Digital-Lifestyles

Digital-Lifestyles pre-empted and reported thousands of articles on the then-coming impact that technology was to have on all forms of Media. Launched in 2001 as a research blog to aid its founder, Simon Perry, present at IBC 2002, it grew into a wide ranging, multi-author publication that was quoted in many publications globally including the BBC, was described by the Guardian as 'Informative' and also cited in a myriad of tech publications before closing in 2009

  • Apple iPhone: Sales Restricted Until 2008?

    Apple iPhone: Sales Restricted Until 2008?Slavering Mac fanboys anxiously counting the minutes until they can caress, fondle, drool and dribble all over their very own iPhone may be in for a very long wait.

    Industry analysts are predicting that Apple won’t be able to keep up with demand and so will restrict sales of their shiny new iPhones until 2008.

    A recent Merrill Lynch report sets the scene for much i-wailing and i-sobbing amongst the Apple cognoscenti with just 4 million iPhones rolling off the production line this year, with only a comparatively modest 12 million units coming out in 2008.
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  • Alan Johnston Video Online

    Alan Johnston Video OnlineMuch relief for the relatives and friends of BBC Journalist Alan Johnson as a video of him speaking, apparently in good health, has appeared on the Internet.

    Many sites are now carrying it, like the BBC itself and The Telegraph, but in typical media fashion they have chosen to edit the video. We’ve embedding the video below.

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  • First BBC Show Broadcasting In Second Life Tonight

    First BBC Show Broadcasting In Second Life TonightTonight sees the first BBC TV programme broadcast in Second Life – The Money Programme.

    Not surprisingly, the subject will be virtual worlds with two sections being covered – free to enter worlds like Second Life and pay for services, or Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMORPG), like World of Warcraft.
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  • TV, Music and Marketing: Their Current Response To Digital Media (pt 3/3)

    We know Tech is hitting all media businesses, but how are they currently responding?

    Howard Scott has already covered North One TV and Sony BMG. Today’s final piece covers Kempster, their work with European football and the conclusion.

    Highlighting through italics are ours.

    ESA Sponsorship Forum 2007 Talking Tech Write UpAmy Kemp, Kempster
    In 1994 the World Cup Sponsorship was managed using a fax machine. Zoom to the present day and you can see how quickly things are changing (for the better!) Amy sees a big challenge for sponsors in the digital age being how do they carve out a unique position for themselves and their offerings when the playing field is so level?
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  • AppleTV Suffers Infinite Rebooting Loop

    AppleTV Suffers Infinite Rebooting LoopBig day in the Apple TV world yesterday.  No, not the DRM free update.  Not the Jobs/Gates conference at D5 either.  Certainly not the YouTube announcement or the 160gb BTO option (seemingly US only?).

    No, it was a big day because…

    …Apple killed my AppleTV!

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  • Last.fm Sells For £140m To CBS

    Last.fm Sells For £140m To CBSUK music service last.fm has been sold to US media giant CBS, whose empire covers TV, radio and Web.

    Last.fm is the darling of the ‘new’ Internet kids, as it is based on buzzword-tastic technology. While that’s true, it doesn’t take away from the fact that it is really rather good, using the listen preferences of everyone else on the service to automatically pick the tracks that probably match the music that you like.

    Its major strength is that it throws in tracks that you may well have never found under your own volition – vital in a world where personal playlists can kill variety.

    At £140m ($280m) the BBC are calling it the “largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition.” Quite how that’s defined is anyone guess, but it is a lot of lolly, so trebles all round.

    One of the founders, Martin Stiksel told the BBC that “this move will really support us to get every track ever recorded and every music video ever made onto Last.fm,” quite an ambition, but as he added, “with a strong partner like CBS, this is now within our reach.”

    It’s planned that the site and company will continue to operate separately under it’s own branding.

    Stiksel also bigged up the UK’s capital city, by saying “being in London has helped us; it’s the best place to do things with music full stop. It’s the place that leads the world.” Hurrah!

    (Via)

    Last.fm

  • Basilisk II PSP: Running PSP Mac 7.5 OS: Video

    Basilisk II PSP: Running PSP Mac 7.5 OS: VideoWe know you love it when people port software on to unlikely platforms, so thought you’d like to see this video of the old (pre-osx) Mac operating system running on an Sony PSP.

    How real it is, isn’t 100% clear, but it appears to be running a PSP version of Basilisk II, an open-source Macintosh Emulator project, called, unsurprisingly, Basilisk II PSP.
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  • Play YouTube Videos Within Google Search Results

    Play YouTube Videos Within Google Search ResultsThe integration between YouTube and Google is becoming ever-stronger.

    We were doing a bit of research on Google today and noticed that they’ve now included the ability to actually watch the videos that are coming up as search results, _within_ the Google search results.
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  • TV, Music and Marketing: Their Current Response To Digital Media (pt 2)

    We know Tech is hitting all media businesses, but how are they currently responding?

    Howard Scott covered North One TV yesterday; today it’s Sony BMG; and the final piece tomorrow is Kempster, their work with European football and the conclusion.

    Highlighting through italics are ours.

    ESA Sponsorship Forum 2007 Talking Tech Write UpDuncan Bird, VP of Futures, Sony BMG
    Duncan Bird is an ex-Leagas bod, just like me – so he’s got to be cool, right?

    For Duncan, change in anything is good and is often the best way to learn. For Sony BMG, the music industry is in a state of constant change, and as an example, the Justin Timberlake album (got you copy yet? No? Strange!) sold in 71 different formats. That’s a big change from CD, Tape and Vinyl!
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  • Big Brother Slashes Phone Voting Costs: What About Previous Years?

    Big Brother Slashes Phone Voting CostsThe dreadful television programme, that those involved have tried as hard as possible to turn in to an ‘event’, Big Brother, comes on to some UK TV screens tonight. That isn’t of interest really, is it?

    What is worth noting is how Channel 4 and Endemol have dropped the price of the phone calls that the show relies on to provide the votes that influence if contestants stay or leave the programme. Being ‘interactive’ with the audience they call it.

    By way of a background to the price reductions, it’s relevant to understand that the UK has seen a large and considerable kerfuffle about how TV stations and production companies have been ripping off viewers who have called in to premium rate phone lines. Often the calling contestants had no chance of winning.

    Big Brother Slashes Phone Voting CostsThe call price drops
    This year eviction votes on Big Brother will drop from 50p per call to 25p (from a BT landline). Of this, 10p will go to charity and the reminder to Channel 4 for ‘administrating’ the calls.

    Big Brother SMS voting will be dropped completely.

    External vote monitoring
    There have for years been unsubstantiated claims that the voting for Big Brother has been rigged by the production team to try and spice up things when it’s looking too flaccid.

    This year the voting will be monitored by an external law firm.

    Summary: Investigate Previous Years Voting
    All of these changes that are being made around Big Brother appear like they’re being made to clear the decks before this years show.

    With these moves, especially the SMS voting, is it just us who thinks that there are questions to be answer about the previous years voting, if those votes cast were properly taken account of and whether income generated over those years was legitimately gained.