Scientists have shown that animals such as dogs and birds not only have the capacity for language, but also for creating complicated social alliances. Midmorning examines the formerly unknown potential of the animal psyche.
Nickelodeon seems to have figured out the right balance of online-network TV integration with its hugely popular show and website iCarly , which now accounts for 18% of the kid network's internet traffic, according to internal figures. The show and
We have discussed e-paper before and how this fast growing technology is challenging the paper industry. While many of the applications thus far have been for printed text, Cscout points us to China-based Chocolate Agency who has created a concept
Writing in the Guardian's Book blog, the author Meg Rosoff complains that Microsoft's gone through its dictionary and thesaurus has been eradicated every decent English word in there. About her MS Word software, she says: The damnable thing has a
Thank you to everyone who made it last Thursday - including the speakers and the purple t-shirted volunteers. It was a great event and thank you all for being part of it. PSFK's David Pinter took some great photos -
Sundance Channel's THE GREEN returns for a second season tonight at 9:00 pm with 13 new episodes of the EMA award-winning original eco-series "Big Ideas for a Small Planet," new documentaries and new episodes of the interstitial series "Eco-Biz"™ and
Tech blog Engadget reports that they've been approached my Deutsche Telekom, owners of the T-Mobile brand, and asked them to stop using magenta in the logo of their telecom off-shoot 'Engadget Mobile. They've published the letter and this handy chart
Writing in the books blog for the Guardian, Giles Foden wonders where all the literary salons have gone. He says the clubs that were set up to support culture such as the Groucho Club and Soho House in London are
Long Beach-based Obagi Medical Products, a provider of skin health products for the dermatology market, said this week that the firm's CFO, Stephen A. Garcia, is resigning. According to the firm, Garcia will leave the firm July 15th. No reason
Burbank-based Disney-ABC Television Group announced this morning that it has signed a content licensing agreement with Emeryville-based MobiTV, to provide the Disney Channel to MobiTV service subscribers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MobiTV will offer the same
Irvine-based ORYXE Energy, a venture-backed firm developing biodiesel additives, said Tuesday that the firm has received an approval from the state of Texas. ORYXE explained that the approval--the second from the state--allows the firm's additives to be used in the
Los Angeles-based World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), a venture backed firm providing sports programming and live event coverage, said Monday that the firm will webcast the 112th Boston Marathon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to WCSN, the
Aliso Viejo-based YouMail, a provider of a third party, enhanced voice mail service, said today that it has added new voice mail transcription to its services. The firm said that users can now sign up for a beta of a
San Diego-based Alure Medical has raised $4.5M in a Series A investment, the firm said today, for its minimally-invasive, soft tissue lift devices and delivery systems. The company's medical devices are used for platic surgery. Investors in the firm included
Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies, a provider of embedded software for the communications market, said this morning that it has added support for Google's open source Android platform. According to D2 Technologies, its mCUE client for mobile devices and handsets now
Los Angeles-based Juice Wireless, which develops a mobile social networking application called JuiceCaster, has scored a win with Indian mobile services firm Tata Teleservices. Tata Teleservices said this morning that it will be launching JuiceCaster in India to all of
Some 300 computing students from around the world will gather in Alberta, Canada, next week to test their skills in the International Collegiate Programming Contest.
