Vivian Girls Offer Pre-Order Download in Wake of Album Leak
In the wake of their upcoming record, Share The Joy, recently getting leaked, lo-fi rockers Vivian Girls have responded by offering a digital download of the album for anyone who pre-orders the April 12 release.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsApple Hopes to Sell High-Fidelity Digital Music
In an attempt to further improve its online music sales, Apple and other online retailers have reportedly been in talks with record labels about changing the quality of audio files sold to consumers purchasing digital music. According to CNN, Apple is working to improve audio quality of song files sold in their online store. In doing this, digital music retailers will be able to provide song downloads with higher-fidelity sound to consumers.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsOur Favorite Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson
We’re not exactly sure where felines fall on Ron Swanson’s Pyramid of Greatness. After all, cats can’t resist fish, while Ron hunts it “for sport only. Fish meat is practically a vegetable.”... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesAmazon Unveils Free Streaming Video for Prime Members
Today, Amazon.com announced that it will offer “unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of 5,000 movies and TV shows” to Amazon Prime members.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOur Favorite #AwfulSupergroups So Far
Last night, Tweeters worldwide started combining musical groups with uncomplimentary styles to form #awkwardsupergroups. What happens with jazz-rockers join forces with an electro-pop artist? Steely Dan Deacon, of course. Put a blues-rocker next to some post-rockers and get Jon Spencer Blues Explosions in the Sky. Swedish folk guitarist and a popular ’70s funk group? The Tallest Man On Earth, Wind and Fire. You get the idea.... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesRedbox to Offer Digital Service
Coinstar Inc.’s Redbox, the ubiquitous movie-rental kiosk, will begin offering an internet-streaming service to rival Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsOur Favorite #WatsonsNextChallenge Tweets So Far
IBM artificial-intelligence program Watson successfully accomplished its objective this week by defeating Jeopardy! legends Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Watson, who possesses a baffling 15-trillion byte memory filled with category upon category of Jeopardy! knowledge, clearly have plenty of space in his databank take on some more challenges. Maybe Watson could prevent all future accidents on the set of Spiderman: Turn of the Dark or partner with AWESOM-O 3000 to write scripts for the next 10 Adam Sandler movies? Plenty of folks on Twitter have suggested challenges for the robot, and you can see some of our favorites in the... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesRahm Emanuel Calls Out Twitter Impostor With Charitable Offer
Former White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel has an alter-ego that has been doing quite a bit of tweeting lately. Shortly after Emanuel left the position at the oval office, the Twitter handle @MayorEmanuel was created. Stating what the rest of the world already knew as wildly obvious, Emanuel said the person doing all the tweeting is not him.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsCriterion Collection Comes to Hulu Plus
If there wasn’t already a reason to sign up for Hulu Plus, there most certainly is now. The Criterion Collection has recently uploaded some 150 of the important classic and contemporary films in their catalog to the streaming video site.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsApple Reveals Subscription Service for Apps
Apple has revealed plans for a subscription service for apps. “All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app,” Steve Jobs said in a statement, "so that customers can easily subscribe with one-click right in the app.”... read more
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