Archive for February 24th, 2010
iTunes Hit 10 BILLION
So the contest is now over and we’re hoping to see who won Apple’s 10 Billion iTunes Music download $10,000 iTunes gift card. Bought any good tunes recently? Let us know…
Vonn vs Mancuso
The frosty relationship between American skiing stars Lindsay Vonn and Julia Mancuso may have grown a little more contentious today. Mancuso was flagged off the course during the women’s giant slalom because she started while Vonn was trying to untangle herself from the netting after crashing in the previous run.
Walmart buy Vudu
We hear retail giant Walmart has agreed to acquire Vudu. Walmart and Vudu have already begun informing Hollywood studios and TV manufacturers about the deal. The acquisition of Vudu, a start-up in Santa Clara, CA was founded in 2007, would put Walmart, in direct competition with Netflix and Amazon for digital movie dominance.
LA Swaps out Billboards with Art
Los Angeles seems to be losing a battle with ugly billboards. The timing of a new large-scale urban installation that replaces mega-ads for McDonald’s Mac Snack Wraps with works of mega-art by Kerry Tribe (above) couldn’t be better.
New Karate Kid Trailer
For everyone that liked the original, well here’s the updated version with Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith playing the lead and Jackie Chan as the Mr. Miyagi
LED Lighting
Flyfire is a hovering, programmable swarm of mini-helicopter-mounted LEDs developed by MIT’s SENSEable City Lab. The Flyfire canvas can transform itself from one shape to another or morph a two-dimensional photographic image into an articulated shape.
