Say what you will about Mark Cuban, but Mark Cuban owns more sports franchises than you. Admit it!
http://blogmaverick.com/2009/10/29/sports-ratings-records-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-internet/
http://blogmaverick.com/2009/10/29/sports-ratings-records-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-internet/
One AboutFace-er's grandmother claims the family computer is haunted. Maybe she's right, but this article shows how that same computer can be useful (when not attempting to open The Gates Of Hell onto suburban Raleigh, North Carolina).
So, the desire for fame (or infamy) hasn't gone up in recent years, despite our perceptions, it's just that Internet and Social Media give us all more opportunities? Haven't we all learned the difference between "good attention" and "bad attention"? No, no we have not.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/28/psychology.fame.celebrity/index.html#iframe_height=300
By embracing online bill pay, e-cards, e-mail, electronic signatures, and more, we've unwittingly played right into the Trees' hands.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/28/google.music/index.html
Maybe 3D will be in everyone's home in the next few years, or maybe not. Seems to be up to the consumer. Would you want one?
Is privacy equal to obscurity? Are we all publishers of our own social media? Must we all now publish or perish?
According to Pete Cashmore, the social media savvy will inherit the earth. Or at least its riches.
If you keep getting followed by paparazzi, your house will be robbed. Who is to blame? Everyone! And no one! But especially Google Maps, Twitter, and probably a formerly noble ninja who was betrayed and went down the wrong path, only to turn to a life of crime stealing from celebrities, then gets busted, and comes out of prison with a new perspective (and a reality show on A&E that follows Dog Bounty Hunter).
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-celebrity-burglaries28-2009oct28,0,5669617.story#
This is just kind of weird, but in an odd way, kind of sweet/appropriate/of the times? Or just weird.
If you haven't heard of the micro-budgeted indie ghost film, Paranormal Activity, you will. The tiny flick started its marketing campaign by holding free late night screenings at colleges and encouraging the audiences to Tweet about the movie. It worked. Paramount was originally just going to remake the film with a ton more money and big stars. Instead, due to the buzz on Twitter, Facebook, and everywhere else social media, they tested the waters theatrically - and this weekend they did everything they could to get more theaters. Their per-screen average was massive this weekend and they grossed over $20m.
They also employed Eventful.com to let the audience decide where to book the theaters.
http://eventful.com/performers/paranormal-activity-/P0-001-000212499-6/competitions
From Variety:
"Paranormal Activity" took the No. 3 spot with $20.2 million as it expanded to 760 theaters in its fourth weekend, posting a 155% uptick and a boffo per-screen average of $26,530. Par's micro-budgeted pic has cumed an estimated $33.7 million, and the studio plans to expand to some 1,800 locations starting next weekend.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010081.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Here's another spooky movie recommendation from Jon "Medusa" Hanusa and Andy "Gore Gore" Gorzalski.
More great press coming in for Collapse. Did I mention About Face CEO Barry Poltermann was the editor? He was.
And yes, I see a clown in this mushroom cloud as well, weird.
The numbers say it all...
"Internet advertising has eclipsed television advertising in the U.K. for the first time, according to new figures from the Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers published Wednesday, which found that a record £1.75 billion ($2.8 billion) was spent online in the first half of the year."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004017106YouTube - Exorcist III (1990) Recommended from an elevator.
Tech's Leach suspends one player, bans Twitter.