AOL-Yahoo Merger Details Emerge; Deal Could Happen This Month (8)
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Yahoo is continuing its marathon merger discussions with AOL, sources close to the negotiations have whispered to us, and a deal could happen as early as this month. Is this just a rehash of the reported discussions in February and then again in April? Yes and no. It’s clear that AOL’s parent company, Time Warner, wants this deal more than ever. What isn’t clear is whether AOL’s assets will fix any of Yahoo’s problems. The ...
Black Friday At Gawker Media: 19 Layoffs At Blog Network (4)
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Two weeks ago, Nick Denton hosted a party on the top of his newish Gawker offices, where he told us he was "disaster planning." Here's what that looks like: He's laying off 19 people at his network of 12 sites, but is doubling down at some of his stronger titles, where he will bring on 10 people. Among those cut: Three of Valleywag's 5 staffers. Among those hired: Longtime media reporter Gabriel Snyder, who wil ...
Nintendo Tattoos -- Classic 8-Bit-Inspired Ink (PICS) (19)
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Filed under: Humor, Entertainment, Style Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan on this day in 1889. Little did he know that a century later, his small venture would go on to create a video gaming system so influential that young people would not only play it... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
iPhone/Touch Roundup: Control, Art, Snow Patrol, Visualizers, Recording, One for India (12)
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What could a pocket-sized computer be? It could be a new kind of album extra (yawn), a new kind of generative musical format that samples and responds to the world around it (whoo). It could be a more effective controller (fun), or an Indian drone (really). The Apple iPod touch / iPhone, as always, brings both wonder (potential as an art platform or recording device) and trouble (respectively, restrictions on who can see your art ...
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kliger said:
creative iphone play
Pad Controller Smackdown (2)
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Reviewed by: Bill Griffen aka SOCIALPEST If you’re looking for a MIDI pad controller on a modest budget and can’t be troubled to build your own then no doubt you will have found these three; M-Audio Trigger Finger, Korg padKontrol and the Akai MPD 24. They are all around a similar budget and each has their own appeal but on paper its a tough call. Thanks to the help of online store thomann.de I got ...
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leonard said:
I got an MPD32 (MPD24's big brother), but I the padKontrol does have some sweet hacks (search "padKontrol monome" youtube for example)
