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How Storify And Pinterest Are Cultivating The Wild Web, And Why Social Media Will Civilize The Internet

February 23, 2012Erik Kain

The buzz these days in the tech universe has been all Pinterest all the time, and with good reason. Pinterest gives people the ability to curate photos on various online pinboards easily and quickly, and to follow pinboards curated by others. Instead of asking users to set up their own account from scratch, Pinterest users […]

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App Store, byline=E.D. Kain, Facebook, Facebook comments, Google, LA Times, new media, Pinterest, Robert Scoble, Social Media, social web, Storify, Tech, Twitter, YouTube

What A Crowdsourced Bike Looks Like

February 22, 2012Erik Kain

Jess Zimmerman explains: This combination bike and scooter is nominally the work of fancypants designer Philippe Starck, but that’s partly because “everyone in Bordeaux, France” doesn’t have as much label cachet. (More than “everyone in Normal, Illinois” or something, but still.) Before Starck got his hands on the brief for the bike, which will be […]

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Bicycle sharing system, Bordeaux, byline=E.D. Kain, Facebook, Forbes, Peugeot, Philippe Starck, Public transport, Style & Design, Tech, Twitter

Why Microsoft Should Have Crowdsourced Their New Windows 8 Logo

February 22, 2012Erik Kain

The new Windows 8 logo has been surprisingly controversial. My own take on the new logo is here. Basically I said that it’s a pretty disappointing redesign – a washed-out attempt at elegant simplicity. 99designs.com has a contest up for enterprising designers who want to take a crack at the logo themselves. Here’s one I […]

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byline=E.D. Kain, Crowdsourcing, Design, Facebook, Forbes, Logo, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Social Media, Tech, Twitter, Windows 8, Windows 8 Logo

The Future Of Touchscreen Technology

February 19, 2012Erik Kain

The thing I enjoy about the above concept video is that none of it is really that far-fetched. In fact, some of the innovations predicted in the above video are already coming true. That’s not surprising, given the video is a couple years old already. The concept is the product of TAT’s open innovation project. […]

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Astonishing Tribe, BlackBerry, byline=E.D. Kain, Capacitive sensing, Facebook, Forbes, Gear, Mobile, Research In Motion, RIM, Somatosensory system, TAT, Tech, Touchscreen, Twitter

Hilarious ‘Facebook Parenting’ Spoof

February 17, 2012Erik Kain

This is why I love the internet. Sure, the original sparked a lot of controversy and armchair parenting advice. But now we can forget all about that and pay attention to more important and hilarious things. This is the inevitable arms race that we get when we start shooting one another’s gadgets, I suppose. Violence […]

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‘The Colbert Report’ Suspended Temporarily, No Reasons Given (Update: Colbert Cancels Taping Possibly Due To Ailing Mother)

February 16, 2012Erik Kain

Updated Below What’s happening at Comedy Central? Stephen Colbert’s popular mock-talk-show The Colbert Report has abruptly cancelled taping of this weeks episodes. No reason for the cancellations has been given. A spokesman for the subsidiary has said that “due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 16.” […]

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Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Colbert, Colbert Report, Colbert's mother ailing, Comedy Central, John McCain, Lifestyle, POLITICO, Republicans, Stephen Colbert, Twitter, Viacom

Video Of Dad Shooting Daughter’s Laptop Goes Viral – But Is It Child Abuse?

February 14, 2012Erik Kain

The above video – as of this writing – has had over 22 million views. In it, a father gives a lengthy monologue in response to a snotty Facebook post his daughter left about him and her mother. Sitting alone on a chair in the middle of a field, he tapes his own response. He […]

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Kodak Ceases Digital Camera Production

February 9, 2012Erik Kain

The iconic film manufacturer is ceasing production of its digital cameras and other digital products. More bad news from Eastman Kodak. The company announced today that it is phasing out production of digital cameras. Also making the cut are its pocket video cameras and digital picture frames. Going forward, the company plans to license its logo […]

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Business, byline=E.D. Kain, Company, Digital camera, Eastman Kodak, Facebook, Forbes, Kodak, Tech, Twitter, Video camera

Is Crowdsourcing The Future Of Film?

February 8, 2012Erik Kain

Filmmakers for the indie science fiction film Iron Sky utilized crowdsourcing to create and fund the picture. Alex Knapp captions the above trailer for the yet-to-be-released film Iron Sky: What makes Iron Sky particularly cool, in my opinion, is that despite its goofy, B-movie premise, the production values look to be top notch. And tons of […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Berlin, byline=E.D. Kain, Crowdsourcing, Facebook, Film, Forbes, Iron Sky, Lifestyle, Nazi, Nazism, Social Media, Tech, Twitter, Video

Adventures In Pinterest: Images From ‘The Hobbit’

February 8, 2012Erik Kain

Once again, Pinterest lets me geek out, this time on Hobbit stills:     Of course, other images using the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit have been swirling around various social networks. Like this one – a personal favorite: You know Gandalf has gone mainstream when you see stuff like this. Fantasy may […]

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