Spotify/DCTF
Licensing agreements are what’s keeping Spotify from becoming available sooner in the U.S. and other major markets. The company, which employs about 90, expects to launch in the U.S. by the end of the year or early 2010.
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Vice/Texting/Wikipedia
Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes talked with me about his
new video series for Teva (and then blogged about the stuff we discussed that didn’t make it into the story, as well as Gawker’s reaction).
Then I wrote a story, blog post and follow-up blog post about texting while driving — the emerging category of services that prevent [...]
Wed, September 2 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
Radiohead/Lolcats/Grindr
“I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor. It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us,” Thom Yorke said.
The two of them nailed down a first draft of the story in two months, [...]
Mon, August 24 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
Kumar/Korea/Strike
Mr. Penn, who played Kumar in “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and starred in “The Namesake,” ended his run on the medical drama “House” as his character, Lawrence Kutner, committed suicide. “House” star Hugh Laurie had hinted at a major shakeup on the show, and Fox created a “memorial” for Dr. Kutner, complete [...]
Mon, April 13 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
Earthquake warnings
A week ago, Gioacchino Giuliani (some news reports are calling him Giampaolo Giuliani), a seismologist at the nearby Gran Sasso National Laboratory, predicted that a large quake could occur soon after several small tremors. According to Reuters, his warning prompted vans with loudspeakers telling residents to leave their homes.
Authorities, however, told locals that the tremors [...]
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Cyber/Genius/Ghost-Twittering/20%
AT&T has experimented with Second Life-like virtual environments to test its response to attacks. Its researchers, who are scattered around the country, create avatars that “visit” labs and run experiments. “We invented it because we were trying to cut down on travel,” he says. “We weren’t doing it to be cute. We were doing it [...]
Mon, March 30 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments
