Independent publishing in San Francisco suffers blow
One thing that becomes readily apparent is that theater, arts, culture coverage is one of the most difficult (possibly eternally impossible?) beats to achieve return…
Clinton Stark
Filmmaker and editor at Stark Insider, covering arts, AI & tech, and indie film. Inspired by Bergman, slow cinema and Chipotle. Often found behind the camera or in the edit bay. Peloton: ClintTheMint.
Hands-on Amazon Cloud Drive
A 25MB install, the app is an attempt to catch the likes of Dropbox, Microsoft's SkyDrive, and Google's Drive by integrating your computer's file system…
Apple to acquire Pinterest?
The business model is ripe for the plucking. Think Groupon circa 2009, before that became an explosive category with over 500 copy-cats worldwide.
Napa to take on China for longest…
Believe it or not, the aforementioned record must be executed with participants sans clothes. Yes, they must be nude.
Android Powerhouse: Samsung Galaxy S3 launch imminent (press image?)
With the announcement, Samsung could be in a position to take market-share ahead of the iPhone 5 which should bow this fall.
Bonny Doon does wine labels right
It may shock you out of your Birkenstocks to discover that the revered hippie cult Wine Messiah himself, Randall Graham, would go against the grain…
Android News: Ubuntu factor, awaiting Google/Oracle verdict, Android gains share
Smoking gun? By my knowledge none were found. Sexual scandals? None. Bribes and extortion? Probably not. So the trial lacked Casey Anthony sizzle, but it…
BlackBerry 10 Cascades looks a lot like Microsoft Metro
RIM will need to convince those in attendance (in addition to investors, customers) that there are still compelling reasons to invest in their ecosystem. Clues…
Verizon announces prepaid plan with unlimited talk, text, 1GB data for $80 per month
Only the Samsung Illusion, a smartphone running Android 2.3, will be initially available under the new plan.
Droid Does… camping
I've always believed that Google and its partners should embrace Android's geek cred. It's powerful (quad-core), customizable (widgets, home screens) and open (hack city). Why…