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Audiences, and Hollywood, flock to smartphones
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Enlarge textIt might be hard to imagine watching “The Office” on a screen no bigger than a business card. But hundreds of thousands of people — by the most conservative estimate — are already doing just that.
topShoppers who can’t have secrets
It's called behavioral tracking.
Amazon cuts prices in tiff with Penguin
In the latest round of the book pricing wars, Amazon.com has begun selling a number of new hardcover books published this month by Penguin for only $9.99 amid a dispute between the two companies over electronic books.
Beware of ad creeps on the golf course
It's not news that sporting events have become increasingly branded over the years.
In Shanghai, bootleg goods are moved to secret rooms
A few weeks ago, government inspectors fanned out across the city and ordered shops selling pirated music and movies to stash away their illegal goods during the expo, a six-month extravaganza that opens this month.
Bungie has 10-year plan for secret new game series
It’s hard to plan very far in advance in the videogame industry, but the house that Halo built knows what it’s doing for the next decade: Working on a secret new game franchise with Activision Blizzard.
Television dramas that rely on forensic science to solve crimes are affecting the administration of justice.
For once, Hollywood is right to oppose innovation to allow trading of contracts based on films’ box-office takings.
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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.
Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.
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