Google takes on Apple iTunes
One key advantage that Google is looking to leverage is its new, fast growing social network. Google Plus provides a built-in community that neither Apple…
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Duran Duran brings back french-kissing supermodels
Music occasionally needs the superflous, the fashionable, the silly. Without them we'd be left with REM and Coldplay.
Loreto Bay – 5 years later
In 2009 the Loreto Bay Company (the "Trust for Sustainable Development") went bankrupt. On the ground, everything came to a halt. Abandoned construction gear and…
Holiday Shoppers Dilemma: Kindle Fire or iPad 2?
Instead of buying one iPad for the household, all of a sudden you can easily buy two Kindles and have budget left over for some…
Filmmaker Insight: Brothers Duplass (Kevin, Jeff Who Lives at Home)
The Duplass brother's new films, Jeff Who Lives at Home starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms and doc Kevin have been burning up the indie film…
Review: ‘Annapurna’ at Magic Theatre, San Francisco
All I could think was: Holy crap. Holy crap! Holy...crrrrrap!! Rod Gnapp is most assuredly, along with James Carpenter, one of the Bay Area's greatest,…
Review: Rode Videomic Pro (your DSLR’s new best friend)
A comparison and review of the Rode Videomic and Videmic Pro. If you're a fan of DSLR, and looking to improve sound quality, add these…
On Location: Napa Valley Film Festival opening night gala (video)
Many were heard praising the opening film which features Clooney as a father who tries to reconnect with his daughters after his wife suffers a…
Disneyland Exposed: Working for the Mouse (Video)
Turns out character actors at Disney face no shortage of groping, and sweating, not to mention a perpetual bombardment of questions and challenges... like "Why…
Review: Double tragedy in compelling ‘Parade’
In addition to the talent on stage, the material works because it is honest. There are no black and whites, and certainly no triumphant HAIR-like,…