loud and clear during last week’s broadcasts of The Colbert Report from ...READ MORE›
Viacom announced yesterday that it will pull The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from the most popular online video site, Hulu. Although Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert top Hulu’s charts, Viacom said the shows are...READ MORE›
You read that right. Rock band OK Go breathed new life into their year-old record mostly on the success of their homemade videos. The video of the quartet dancing on treadmills has garnered them a new flurry of press and appearances ...READ MORE›
Seth Godin’s promise to put 1,000 faces on the cover of his next book, Tribe, reminded me of two other crowd pleasers:
• the top-of-heads photo on Clay Shirky’s insightful book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing ...READ MORE›
On the afternoon before the VP debate, I find my attention occupied by the election. Here are a few things on my mind:
Last night on The Colbert Report, they did a wonderful thing. After a humorous commercial about "Voter ...READ MORE›
Recession? What recession? Some brave restaurateurs are defying the economic gloom and doom and opening new places. We take a look at the design behind a select few. High atop the Museum of Arts and Design, New York's Robert commands a million dollar view.READ MORE›
McDonald's has spent a lot of time and money trying to up its sustainability status. Chargepoint EV Charging Stations, special parking spaces for hybrids, LEED-certified restaurants--you name it, if it's sustainable and doesn't have ...READ MORE›
The L.A. Times hears that Hulu is about to launch a $10 per month subscription service. This is huge--the biggest change in Hulu's strategy since launch.READ MORE›
In the last few months Eric Schmidt, the gaffe-prone CEO of Google, has made public statements that make us question whether the company's slogan could still be "Don't be evil." READ MORE›
1 Family Guy
You can get the five most recent episodes and more than 300 clips of Seth MacFarlane's crude cartoon. Hulu's most-watched episode as of September: "Stew-roids."
2 The Office
The show is also among NBC's ...READ MORE›
Well, isn't this a doozy: The New York Times reports that Hulu may test out a new paid subscription model on the iPad. Is it possible, or even a good idea?READ MORE›
The battle for supremacy in web-based TV transmission is rapidly hotting up: Comcast has launched an on-demand web-streaming video service, just as its pseudo rival Hulu has signed a deal with Warner to bring more music vids to its service.READ MORE›
In a move to protect elephants, Ebay bans selling items containing ivory on its site; Hulu comes to Boxee; and Motorola launches luxury phone Aura to take on Nokia's Vertu.READ MORE›
"It's like an alcoholic that you realize, he's not just getting drunk on the weekends, he's got the bottle in his desk," said Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig before a cheering crowd at the W Hotel in San Francisco last night. The occasion of the gathering was Lessig's brand-new book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.READ MORE›
This fall, one election really matters: Which set-top box will connect your TV to the Internet? Apple TV and Google TV have all the money, but fringe candidate Boxee Box, with its radical open-source philosophy, deserves a closer look.READ MORE›
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