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Financial Times unveils ‘smart but casual’ FT Weekend magazine
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The Financial Times has announces the launch of a new-look, larger format FT Weekend Magazine on 2 October. It will feature a glittering line-up of writers led by FT Weekend editor Caroline Daniel and magazine editor Sue Matthias.
Leading the launch issue will be Simon Schama’s profile of the UK’s first Conservative Prime Minister for...
Smartphones divulging private info to advertisers
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Washington : A research has found that publicly available cell-phone applications are releasing customers’ personal information to online advertisers.
Researchers from Intel Labs, Penn State and Duke Universities have developed a realtime monitoring service called TaintDroid that precisely analyses how private information is obtained...
Hollywood director Arthur Penn dies
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Los Angeles : Arthur Penn, the legendary director best known for directing “Bonnie and Clyde” in 1967 has died at the age of 88, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Penn died Tuesday night at his New York home, his daughter Molly told the paper.
Penn’s work is credited with ushering in a new American film aesthetic,...
Ford to receive Kirk Douglas Award
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London : Actor Harrison Ford is to be honoured with Santa Barbara International Films Festival’s 2010 Kirk Douglas Award for excellence in cinema.
Hollywood movie icon Kirk Douglas will present the award to Ford on Nov 19 at the cermony in Santa Barbara, California, reports contactmusic.com.
“I’m delighted to give this...
Gannett ,NYT and The Washington Post to invest in Ongo Inc
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Cupertino : Ongo Inc., a start-up company soon to launch a consumer service for reading and sharing digital news and information from multiple publishers, has announced it has received a $12 million initial round of financing from Gannett Company, Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) and The Washington Post Company (NYSE:...
Parenting & Family Channel bag top 2010 Mom’s Choice Awards
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New York : About.com has announced that its Parenting & Family Channel has received the silver award in the category of online resources and named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services for the 2010 Mom’s Choice Awards competition.
The Mom’s Choice Awards (MCA) program recognizes authors, inventors,...
The future of augmented reality
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Munich : metaio GmbH, the leading expert on Augmented Reality (AR), held a conference in Munich, called “insideAR”, with focus on current practical applications in marketing and industry as well as on the future of this exciting field, which is being identified by many analysts as one of the most disruptive technologies of the...
The Washington Post ,Yahoo! launch Daily Original Video Series
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Washington : The Washington Post and Yahoo! News have launched “The Fast Fix,” a daily original video series featuring political news and analysis in about 60 seconds, featuring Chris Cillizza, managing editor of PostPolitics.com and author of “The Fix.” The series is available at both washingtonpost.com and Yahoo!...
Yahoo! , Ad council announce Contest to Reward Most Creative Digital PSA Campaign
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Sunnyvale :Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and the Ad Council has announced the launch of the 2010 “Create for a Cause” contest to recognize the best in digital advertising for public service campaigns.
The winning campaign, selected by a panel of digital advertising leaders, will appear on Yahoo!’s sign-in page, the entry to many...
CWG stadium sting dishonest: ABC
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New Delhi: Popular Australian TV channel ABC says the sting operation by Channel Seven on an alleged security lapse at the Commonwealth Games main venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was “ridiculous and dishonest”, but the latter has threatened to sue.
ABC’s Media Watch Monday night highlighted loopholes in Seven News reporter...