CBS News is expanding its podcast profile, giving the green light to a new series exploring the story of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who infamously leaked sensitive information to Russia for more than two decades.
The still-untitled eight episode series from CBS and Paramount Audio will debut in the fall, and is led by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, who also hosts the weekly podcast The Takeout.
“How does the nation handle its most sensitive secrets? It’s a question we’ve wrestled with for decades but is especially relevant today,” Garrett says. “Everything about Robert Hanssen fascinates me — how he escaped detection for 22 years, the depth of his betrayals, how he was caught and, most elusive of all, why he did it. Chasing these answers has taken two years and I can’t wait to share this extraordinary story with our listeners.”
The story, which begins...
The still-untitled eight episode series from CBS and Paramount Audio will debut in the fall, and is led by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, who also hosts the weekly podcast The Takeout.
“How does the nation handle its most sensitive secrets? It’s a question we’ve wrestled with for decades but is especially relevant today,” Garrett says. “Everything about Robert Hanssen fascinates me — how he escaped detection for 22 years, the depth of his betrayals, how he was caught and, most elusive of all, why he did it. Chasing these answers has taken two years and I can’t wait to share this extraordinary story with our listeners.”
The story, which begins...
- 7/6/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Mission: Possible
“Movies for the big screen”: Tom Cruise launched the latest edition of his sprawling Mission: Impossible franchise Monday afternoon with an elaborate red carpet hoisted up on the Spanish Steps in Rome, and Nancy and Baz were there to witness all. The eternal city and it’s famous stone staircase feature heavily in the film alongside the Piazza di Spagne, giving it quite the European feel. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh entry in the wider franchise and is once again helmed by Cruise’s now-frequent collaborator Christopher McQuarrie. You can check out images from the premiere here, which appeared to be an emotional event for Cruise, who spoke passionately with Nancy about...
Mission: Possible
“Movies for the big screen”: Tom Cruise launched the latest edition of his sprawling Mission: Impossible franchise Monday afternoon with an elaborate red carpet hoisted up on the Spanish Steps in Rome, and Nancy and Baz were there to witness all. The eternal city and it’s famous stone staircase feature heavily in the film alongside the Piazza di Spagne, giving it quite the European feel. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the seventh entry in the wider franchise and is once again helmed by Cruise’s now-frequent collaborator Christopher McQuarrie. You can check out images from the premiere here, which appeared to be an emotional event for Cruise, who spoke passionately with Nancy about...
- 6/23/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Trauma television used to be simple. When I was a kid, the world united for news of the 1987 rescue of Baby Jessica, a Texas toddler who fell down a well in her aunt’s backyard. There were interviews with pastors, drilling experts and second cousins. Then, we cut back to desperate rescue workers digging under klieg lights. The rescue was the thing..
Modern coverage is now more intricate and morally dubious. 9/11 saw somber reporting on vigils and ash-covered New Yorkers desperately looking for loved ones. But it also featured Donald Trump on the phone as the towers smoldered. He bragged that he now owned the tallest building in Manhattan. This was both gross and untrue, a prophecy of things to come.
From there, we have seen coverage of untold numbers of school shootings where news networks searched for the killer’s motivation in real time, wondering which dark web sites...
Modern coverage is now more intricate and morally dubious. 9/11 saw somber reporting on vigils and ash-covered New Yorkers desperately looking for loved ones. But it also featured Donald Trump on the phone as the towers smoldered. He bragged that he now owned the tallest building in Manhattan. This was both gross and untrue, a prophecy of things to come.
From there, we have seen coverage of untold numbers of school shootings where news networks searched for the killer’s motivation in real time, wondering which dark web sites...
- 6/22/2023
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with latest: The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed at a news conference today that “a debris field was discovered within the search area by an Rov near the Titanic” is, in fact, from the Titan submersible. The five people aboard are feared dead after what one official termed as a debris field consistent with a “catastrophic implosion.”
The Coast Guard briefing was led by Rear Adm. John Mauger, who offered his deepest condolences to the families. Mauger also offered the following details: The first piece of wreckage identified was the tail cone of the Titan. It was discovered 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic. The Rov subsequently found the front end barrel of the pressure hull.
“The debris is consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” he added.
Multiple media outlets received a statement from OceanGate, the company which operated the sub, that read in part, “We now...
The Coast Guard briefing was led by Rear Adm. John Mauger, who offered his deepest condolences to the families. Mauger also offered the following details: The first piece of wreckage identified was the tail cone of the Titan. It was discovered 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic. The Rov subsequently found the front end barrel of the pressure hull.
“The debris is consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” he added.
Multiple media outlets received a statement from OceanGate, the company which operated the sub, that read in part, “We now...
- 6/22/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The search for the OceanGate submarine is nearing a critical stage with the submersible’s oxygen supply due to expire this morning.
The Titan sub went missing hours after setting off for the Titanic wreckage off the coast of Canada earlier this week. Rescue teams using high-tech robotic equipment have been desperately searching for the five crew members on board the sub, which can provide about 96 hours of oxygen.
The possibility exists the crew have been conserving energy and noises have been detected deep underwater but so far the sub has not been located. It’s believed oxygen onboard will last until about 7am Et/4am Pt, though sea captains have said the projected supply could last longer.
Related: ‘The Simpsons’ Writer And Former Showrunner Mike Reiss Talks About His Trips On The Missing Titanic Submarine
This morning, the president of the Explorers Club, an international organization involved in scientific...
The Titan sub went missing hours after setting off for the Titanic wreckage off the coast of Canada earlier this week. Rescue teams using high-tech robotic equipment have been desperately searching for the five crew members on board the sub, which can provide about 96 hours of oxygen.
The possibility exists the crew have been conserving energy and noises have been detected deep underwater but so far the sub has not been located. It’s believed oxygen onboard will last until about 7am Et/4am Pt, though sea captains have said the projected supply could last longer.
Related: ‘The Simpsons’ Writer And Former Showrunner Mike Reiss Talks About His Trips On The Missing Titanic Submarine
This morning, the president of the Explorers Club, an international organization involved in scientific...
- 6/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
A six-month-old CBS report on OceanGate’s Titanic tourism submarine is going viral on social media after reporter David Pogue raised safety concerns about the now-missing vessel.
Pogue visited OceanGate’s operations last year and was submerged in the $1M submarine, named Titan, which vanished off the coast of Canada on Sunday. It was carrying a pilot and four passengers, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
Before boarding the sub, Pogue was given a tour of the vessel, during which he commented on its “improvised design.” This included lighting from Camping World and an unofficial PlayStation controller used to drive the submarine.
Related: Quickie Titanic Sub Documentary Set On British TV Just Hours After Air Onboard The Craft Is Expected To Run Out
“It seems like this submersible has some elements of MacGyvery jerry-rigged-ness. You are putting construction pipes as ballast,” Pogue said to Rush in an interview.
“I don’t...
Pogue visited OceanGate’s operations last year and was submerged in the $1M submarine, named Titan, which vanished off the coast of Canada on Sunday. It was carrying a pilot and four passengers, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
Before boarding the sub, Pogue was given a tour of the vessel, during which he commented on its “improvised design.” This included lighting from Camping World and an unofficial PlayStation controller used to drive the submarine.
Related: Quickie Titanic Sub Documentary Set On British TV Just Hours After Air Onboard The Craft Is Expected To Run Out
“It seems like this submersible has some elements of MacGyvery jerry-rigged-ness. You are putting construction pipes as ballast,” Pogue said to Rush in an interview.
“I don’t...
- 6/20/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
A submersible designed to take tourists underwater to view the wreckage of the Titanic has gone missing and a search is now underway for the craft in the waters of the North Atlantic.
The missing boat, whose disappearance was first reported by the BBC, belongs to a company called OceanGate, which promotes extreme undersea adventures to high-paying tourists. The U.S. Coast Guard is also assisting with the search and rescue effort, according to the New York Times. It is not clear exactly when the submersible went missing or how many people could be aboard.
The missing boat, whose disappearance was first reported by the BBC, belongs to a company called OceanGate, which promotes extreme undersea adventures to high-paying tourists. The U.S. Coast Guard is also assisting with the search and rescue effort, according to the New York Times. It is not clear exactly when the submersible went missing or how many people could be aboard.
- 6/19/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Producer and journalist Megan Marcus has been appointed vice president of podcast editorial at Paramount. The news was announced Monday by Steve Raizes, executive vice president of podcasting and audio for Paramount.
Marcus will work on editorial across all Paramount Global Podcasts. She will also oversee content for CBS News’ slate of podcasts, including Erin Moriarty’s “My Life of Crime,” David Pogue’s “Unsung Science,” Major Garrett’s “The Takeout,” Jill Schlesinger’s “Eye on Money,” Allison Keyes’ “Kaleidoscope,” Mike Morell’s “Intelligence Matters,” as well as podcasts from CBS News franchises “CBS Sunday Morning,” “CBS Mornings,” “48 Hours,” “CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell” and “60 Minutes.”
This new role marks a return to CBS News for Marcus, who produced the first two seasons of Mo Rocca’s podcast “Mobituaries.”
“Megan is a dynamic producer and leader in the podcasting field,” said Raizes in a statement. “She...
Marcus will work on editorial across all Paramount Global Podcasts. She will also oversee content for CBS News’ slate of podcasts, including Erin Moriarty’s “My Life of Crime,” David Pogue’s “Unsung Science,” Major Garrett’s “The Takeout,” Jill Schlesinger’s “Eye on Money,” Allison Keyes’ “Kaleidoscope,” Mike Morell’s “Intelligence Matters,” as well as podcasts from CBS News franchises “CBS Sunday Morning,” “CBS Mornings,” “48 Hours,” “CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell” and “60 Minutes.”
This new role marks a return to CBS News for Marcus, who produced the first two seasons of Mo Rocca’s podcast “Mobituaries.”
“Megan is a dynamic producer and leader in the podcasting field,” said Raizes in a statement. “She...
- 11/7/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with the winners of the 73rd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards. The trophy ceremony was held tonight at the Wynn Encore Ballroom in Las Vegas, in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters as part of its convention.
The ceremony was hosted by Rich Little and CBS Sunday Morning‘s David Pogue. Check out the winners list below.
Per NATAS, the Tech & Engineers Emmys are awarded to a living individual, a company or a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies that either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected television. They are voted on by a committee of engineers working in television that consider technical developments in the industry and determines which, if any, merit an award.
A pair of Television Technology...
The ceremony was hosted by Rich Little and CBS Sunday Morning‘s David Pogue. Check out the winners list below.
Per NATAS, the Tech & Engineers Emmys are awarded to a living individual, a company or a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies that either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected television. They are voted on by a committee of engineers working in television that consider technical developments in the industry and determines which, if any, merit an award.
A pair of Television Technology...
- 4/26/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon’s Prime Video has released the official trailer for Season 2 of “The Wilds,” the popular teen survival series returning this spring.
Created by Sarah Streicher, “The Wilds” focuses on a group of teenage girls who survive a plane crash and are forced to work together to survive on a strange deserted island. Unbeknownst to them, the eight teenagers are subject to a strange social experiment engineered by Gretchen Klein (Rachel Griffiths), the head of a women’s empowerment program Dawn of Eve. Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Erana James and Sarah Pidgeon star as the girls stranded on the island, while David Sullivan and Troy Winbush star as FBI agents who appear in flashforwards after the group is rescued from the island.
Season 2 of “The Wilds” will see the girls learn of the existence of another island, where another crash was staged,...
Created by Sarah Streicher, “The Wilds” focuses on a group of teenage girls who survive a plane crash and are forced to work together to survive on a strange deserted island. Unbeknownst to them, the eight teenagers are subject to a strange social experiment engineered by Gretchen Klein (Rachel Griffiths), the head of a women’s empowerment program Dawn of Eve. Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Erana James and Sarah Pidgeon star as the girls stranded on the island, while David Sullivan and Troy Winbush star as FBI agents who appear in flashforwards after the group is rescued from the island.
Season 2 of “The Wilds” will see the girls learn of the existence of another island, where another crash was staged,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Wilson Chapman, Carson Burton and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Producers and correspondents for the venerable “CBS Sunday Morning” took some time Thursday night at the Paley Center for Media to explain how the program comes together each week.
Martha Teichner, David Pogue, Nancy Giles and Conor Knighton took to the Paley stage along with producer Jay Kernis and executive producer Rand Morrison. They were joined by correspondent Mo Rocca, who used a mobile connection from what appeared to be a Washington, D.C. locale to beam his thoughts to the audience. “‘Sunday Morning’ is the kind of place where you can do something on someone who isn’t super famous but is super interesting,” he said.
Rocca said he is often approached by loyal viewers who tell him the program “is church for us” because of its attention to subjects that often don’t get coverage on cable-news networks or evening newscasts.
The show has largely stayed true to its original format,...
Martha Teichner, David Pogue, Nancy Giles and Conor Knighton took to the Paley stage along with producer Jay Kernis and executive producer Rand Morrison. They were joined by correspondent Mo Rocca, who used a mobile connection from what appeared to be a Washington, D.C. locale to beam his thoughts to the audience. “‘Sunday Morning’ is the kind of place where you can do something on someone who isn’t super famous but is super interesting,” he said.
Rocca said he is often approached by loyal viewers who tell him the program “is church for us” because of its attention to subjects that often don’t get coverage on cable-news networks or evening newscasts.
The show has largely stayed true to its original format,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
For one night, “CBS Sunday Morning” will move to primetime.
The venerable newsmagazine will celebrate 40 years with a special on Friday. September 14 at 8 p.m. eastern. The show will be called “Sunday’s Best: Celebrating 40 Years of ‘CBS Sunday Morning.’
Host Jane Pauley will anchor the special, which will feature the show’s correspondents profiling top entertainment figures, taking an in-depth looks at the world of art, design and architecture,a nd more. Specific segments were not revealed.
The broadcast launched Jan. 28, 1979 with Charles Kuralt as anchor. Charles Osgood was named Kuralt’s successor in 1994 and held the position until he stepped down in September 2016, when Jane Pauley was named anchor.
Correspondents include Lee Cowan, Rita Braver, Mo Rocca, Tracy Smith and Martha Teichner. Among the program’s contributing correspondents: Ted Koppel, Serena Altschul, Nancy Giles, Luke Burbank, David Pogue, Conor Knighton, Faith Salie, Steve Hartman and Anthony Mason. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.
The venerable newsmagazine will celebrate 40 years with a special on Friday. September 14 at 8 p.m. eastern. The show will be called “Sunday’s Best: Celebrating 40 Years of ‘CBS Sunday Morning.’
Host Jane Pauley will anchor the special, which will feature the show’s correspondents profiling top entertainment figures, taking an in-depth looks at the world of art, design and architecture,a nd more. Specific segments were not revealed.
The broadcast launched Jan. 28, 1979 with Charles Kuralt as anchor. Charles Osgood was named Kuralt’s successor in 1994 and held the position until he stepped down in September 2016, when Jane Pauley was named anchor.
Correspondents include Lee Cowan, Rita Braver, Mo Rocca, Tracy Smith and Martha Teichner. Among the program’s contributing correspondents: Ted Koppel, Serena Altschul, Nancy Giles, Luke Burbank, David Pogue, Conor Knighton, Faith Salie, Steve Hartman and Anthony Mason. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.
- 8/10/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
As Yahoo’s board continues to weigh a potential sale, one of the centerpieces of the tech giant’s media strategy, global news anchor Katie Couric, is said to be distancing herself from the company as she considers next steps.
Couric will reportedly wait to see who acquires beleaguered Yahoo before making any moves, according to Page Six. That said, Couric -- as well as key hires in Yahoo’s tech and style media divisions like David Pogue and Joe Zee -- reportedly have gripes with the discoverability of their content as well as the company’s lack of advertising to promote their programs.
Page Six also notes that Couric has not attended several high-profile Yahoo events of late -- including at the company’s drastically scaled-back NewFront presentation yesterday. While Couric was featured at Yahoo’s splashy 2015 event at Lincoln Center, this year she was absent due to the...
Couric will reportedly wait to see who acquires beleaguered Yahoo before making any moves, according to Page Six. That said, Couric -- as well as key hires in Yahoo’s tech and style media divisions like David Pogue and Joe Zee -- reportedly have gripes with the discoverability of their content as well as the company’s lack of advertising to promote their programs.
Page Six also notes that Couric has not attended several high-profile Yahoo events of late -- including at the company’s drastically scaled-back NewFront presentation yesterday. While Couric was featured at Yahoo’s splashy 2015 event at Lincoln Center, this year she was absent due to the...
- 5/5/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Many online video fans have no idea they can control YouTube video playback directly from their keyboards. That’s why tech columnist David Pogue over at Yahoo! Tech put together a short tutorial on some of the top YouTube keyboard shortcuts.
Computer-savvy YouTube viewers already know that pressing the spacebar will pause a video and then continue playback once tapped again. However, if for some reason your spacebar is broken or isn’t working, you can also press the K key to achieve the same function. Using M will let you mute and unmute the video’s sound (though you may as well just pause the video instead of missing out on the audio).
Other keys allow you to control what section of the video you’re watching. The Home key takes you all the way back to the beginning of a video, while End will take you to that titular destination.
Computer-savvy YouTube viewers already know that pressing the spacebar will pause a video and then continue playback once tapped again. However, if for some reason your spacebar is broken or isn’t working, you can also press the K key to achieve the same function. Using M will let you mute and unmute the video’s sound (though you may as well just pause the video instead of missing out on the audio).
Other keys allow you to control what section of the video you’re watching. The Home key takes you all the way back to the beginning of a video, while End will take you to that titular destination.
- 1/21/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
She has multiple awards and plenty of hit movies to her credit, but Gwyneth Paltrow's lack of a college education proved to be a problem when applying for a contributing editor role at Yahoo Food.
Per a New York Times report, the “Shakespeare in Love” lady was courted by Yahoo until CEO Marissa Mayer stepped in and put the kibosh on the whole deal. Mayer “disapproved of the fact that Paltrow did not graduate college. She habitually asked deputies where they attended college.”
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Reportedly Doing "Better Than Ever" after Split
Yahoo hired Mayer, a former honcho at Google, to infuse new life into the dwindling company in 2012 and she’s since recruited former Elle creative director Joe Zee and former New York Times tech columnist David Pogue. Marissa was also a key player in bringing Katie Couric on board as Yahoo’s global anchor.
Per a New York Times report, the “Shakespeare in Love” lady was courted by Yahoo until CEO Marissa Mayer stepped in and put the kibosh on the whole deal. Mayer “disapproved of the fact that Paltrow did not graduate college. She habitually asked deputies where they attended college.”
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Reportedly Doing "Better Than Ever" after Split
Yahoo hired Mayer, a former honcho at Google, to infuse new life into the dwindling company in 2012 and she’s since recruited former Elle creative director Joe Zee and former New York Times tech columnist David Pogue. Marissa was also a key player in bringing Katie Couric on board as Yahoo’s global anchor.
- 12/22/2014
- GossipCenter
Thanks to the smartphones in our pockets, we are all filmmakers these days--or potential ones at least. In honor of that, it's time to set those phones free, people: the Original iPhone Film Festival is now accepting submissions for its 2014 festival. There's no fee to enter, and submissions can be made through November 30. The requirements are pretty straightforward: films can be up to five minutes long, and must be shot on any iOS device. There will be be four categories in this year's festival: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Music Video and a new Student Directors/Under 18 contest. This year's installment of the mobile-focused festival will be judged by industry bigwigs in both tech and film, including Yahoo! Tech's David Pogue, A+E Indiefilms's Molly Thompson, Macworld's Jason Snall, director Marcus Nispel and producer Jason Kliot. The full rules and information regarding submissions can be found on the Original iPhone Film Festival's website.
- 7/3/2014
- by Jacob Combs
- Thompson on Hollywood
Bobbi Brown is adding a new role to her résumé: editor-in-chief of Yahoo Beauty, she announced Wednesday morning on her blog, Everything Bobbi. "In recent months, Yahoo has been working to put together an all-star editorial team, including Katie Couric, David Pogue, Virginia Heffernan, and Matt Bai -- all writers and journalists who I really admire," writes the cosmetics industry giant. "Yahoo is poised to become the top source for cutting-edge news coverage, and I'm confident I'll bring similarly strong content to Beauty and Lifestyle coverage. I'm honored to be joining such an impressive roster."
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- 4/9/2014
- by Stephanie Chan, Erin Weinger
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discussed the four major areas in which she hopes to expand the web giant's influence. One of those key areas is video, which Mayer hyped by officially introducing the recently-hired Katie Couric to the Las Vegas crowd. Couric made waves in November when she announced her intention to migrate online full time as a member of Yahoo's news team. At CES, she explained that part of her impetus for joining Yahoo was a desire to uphold “core values of old-fashioned journalism” in a landscape often fraught with shoddy reporting and clickbait. “Technology has connected us to the world,” Couric said. “Anyone with a cell phone and Twitter account can be a reporter. Linking has often replaced reporting,” she explained. Couric won't be alone in her battle against the Buzzfeeds and Upworthies of the world. Mayer also brought former New York Times...
- 1/8/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Yahoo will launch a series of digital magazines, beginning with food and technology, led by former New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, CEO Marissa Mayer said at the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday. The publications will cater to the 85 percent of the population ignored by most technology sites, said Pogue, who divided the entire U.S. population into two categories — “normals” and “gearheads.” Yahoo will cater to “normal” folk. “We have a language we will speak: English,” Pogue said. “Human.” Mayer said Yahoo would combine the “elegant, beautiful, distinctive editorial voice” of magazines with a new way of reading those magazines.
- 1/7/2014
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Katie Couric, Summly founder Nick D’Aloisio, former New York Times tech writer David Pogue, SNL‘s Cecily Strong and Kenan Thompson, and musician John Legend joined the Yahoo CEO at her International CES keynote to tout the company’s info and entertainment offerings. “Media has long been one of Yahoo’s key strengths,” Marissa Mayer says. Couric — the recently named Global Anchor, who’s celebrating her birthday — lamented that in the digital age “at times accuracy has been a casualty of immediacy.” She vowed to uphold “core values of old-fashioned journalism” in her interviews with “anyone who we believe has an important and interesting story to tell.” D’Aloisio charted a slightly different course as he announced the Yahoo News Digest. The iPhone and iPod Touch app will provide users with two daily news summaries created from multiple sources that will be “comprehensive, effortless and complete.” Mayer also introduced Yahoo Digital Magazines,...
- 1/7/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Katie Couric has joined Yahoo! as its new Global Anchor, the company announced Monday. The website said Monday that Couric will help develop Yahoo News’ coverage with an expanding team of correspondents who will report on live world events, anchor groundbreaking interviews with major newsmakers, and more. She is the most high-profile of a string of recent Yahoo hires, including the New York Times’ Megan Liberman, Matt Bai and David Pogue. Also read: Read Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Katie Couric Announcement ABC told TheWrap on Friday that the anchor and daytime talk show host would exit ABC News to join Yahoo.
- 11/25/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Is the New York Times losing its cachet? A slew of high-profile departures from what was once the most prestigious address in journalism seems to be signaling something more than just old-fashioned poaching. (Clockwise from left to right: Brian Stelter, Howard Beck, Megan Liberman, Rick Berke, Nate Silver, Matt Bai, Lisa Tozzi and David Pogue) The loss of consumer electronics star David Pogue to Yahoo, the exit of data-cruncher Nate Silver to Espn and this week the leap of bright young media star Brian Stelter to join CNN are among the most prominent of a litany of other departures to.
- 11/14/2013
- by Sara Morrison
- The Wrap
There's lots of movement in the media ranks. And the trend of star brands leaving their established digs so that other media outlets can make them even bigger continues apace. The New York Times has lost yet another media star. Following the departure of online-brands Nate Silver to Espn and tech columnist David Pogue to Yahoo, now blogger-turned-nyt newsman Brian Stelter is heading to CNN, he tweeted today at @brianstelter: "I'm joining @CNN as the network's senior media correspondent and the host of "Reliable Sources...That means: I'll be reporting every day for CNN, Cnni, http://CNN.com , and it'll all flow into @CNNReliable on Sundays. I've been at the @nytimes since college so it's surreal to be leaving. I've learned everything here. To my colleagues: thank you." Along with his media columnist colleague David Carr, social media junkie Stelter was made more famous by "Page One," a documentary set at.
- 11/12/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Brian Stelter will take over as host of ”Reliable Sources” and will serve as CNN’s senior media correspondent, the news network said Tuesday The New York Times media reporter will leave his job at the newspaper where he has worked since 2007. The Sunday morning look at the week in news-gathering has not had a permanent host since Howie Kurtz left the network for Fox News earlier this year. Instead, a string of guest hosts such as NPR’s Eric Deggans, Politico’s Patrick Gavin and Stelter have pinch-hit. His departure is another high-profile departure for the Times, which recently...
- 11/12/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Everyone in the nexus of the world where consumer electronics and media meet seems to have an opinion about this following the announcement on Monday that The Times’ gadget critic is headed to Yahoo to create a splashy new consumer tech site. Isn’t it risky for David Pogue to leave the newspaper that made him a star for a Web organization that has virtually no presence on the beat? There’s no way to definitively answer that just yet, of course. But that didn’t stop the researchers at Kontera — a firm that measures Web content and social media impressions — from taking a stab. And their data show that it’s probably worth the gamble. “Yahoo might be a better platform for him to build his personal brand,” says Ammiel Kamon, Evp of Marketing and Activation Products. Possibly due to the newspaper’s online pay wall “Yahoo is seen...
- 10/23/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Gadget guru David Pogue is leaving the New York Times to help launch a consumer technology site at Yahoo In his Tumblr page, Pogue wrote that at Yahoo he will be writing columns and blog posts each week and making videos. “But my team and I have much bigger plans, too, for all kinds of online and real-world creations,” Pogue wrote. “Now, listen: I realize that Yahoo is an underdog. I’ve given them a few swift kicks myself over the years. But over the last few months, as I’ve pondered this offer, I’ve visited Yahoo headquarters. I...
- 10/21/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
This is a coup for Yahoo. David Pogue has spent 13 years critiquing gadgets for the Gray Lady, becoming one of its brand-name writers. In the process he also has become a familiar presence on CBS Sunday Morning and the host of PBS’ Nova ScienceNow. Yahoo says that he will now “lead a major expansion of consumer tech coverage on Yahoo and will publish columns, blog posts, video stories and more, starting later this year.” CEO Marissa Mayer weighed in, saying that her company is “in a unique position to bring to life great editorial about the technology consumers are using every day.” Pogue says in a blog post that in addition to his writing he’ll continue “making my goofy videos. But my team and I have much bigger plans, too, for all kinds of online and real-world creations.” While he characterizes Yahoo as an “underdog,” he now believes that the company is “young,...
- 10/21/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
E! reports that ABC is turning to Lady Gaga for another holiday special (following A Very Gaga Thanksgiving). This time, its a Christmas special that would include The Muppets. I hope there’s a sketch where a PETA activist calls her out for that time she wore a frog skin coat.
I mean, that’s like an atrocity as far as Kermit is concerned, right?
Discovery is working on a mafia drama from the writer of Goodfellas according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Five Families is planned as the first drama to dramatize actual events and real people.
Here’s a consolation prize for the Smash fans, 54 Below, a New York cabaret (or that’s what Wikipedia tells me) is staging a performance of Hit List with Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus participating.
Liz Heldens created two gay-inclusive dramas for NBC with Mercy (admittedly, that gay was woefully underused,...
I mean, that’s like an atrocity as far as Kermit is concerned, right?
Discovery is working on a mafia drama from the writer of Goodfellas according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Five Families is planned as the first drama to dramatize actual events and real people.
Here’s a consolation prize for the Smash fans, 54 Below, a New York cabaret (or that’s what Wikipedia tells me) is staging a performance of Hit List with Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus participating.
Liz Heldens created two gay-inclusive dramas for NBC with Mercy (admittedly, that gay was woefully underused,...
- 10/16/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Members of the Sloan Jury at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, chosen by the Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, also participated in the Science in Film Forum Panel at the Festival. The members of the 2013 Sloan Jury were: Paula Apsell (Senior Executive Producer, Nova and Nova ScienceNow, Director, Wgbh Science Unit), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Fountain, Pi), Scott Burns (writer, Contagion, Pu-239, The Informant and producer, An Inconvenient Truth), Dr. André Fenton (Professor of Neural Science at the Center for Neural Science at New York University), Dr. Lisa Randall (Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science, Harvard University, author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World).
2013 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film initiative, a collaboration between Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the development and presentation of film projects that explore science and technology ideas, or depict scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in engaging new ways. Activities include the Science in Film Forum, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Sloan Commissioning Grant, and the Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Scientists, engineers, mathematicians are – like filmmakers - some of the most imaginative and adventurous thinkers of our time, and the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film initiative has fostered awareness of and engagement with these fascinating themes in independent film for the last 10 years.”
"We are thrilled to celebrate our tenth anniversary with Sundance, which has been such a great partner in our nationwide effort to encourage filmmakers to engage with science and technology themes and characters,” said Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “Anyone who looks at the incredible list of winning films, from Shane Carruth's Primer and Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man to Jake Scheirer’sRobot and Frank and Musa Syeed's Valley of Saints—or at the amazing screenplays that have been developed through the Sloan Fellowship at Sundance Institute Labs and the Sloan Commissioning Grant—will see that science and technology can reveal the human condition in ways previously unseen and undreamt of."
For more information about the Science in Film initiative, along with updated content, a complete list of supported filmmakers, trailers for completed films, and an interview with Jake Schreier (director, Robot and Frank, 2012 Sloan Prize Winner), visit www.sundance.org/science-in-film.
Feature Film Prize Jury
The Sloan Jury determines the recipient of the Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival which is presented to an outstanding Festival feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character. The Prize includes a $20,000 cash award by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Previous Alfred P. Sloan Prize Winners include: Jake Schreier and Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank, and Musa Syeed, Valley of Saints (2012); Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, Another Earth (2011); Diane Bell, Obselidia(2010); Max Mayer, Adam (2009); Alex Rivera, Sleep Dealer (2008); Shi-Zheng Chen, Dark Matter (2007); Andrucha Waddington, The House of Sand (2006); Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man (2005), Shane Carruth, Primer(2004) and Marc Decena, Dopamine (2003). Several past winners have also been awarded Jury Awards at the Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize for Primer, the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for Sleep Dealer and the Excellence in Cinematography Award for Obselidia.
Science in Film Forum Panel
The Science in Film Forum Panel takes place at Sundance Film Festival on January 22 at 2:30 p.m. Mt at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. Sloan Jurors Aronofsky, Burns, Dr. Fenton and Dr. Randall will engage in conversation with moderator Paula Apsell.
Juror and Panelist Bios
Paula Apsell
As Director of the Wgbh Science Unit and Senior Executive Producer of the PBS science series Nova, Paula Apsell has overseen the production of hundreds of acclaimed science documentaries, including such distinguished miniseries as The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene, Origins with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Making Stuff with David Pogue and the magazine spin-off Nova scienceNOW. Nova is the nation’s most watched science series, a top site on pbs.org, and recipient of every major broadcasting honor, including the Emmy®, the Peabody®, and the duPont-Columbia Gold Baton. Paula has won numerous individual awards and has served on many boards including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. She was recently journalist in residence at Uc Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Darren Aronofsky
Academy Award® Nominated Director Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His most recent film, Black Swan, won Natalie Portman the Academy Award® for Best Actress and received four other nominations, including Best Picture. The film received scores of other accolades, appeared on over 200 critical Top Ten lists, and swept the 2011 Independent Spirit Award with wins for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography. Prior to Black Swan, Darren directed The Wrestler. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it won the esteemed Golden Lion making it only the third American film in history to win this grand prize. He also directed The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, and Requiem for a Dream, which was named to over 150 Top Ten lists. Darren’s first feature, π, won the Director’s Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. He is currently at work on Noah, based on the biblical story of Noah’s ark. Among his honors, the American Film Institute gave Darren the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, the Stockholm Film Festival presented him the Golden Horse Visionary Award, and he has won three Independent Spirit Awards.
Scott Z. Burns
Scott Burns is screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote the original screenplay for Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon, penned the screen adaptation of Soderbergh's The Informant! and co-wrote the Academy Award® winning Bourne Ultimatum, directed by Paul Greengrass. He was a producer on An Inconvenient Truth, the Academy Award® winning documentary, for which he received the Humanitas Prize and the Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America. Scott recently completed production on Side Effects, a psychological thriller, slated for release in early 2013. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta Jones and Channing Tatum and is again directed by Steven Soderbergh with Scott writing and producing along with Greg Jacobs and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura. Currently, Scott is writing The Library, a stage play based on the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School with Steven Soderbergh directing and Kennedy/Marshall producing. The play is under development at the Public Theater in New York City. Scott began his career in advertising and was part of the creative team responsible for the original "Got Milk?" campaign. His advertising work has been recognized by the Clio Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival.
Dr. André Fenton
Dr. André Fenton, is a neuroscientist, biomedical engineer and entrepreneur working on three related problems: how brains store information in memory; how brains coordinate knowledge to selectively activate relevant information and suppress irrelevant information; and how to record electrical activity from brain cells in freely-moving subjects. André and colleagues identified PKMzeta as the first memory storage molecule, a discovery identified by Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s journal, as one of the ten most important breakthroughs in all the science reported in 2006. Recordings of electrical brain activity in André’s lab are elucidating the physiology of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. It was recently discovered that preemptive cognitive training during adolescence changes the brain sufficiently to prevent the adult brain dysfunction and cognitive impairments that arises from brain damage during early life in a schizophrenia-related animal model. André is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University’s Center for Neural Science. He founded Bio-Signal Group Corp., which is developing an inexpensive, miniature wireless Eeg system for functional brain monitoring of patients in emergency medicine applications and other clinical scenarios.
Dr. Lisa Randall
Dr. Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University where she is Frank J. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science. Her research connects theoretical insights addressing puzzles in our current understanding of the properties of matter, the universe, and space. Dr. Randall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees. Professor Randall was included in Time Magazine's “100 Most Influential People” of 2007, was among Esquire Magazine's “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," and was one of 40 people featured in “The Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary issue" in 2008. Dr. Randall's two books, Warped Passages (2005) and Knocking on Heaven’s Door (2011) were featured on the lists of New York Times 100 Most Influential Books. Her ebook, Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space, was published last summer.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a non-profit philanthropy that makes grants in science, technology and economic performance. This Sloan-Sundance partnership forms part of a broader national program by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to stimulate leading artists in film, television, and theater; to create more realistic and compelling stories about science and technology; and to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the popular imagination. Over the past decade, the Foundation has partnered with some of the top film schools in the country – including AFI, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Nyu, UCLA, and USC – and established annual awards in screenwriting and film production and an annual first-feature award for alumni. The Foundation has also started an annual Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival and initiated new screenwriting and film production workshops at the Hamptons and Tribeca Film Festival and with Film Independent. As more finished films emerge from this developmental pipeline—four features were completed this year, with half a dozen more on deck—the foundation has also partnered with the Coolidge Corner Theater and the Arthouse Convergence to screen science films in up to 40 theaters nationwide. The Foundation also has an active theater program and commissions over a dozen science plays each year from the Ensemble Studio Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwright Horizons.
The Sundance Film Festival®
A program of the non-profit Sundance Institute®, the Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most ground-breaking films of the past two decades, including sex, lies, and videotape, Maria Full of Grace, The Cove, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious, Trouble the Water, and Napoleon Dynamite, and through its New Frontier initiative, has showcased the cinematic works of media artists including Isaac Julien, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Matthew Barney. The 2013 Sundance Film Festival® sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors – Hp, Acura, Sundance Channel and Chase Sapphire PreferredSM; Leadership Sponsors – Directv, Entertainment Weekly, Focus Forward, a partnership between Ge and Cinelan, Southwest Airlines, Sprint and YouTube; Sustaining Sponsors – Adobe, Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., CÎRoc Ultra Premium Vodka, FilterForGood®, a partnership between Brita® and Nalgene®, Hilton HHonors and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Intel Corporation, L'Oréal Paris, Recycled Paper Greetings, Stella Artois® and Time Warner Inc. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations will defray costs associated with the 10-day Festival and the nonprofit Sundance Institute's year-round programs for independent film and theatre artists. www.sundance.org/festival.
Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a global, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to nurturing artistic expression in film and theater, and to supporting intercultural dialogue between artists and audiences. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to unite, inform and inspire, regardless of geo-political, social, religious or cultural differences. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival and its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
2013 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film initiative, a collaboration between Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the development and presentation of film projects that explore science and technology ideas, or depict scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in engaging new ways. Activities include the Science in Film Forum, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Sloan Commissioning Grant, and the Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Scientists, engineers, mathematicians are – like filmmakers - some of the most imaginative and adventurous thinkers of our time, and the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film initiative has fostered awareness of and engagement with these fascinating themes in independent film for the last 10 years.”
"We are thrilled to celebrate our tenth anniversary with Sundance, which has been such a great partner in our nationwide effort to encourage filmmakers to engage with science and technology themes and characters,” said Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “Anyone who looks at the incredible list of winning films, from Shane Carruth's Primer and Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man to Jake Scheirer’sRobot and Frank and Musa Syeed's Valley of Saints—or at the amazing screenplays that have been developed through the Sloan Fellowship at Sundance Institute Labs and the Sloan Commissioning Grant—will see that science and technology can reveal the human condition in ways previously unseen and undreamt of."
For more information about the Science in Film initiative, along with updated content, a complete list of supported filmmakers, trailers for completed films, and an interview with Jake Schreier (director, Robot and Frank, 2012 Sloan Prize Winner), visit www.sundance.org/science-in-film.
Feature Film Prize Jury
The Sloan Jury determines the recipient of the Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival which is presented to an outstanding Festival feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character. The Prize includes a $20,000 cash award by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Previous Alfred P. Sloan Prize Winners include: Jake Schreier and Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank, and Musa Syeed, Valley of Saints (2012); Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, Another Earth (2011); Diane Bell, Obselidia(2010); Max Mayer, Adam (2009); Alex Rivera, Sleep Dealer (2008); Shi-Zheng Chen, Dark Matter (2007); Andrucha Waddington, The House of Sand (2006); Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man (2005), Shane Carruth, Primer(2004) and Marc Decena, Dopamine (2003). Several past winners have also been awarded Jury Awards at the Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize for Primer, the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for Sleep Dealer and the Excellence in Cinematography Award for Obselidia.
Science in Film Forum Panel
The Science in Film Forum Panel takes place at Sundance Film Festival on January 22 at 2:30 p.m. Mt at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. Sloan Jurors Aronofsky, Burns, Dr. Fenton and Dr. Randall will engage in conversation with moderator Paula Apsell.
Juror and Panelist Bios
Paula Apsell
As Director of the Wgbh Science Unit and Senior Executive Producer of the PBS science series Nova, Paula Apsell has overseen the production of hundreds of acclaimed science documentaries, including such distinguished miniseries as The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene, Origins with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Making Stuff with David Pogue and the magazine spin-off Nova scienceNOW. Nova is the nation’s most watched science series, a top site on pbs.org, and recipient of every major broadcasting honor, including the Emmy®, the Peabody®, and the duPont-Columbia Gold Baton. Paula has won numerous individual awards and has served on many boards including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. She was recently journalist in residence at Uc Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Darren Aronofsky
Academy Award® Nominated Director Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His most recent film, Black Swan, won Natalie Portman the Academy Award® for Best Actress and received four other nominations, including Best Picture. The film received scores of other accolades, appeared on over 200 critical Top Ten lists, and swept the 2011 Independent Spirit Award with wins for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography. Prior to Black Swan, Darren directed The Wrestler. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it won the esteemed Golden Lion making it only the third American film in history to win this grand prize. He also directed The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, and Requiem for a Dream, which was named to over 150 Top Ten lists. Darren’s first feature, π, won the Director’s Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. He is currently at work on Noah, based on the biblical story of Noah’s ark. Among his honors, the American Film Institute gave Darren the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, the Stockholm Film Festival presented him the Golden Horse Visionary Award, and he has won three Independent Spirit Awards.
Scott Z. Burns
Scott Burns is screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote the original screenplay for Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon, penned the screen adaptation of Soderbergh's The Informant! and co-wrote the Academy Award® winning Bourne Ultimatum, directed by Paul Greengrass. He was a producer on An Inconvenient Truth, the Academy Award® winning documentary, for which he received the Humanitas Prize and the Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America. Scott recently completed production on Side Effects, a psychological thriller, slated for release in early 2013. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta Jones and Channing Tatum and is again directed by Steven Soderbergh with Scott writing and producing along with Greg Jacobs and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura. Currently, Scott is writing The Library, a stage play based on the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School with Steven Soderbergh directing and Kennedy/Marshall producing. The play is under development at the Public Theater in New York City. Scott began his career in advertising and was part of the creative team responsible for the original "Got Milk?" campaign. His advertising work has been recognized by the Clio Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival.
Dr. André Fenton
Dr. André Fenton, is a neuroscientist, biomedical engineer and entrepreneur working on three related problems: how brains store information in memory; how brains coordinate knowledge to selectively activate relevant information and suppress irrelevant information; and how to record electrical activity from brain cells in freely-moving subjects. André and colleagues identified PKMzeta as the first memory storage molecule, a discovery identified by Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s journal, as one of the ten most important breakthroughs in all the science reported in 2006. Recordings of electrical brain activity in André’s lab are elucidating the physiology of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. It was recently discovered that preemptive cognitive training during adolescence changes the brain sufficiently to prevent the adult brain dysfunction and cognitive impairments that arises from brain damage during early life in a schizophrenia-related animal model. André is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University’s Center for Neural Science. He founded Bio-Signal Group Corp., which is developing an inexpensive, miniature wireless Eeg system for functional brain monitoring of patients in emergency medicine applications and other clinical scenarios.
Dr. Lisa Randall
Dr. Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University where she is Frank J. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science. Her research connects theoretical insights addressing puzzles in our current understanding of the properties of matter, the universe, and space. Dr. Randall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees. Professor Randall was included in Time Magazine's “100 Most Influential People” of 2007, was among Esquire Magazine's “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," and was one of 40 people featured in “The Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary issue" in 2008. Dr. Randall's two books, Warped Passages (2005) and Knocking on Heaven’s Door (2011) were featured on the lists of New York Times 100 Most Influential Books. Her ebook, Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space, was published last summer.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a non-profit philanthropy that makes grants in science, technology and economic performance. This Sloan-Sundance partnership forms part of a broader national program by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to stimulate leading artists in film, television, and theater; to create more realistic and compelling stories about science and technology; and to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the popular imagination. Over the past decade, the Foundation has partnered with some of the top film schools in the country – including AFI, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Nyu, UCLA, and USC – and established annual awards in screenwriting and film production and an annual first-feature award for alumni. The Foundation has also started an annual Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival and initiated new screenwriting and film production workshops at the Hamptons and Tribeca Film Festival and with Film Independent. As more finished films emerge from this developmental pipeline—four features were completed this year, with half a dozen more on deck—the foundation has also partnered with the Coolidge Corner Theater and the Arthouse Convergence to screen science films in up to 40 theaters nationwide. The Foundation also has an active theater program and commissions over a dozen science plays each year from the Ensemble Studio Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwright Horizons.
The Sundance Film Festival®
A program of the non-profit Sundance Institute®, the Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most ground-breaking films of the past two decades, including sex, lies, and videotape, Maria Full of Grace, The Cove, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious, Trouble the Water, and Napoleon Dynamite, and through its New Frontier initiative, has showcased the cinematic works of media artists including Isaac Julien, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Matthew Barney. The 2013 Sundance Film Festival® sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors – Hp, Acura, Sundance Channel and Chase Sapphire PreferredSM; Leadership Sponsors – Directv, Entertainment Weekly, Focus Forward, a partnership between Ge and Cinelan, Southwest Airlines, Sprint and YouTube; Sustaining Sponsors – Adobe, Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., CÎRoc Ultra Premium Vodka, FilterForGood®, a partnership between Brita® and Nalgene®, Hilton HHonors and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Intel Corporation, L'Oréal Paris, Recycled Paper Greetings, Stella Artois® and Time Warner Inc. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations will defray costs associated with the 10-day Festival and the nonprofit Sundance Institute's year-round programs for independent film and theatre artists. www.sundance.org/festival.
Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a global, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to nurturing artistic expression in film and theater, and to supporting intercultural dialogue between artists and audiences. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to unite, inform and inspire, regardless of geo-political, social, religious or cultural differences. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival and its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
- 2/2/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Google Maps returned to Apple iOS on Thursday, giving those who want reliable directions that don't lead them into the Australian bush (looking at you, Apple Maps) reason to rejoice. The New York Times' David Pogue called the app, now the best-selling free app in the App Store, "free, fast and fantastic." Apple's Maps was a mess -- the shoddy performance misdirected users and provided poor public transportation routes. CEO Timothy Cook apologized for Maps and fired the executive in charge of it. Max Read at Gawker was elated. Said Pogue, who did admit...
- 12/13/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
The Nova Science Now special Can I Eat That? gives a scientific look at the cooking process. Host David Pogue visits America's Test Kitchen and various Ivy League schools to explore the science behind seemingly simple things like taste, digestion, and Thanksgiving stuffing.
The first segment looks at Thanksgiving chemistry and how to make the best food. The food scientists at America's Test Kitchen teach Pogue about using the Maillard reaction when cooking turkey, how to draw out the most flavor from onions, and the simple way to make yummy—not gummy—stuffing. Your concept of cooking will already be changed by the time this ten-minute segment is over.
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The first segment looks at Thanksgiving chemistry and how to make the best food. The food scientists at America's Test Kitchen teach Pogue about using the Maillard reaction when cooking turkey, how to draw out the most flavor from onions, and the simple way to make yummy—not gummy—stuffing. Your concept of cooking will already be changed by the time this ten-minute segment is over.
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- 12/10/2012
- by John Keith
- JustPressPlay.net
Microsoft's Surface tablet has garnered mixed early reviews in the technology press. Journalists working in the sector have generally praised the slate's hardware capabilities, but criticised its lack of software and weighty form factor. New York Times reviewer David Pogue summed up the general consensus, describing Surface as a "brilliantly conceived machine whose hardware will take your breath away - but whose software will take away your patience". He went on to compare it to "a stunning mansion on a bluff overlooking the sea - in Somalia". In one of the more positive assessments, Wired's Matthew Honan called the device "one of the most exciting pieces of hardware I've ever used," adding that it is "extremely well-designed; meticulous even". Honan also praised Surface's £109.99 Type Cover add-on, (more)...
- 10/24/2012
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
This had to hurt. Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged this morning that his company’s Maps product — which replaced Google Maps in the new iPhone 5 and iOS 6 operating system — “fell short” of his company’s standards. “We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better,” he said in a public letter. Cook’s mea culpa follows widespread reports across the Internet from people who became lost after relying on the Apple app for travel directions. For example, New York Times writer David Pogue wrote this week that he used his iPhone to reach a speaking engagement, but “When the app told me that I had arrived, I was sitting in a random suburban cul-de-sac.” Cook says that “The more our customers use our Maps the better it will get.” But he added that, in the meantime,...
- 9/28/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Eyeglass cameras have been around for years… but, hey, this short film is made up entirely of footage not from just any old eyeglass camera. We’re talking about Google Glass! Here, Diane Von Furstenberg and her models take you through their New York fashion week. Some of this footage looks quite nice.
At the New York Times, David Pogue discusses his try-out of Google Glass. He’s got a lot of details in his piece, but here’s how he concludes:
But already, a few things are clear. The speed and power, the tiny size and weight, the clarity and effectiveness of the audio and video, are beyond anything I could have imagined. The company is expending a lot of effort on design — hardware and software — which is absolutely the right approach for something as personal as a wearable gadget. And even in this early prototype, you already sense...
At the New York Times, David Pogue discusses his try-out of Google Glass. He’s got a lot of details in his piece, but here’s how he concludes:
But already, a few things are clear. The speed and power, the tiny size and weight, the clarity and effectiveness of the audio and video, are beyond anything I could have imagined. The company is expending a lot of effort on design — hardware and software — which is absolutely the right approach for something as personal as a wearable gadget. And even in this early prototype, you already sense...
- 9/13/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
When it comes to piracy, Hollywood is on the attack. It's a tricky topic to discuss and one that the MPAA has the loudest voice in. An excellent post that I came across today by tech writer David Pogue takes another stab at piracy and this time goes after the studios themselves. Pogue has written a column for Scientific American titled "How Hollywood Is Encouraging Online Piracy". He succinctly, in about 600 words, pretty much nails the big issue with the movie industry right now that is keeping piracy as rampant as it is. For the sake of discussion, I thought it worth mentioning his column, and highlighting a few of his quotes. Nothing compares to simply reading the full article itself, since it's a fairly quick read and gets right to the point. Here's where Pogue really gets at Hollywood and what they're doing blatantly wrong. Worth hearing: "Yet perhaps...
- 8/21/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Watch: Movie Trailer Marriage Proposal, 'Frankenweenie' IMAX Rules and 'Hunger Games' Honest Trailer
Welcome to Morning Watch, our daily roundup of funny/interesting/bizarre/creative/informative videos for you to start your day with. Looking to get in on the whole marriage proposal by way of fake movie trailer trend, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue created this well-produced fake rom-com trailer based on his own relationship and used it to surprise his girlfriend with a marriage proposal. Cue: awwwwww. Here's a quirky promo for Tim Burton's upcoming Frankenweenie that urges IMAX viewers to respect those around them by not talking, texting or attempting to bring their household pets back to life during the film. Okay, we added that last one in, but it was pretty much a given anyway, right? Finally, an honest trailer for The Hunger Games that compares...
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- 8/20/2012
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
By Allen Gardner
The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...
The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...
- 7/9/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
PBS is playing to its strengths — British dramas, Ken Burns documentaries and plenty of political insight — with its just-announced fall schedule. As is custom with the public broadcaster, the emphasis is on Sunday night programming. With the success of Season 2 of Downton Abbey still fresh, PBS will air the UK hit miniseries Call The Midwife, debuting Sunday, September 30. Following Call The Midwife for most of the run is Season 2 of the new Upstairs Downstairs, airing Sundays Oct. 7 to Nov. 11. The latest documentary from Ken Burns, The Dust Bowl, airs Sunday November 18 and Monday November 19. In addition, PBS will repeat its well-received American Masters documentary on Dust Bowl folk hero Woody Guthrie on Thursday, November 16. With the political season heating up, PBS is ramping up its election coverage, once again airing “The Choice,” a politics-focused edition of the long-running Frontline on Tuesday, October 9. The public broadcaster will also air three Presidential...
- 5/15/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Filed under: TV Replay
Over the past few years, Kelly Ripa was often Regis Philbin's voice of reason, reeling in the old cad when he went too far off the deep end. But now that he's gone, Ripa's letting it all hang out. In a 'Live! With Kelly' (weekdays, syndicated on ABC) segment spotlighting some wacky Thanksgiving gadgets, Ripa donned a red-wine-filled bra and joked about a possible alternate use for a Robo-Stirrer.
As resident technology expert David Pogue introduced the Robo-Stirrer, which can robotically stir a pot as it simmers. "Once you take off the soup, it makes a "darn fine back-massager," he said, to which Kelly jokingly replied, "Allright ladies, well I think we all know what's that code for." Pogue was horrified, yelling out, "Oh my god!" and even Jerry Seinfeld seemed taken aback. All the comedian could muster was, "That's the first time someone in Manhattan has said 'darn fine,...
Over the past few years, Kelly Ripa was often Regis Philbin's voice of reason, reeling in the old cad when he went too far off the deep end. But now that he's gone, Ripa's letting it all hang out. In a 'Live! With Kelly' (weekdays, syndicated on ABC) segment spotlighting some wacky Thanksgiving gadgets, Ripa donned a red-wine-filled bra and joked about a possible alternate use for a Robo-Stirrer.
As resident technology expert David Pogue introduced the Robo-Stirrer, which can robotically stir a pot as it simmers. "Once you take off the soup, it makes a "darn fine back-massager," he said, to which Kelly jokingly replied, "Allright ladies, well I think we all know what's that code for." Pogue was horrified, yelling out, "Oh my god!" and even Jerry Seinfeld seemed taken aback. All the comedian could muster was, "That's the first time someone in Manhattan has said 'darn fine,...
- 11/23/2011
- by Alex Moaba
- Aol TV.
It has only been about one week since Apple released Final Cut Pro X, but the response has been fast and furious [1]: many professional editors have found it totally inadequate for their needs, and some surmise it will never become the industry standard that Final Cut 7 was, regardless of how many updates it receives. Apple has finally issued an official response in the form of a Faq page. But does it sufficiently address the concerns of industry professionals? As with most PR-speak, Apple's statement [2] does not really acknowledge any of the withering criticism that the product has received. It begins by establishing that Final Cut Pro X "has impressed many pro editors, and it has also generated a lot of discussion in the pro video community." Indeed! The company then answers questions in different categories, such as "Import," "Editing," "Media Management," "Export" and "Purchase" (i.e. the licensing system...
- 6/29/2011
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
I've been closely following the recent release of Final Cut Pro X, and I'm sure many of you have been as well. I have never edited any video professionally, but having recently purchased some DSLRs with solid HD video capabilities, I was excited that Apple would be releasing a new version of Final Cut Pro that not only simplified and expedited the video editing process, but also only cost $300 in the Mac App Store. However, the recent critical firestorm surrounding the release of Final Cut Pro X has given even me pause about clicking that "Buy" button. Hit the jump for more details and to share your thoughts on Final Cut Pro X. Professional video editors all over the web have been howling about how the new software resembles and functions more like an "iMovie Pro" than a "Final Cut Pro." For example, Walter Biscardi over at Creative Cow [1] writes:...
- 6/24/2011
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
New York Times personal technology writer David Pogue and his wife were charged with disorderly conduct following a domestic dispute that "turned physical" this week, police in Westport, Connecticut said. But that's not the weird part. Pogue, who "happened to be speaking Thursday at a conference to benefit a charity dedicated to domestic violence victims," referenced the incident while talking to local reporters after the speech. Via the Westport News: Unaware that news about the charges had been posted by the Westport News and picked up by national media outlets such as the Huffington...
- 5/19/2011
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
As her presidential poll numbers shrink, her Fox ratings and her media profile are waning. In this week's Newsweek, Howard Kurtz looks at whether the Palin phenomenon is dying, or just on hiatus. Plus: Join Howard Kurtz for a live chat 5/5 at noon Et to discuss the end of the Sarah Palin phenomenon.
There was a sense of celebration in the air when Fox News struck a $3 million deal with Sarah Palin, beating out a slew of networks, syndicators, and even Hollywood studios for the services of the hottest phenomenon on the political landscape. But 16 months after network chief Roger Ailes closed the deal in a meeting with Palin and her husband, Todd, the excitement has cooled. Palin's regular appearances as a commentator no longer move the ratings needle without a promotional push. Palin was supposed to host prime-time specials dubbed Real American Stories, but Fox insiders tell me the idea was shelved early on.
There was a sense of celebration in the air when Fox News struck a $3 million deal with Sarah Palin, beating out a slew of networks, syndicators, and even Hollywood studios for the services of the hottest phenomenon on the political landscape. But 16 months after network chief Roger Ailes closed the deal in a meeting with Palin and her husband, Todd, the excitement has cooled. Palin's regular appearances as a commentator no longer move the ratings needle without a promotional push. Palin was supposed to host prime-time specials dubbed Real American Stories, but Fox insiders tell me the idea was shelved early on.
- 5/1/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
The 15th Annual Webby Awards unleashed its massive list of nominees today, with 130 nominees in the Online Film and Video section alone. "If the Web 2.0 revolution has shown us anything, it's that the Internet is a proven star-making invention," reads the Webbys website. Indeed, Best Web Personality category noms came from outside Hollywood: YouTube and web star Justine Ezarik for iJustine, New York Times technology columnist and CBS News correspondent David Pogue, Between Two Fern's Zach Galafianakis, Great Depression Cooking's Clara Cannucciari, and Egyptian-American filmmaker Rahab Elewaly. For Best Individual Performance however, nominees included more traditional Hollwood names: Lisa Kudrow for Web Therapy (Lexus), Ralph Macchio for Wax on F*ck Off (Funny Or Die), Isabella Rossellini for Green Porno (Sundance), Cheri Oteri for Liza Life Coach (AMCtv.com), and Jim Carrey for Funny Or Die's Presidential Reunion. The Best Drama category saw nominations primarily from independent series: Out With Dad,...
- 4/12/2011
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Apple's new iPad is here! In all 236 Apple retail stores in the U.S. and a host of other venues, starting tomorrow, March 11th, at 5 p.m. local time. Timed to coincide with the news, Apple's press embargo has lifted, revealing a long list of extensive reviews from people who've had an extended period to play with the new tablet. We didn't. But we did use some of these reviews to produce the wordcloud you can see above to work out what the reviewers thought about the new device.
On the whole the reviewers (David Pogue in the New York Times, The Daily's Peter Ha, Walt Mossburg, MacWorld's Jason Snell, Engadget's Josh Topolsky and Daring Fireball's John Gruber) were positive. But the take-away word from this wordcloud is obvious: Original.
These guy's aren't talking about the iPad 2's uniqueness, they're talking about the original iPad.
Forget about the fact everyone...
On the whole the reviewers (David Pogue in the New York Times, The Daily's Peter Ha, Walt Mossburg, MacWorld's Jason Snell, Engadget's Josh Topolsky and Daring Fireball's John Gruber) were positive. But the take-away word from this wordcloud is obvious: Original.
These guy's aren't talking about the iPad 2's uniqueness, they're talking about the original iPad.
Forget about the fact everyone...
- 3/10/2011
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
I apologize for making light of the whole "Snowpacalypse 2: The Snowmageddoning" yesterday because I would never want any of you to think I'm making light of your suffering. To convey just how seriously I am taking the situation, I will not further antagonize you by letting you know just how warm it is here in Miami. Frankly, if you want to torture yourself that way the information is readily available online for anyone who wishes to seek it out. Just try not to check now. Here's your Thursday night TV:
8:00pm: "American Idol" on Fox
"The Big Bang Theory" on CBS
"Community" on NBC
"The Vampire Diaries" on The CW
"Wipeout: Winter Wipeout" on ABC
8:30pm: "Bleep My Dad
"Perfect Couples" on NBC. Anyone actually watched this yet? I haven't seen a shred of promotion for it which is totally bizarre for NBC.
9:00pm: "Bones" on...
8:00pm: "American Idol" on Fox
"The Big Bang Theory" on CBS
"Community" on NBC
"The Vampire Diaries" on The CW
"Wipeout: Winter Wipeout" on ABC
8:30pm: "Bleep My Dad
"Perfect Couples" on NBC. Anyone actually watched this yet? I haven't seen a shred of promotion for it which is totally bizarre for NBC.
9:00pm: "Bones" on...
- 2/3/2011
- by Intern Rusty
The Apple rumors are beginning to swirl thick and fast, which usually prefaces a launch--even if the rumors aren't always an accurate predictor of the actual event.
iPad 2 screen
Earlier this week the guys at 9to5Mac.com scored a scoop when they landed access to what may be the iPad 2's LCD screen, via a device repair service that acquires parts from China. It reveals that the iPad 2's screen is exactly the same size--9.7 inches of viewable area--but that the bezel of the unit has been shrunk slightly, probably thanks to technological advances. It's also lighter and thinner (by around a millimeter) than the current iPad screen, all of which would allow the iPad to to be thinner, with a smaller bezel and a less deeply curved back, exactly as the many rumors about iPad 2's shape have suggested.
No word yet on whether the screen is exactly...
iPad 2 screen
Earlier this week the guys at 9to5Mac.com scored a scoop when they landed access to what may be the iPad 2's LCD screen, via a device repair service that acquires parts from China. It reveals that the iPad 2's screen is exactly the same size--9.7 inches of viewable area--but that the bezel of the unit has been shrunk slightly, probably thanks to technological advances. It's also lighter and thinner (by around a millimeter) than the current iPad screen, all of which would allow the iPad to to be thinner, with a smaller bezel and a less deeply curved back, exactly as the many rumors about iPad 2's shape have suggested.
No word yet on whether the screen is exactly...
- 2/3/2011
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
1. Skype video calling for the iPhone is here. It's a big deal, with Skype challenging Apple's FaceTime system with one that many millions more people can use (unless they live in China), and it runs over 3G--a reinvention of the 3G video calling that Europe's had for some time. Skype celebrated with a promo video, a crazy, odd, possibly inspirational reinvention of Budweiser's wasssuuuup classic. Check it out below.
2. Leaked video has surfaced of a make-over for the Android Music App--a key element in the battle with Apple for the hearts and minds of smartphone buyers (who'll likely give up using their iPod when they get an Android or iPhone). It's slicker, more colorful, with neat animations that may make iPhone users envious. It could even hint at designs Google has in mind for its upcoming music selling service.
3. The smart grid is imminent, and as well as boosting service...
2. Leaked video has surfaced of a make-over for the Android Music App--a key element in the battle with Apple for the hearts and minds of smartphone buyers (who'll likely give up using their iPod when they get an Android or iPhone). It's slicker, more colorful, with neat animations that may make iPhone users envious. It could even hint at designs Google has in mind for its upcoming music selling service.
3. The smart grid is imminent, and as well as boosting service...
- 12/30/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
Your daily round up of what's hot in innovation land.
While recycling becomes de rigeur in royal circles, innovation has already picked out a gift for the happy couple--and it's not this. We're in an age of austerity, you know.
1. Google Voice is coming to the iPhone--if you're in the U.S., that is. David Pogue points out the improvement to the original app, which was rejected in its original form by the App Store earlier this year. Anyway, the benefits are this: one number for all your devices, cheaper international calls, free text messages, and voicemail transcription.
2. John Doerr, the biggest brain of the Vc world, has been talking about his work. And Zynga, he tells Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat, is the best investment ever for for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. It wins on three counts: profitability, growth, and has the happiest customers. Doerr also says he regrets not investing in Twitter.
While recycling becomes de rigeur in royal circles, innovation has already picked out a gift for the happy couple--and it's not this. We're in an age of austerity, you know.
1. Google Voice is coming to the iPhone--if you're in the U.S., that is. David Pogue points out the improvement to the original app, which was rejected in its original form by the App Store earlier this year. Anyway, the benefits are this: one number for all your devices, cheaper international calls, free text messages, and voicemail transcription.
2. John Doerr, the biggest brain of the Vc world, has been talking about his work. And Zynga, he tells Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat, is the best investment ever for for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. It wins on three counts: profitability, growth, and has the happiest customers. Doerr also says he regrets not investing in Twitter.
- 11/17/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
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