No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century that Jeff Wayne would still be watched keenly and listened to closely. Yet across the gulf of time, fans regarded his work with ravenous ears and desirous eyes, and he slowly and surely drew his plans against us. When Jeff Wayne first [...]
PriceGrabber has surveyed holiday shoppers on their plans and preferences for a third year in a row. The data gathered shows interesting trends in the technology and consumer electronics category this year. Consumers indicated that they would highly prefer to receive a tablet computer over a laptop this season as a gift, with 79 percent [...]
Barnes & Noble has released their new NOOK Tablet a day early due to the high pre-order demand for the product. The tablet is the newest device in the Barnes & Noble family for delivering multi media content in a high quality format. This tablet combines the full color e-reader system that helped the previous [...]
Amazon’s three newest Kindle models are all shipping out to customers earlier than expected. The Kindle Fire, which has already reached the spot of the bestselling item on Amazon.com due to high numbers of preorders, began shipping on November 14th after being scheduled for release on the 16th. The Touch and Touch 3G starting moving [...]
The new Windows Phone 7.5 became available to consumers just a few days ago. Known by its code name of “Mango” while in development, the operating system will be loaded on a range of HTC smartphones that start as low as $49.99. The program was designed by Microsoft to keep the user at the core [...]
Barnes & Noble’s new NOOK e-reader and tablet will now ship with the Netflix application installed before purchase. This will give all existing Netflix users a new convenient way to enjoy their favorite television shows and movies while riding the bus, your lunch break or in bed. The Netflix app for the NOOK tablet provides [...]
The Kindle may already be the world’s bestselling e-reader, but now Amazon is expanding their device to include a family of powerful e-readers. The family will include three new versions of the classic Kindle e-reader and the new Kindle Fire. The Fire will be a multi-media device that makes viewing TV or movies, playing games [...]
The Harlem Globetrotters have chosen a new coach to help them train for the 2012 season. When training camp opens again later this week, former player Jimmy Blacklock will lead the team. He played as a point guard with the world-traveling superstars from 1974 to 1987 and was a top dribbler. As an Ambassadors of [...]
E-Readers are making serious waves in the publishing industry. As technology advances, many bookstore chains and independent venues are shutting down. Others chose to create their own devices and struggle to keep up with both the computer companies developing e-Readers and online book retailers. Periodicals feel the changes as well, with publications as large as [...]
“Weird Al” Yankovic has turned polka-based parodies into an art form, and he’s been honored with a Grammy Award for it. Now he’ll be returning to television for his first new broadcast concert since 1999. The premiere of the “Weird Al” Yankovic Live! Alpocalypse Tour will air on Comedy Central on October 1st. To follow [...]
