The Visual Effects Society has chosen Douglas Trumbull filmmaker, innovator and entrepreneur as the recipient of the 2012 Georges Mlis Award, which honors those who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the art or science of visual effects.
Mobile local search and advertising company Poynt Corp. is celebrating today, because the Poynt app it launched in June 2008 reached the 10 million unique users milestone. Increasing penetration of smartphones has helped grow the Canadian company, which is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. .
Goodbye, Qwikster. In a U-turn fast enough to burn rubber, Netflix Inc. has killed off its plan to divide streaming from physical DVD rentals. Both arms of Netflix will now continue to share a unified website and remain a single destination for all of its subscribers.
Jay Frank, author of the book FutureHit.DNA and former music executive at CMT and Yahoo! Music, today announced his new music company DigSin. The concept of the company is that fans sign up for a free subscription, and artists sign with DigSin for individual songs instead of for their entire musical output.
The National Football League bans players, coaches and other team personnel from using social media during a several hour window around every game, but that doesnt protect the players from themselves the rest of the time. Two that come to mind are Rashard Mendenhall (Pittsburgh Steelers) sharing, um, his unique perspective on Osama bin Laden, and Larry Johnson (ex-Kansas City Chiefs) insulting the coach, gay people and a fan.
Flowd, the social network designed for music lovers, today officially launched in the U.S. and announced a deal with Digital Mind States CEO Mike Johns to help drive its success. Flowds free service enables musicians to engage directly with their fans by building a customized community on its mobile platform.
We here at Digital Media Wire can’t say it any better than Apple did: “Apple has lost a visionary genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.”.
Univision Communications and Hulu announced today an agreement that will bring many of Univisions Spanish-language novelas, variety shows, comedies and reality series to Hulu and Hulu Plus. This multi-year deal marks the first time Univisions most popular content has been available online.
Apple announced details, features and availability of the iPhone 4S, the iCloud, the voice-activated digital assistant Siri today, and the new iOS 5 mobile operating system, about five minutes before rumors about the iPhone 5 started to circulate. The new addition to the iPhone family goes on sale Oct. 12. .
Mobeam, a Cupertino-based developer of communications technology that allows mobile phones to interact with laser scanners at retail checkouts, said on Monday it has raised $4.9 million in its first round of funding. Participants included yet2Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Mitsui, as well as other independent investors. The company said it will use the proceeds to accelerate business development efforts with major consumer and retail brands.