NBC Developing Website for Students [New York Times]
NBC is going after the Stewart/Colbert audience with iCue, a new website designed to supplement students’ Advance Placement courses with videos and media from NBC’s archives.
European All-You-Can-Eat Mobile Music Service To Launch Soon [Moconews]
Omnifone’s Music Station will launch soon, with support from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung, as well as the Big 4 music labels. European users will be able to download unlimited music for a monthly rate, like on Zune or iTunes, and listen to it on their mobile. Plans are to expand into Asia and Africa.
Second Life Adds Voice to Live Grid for All Users [Mashable]
Second Life has finally added voice for all users through what is being called Voice First Look Viewer. It’s currently on the Beta grid and should be on the live grid in a couple months.
Facebook’s App Feeding Frenzy [CNET News.com]
With the launch of Facebook’s new open platform, everybody is racing to make an application. For those 3rd party services that got on first, some went “from zero to 850,000 users in three days.”
FTC Seeks To Shutter Digital Entertainment Vendor BurnLounge, Alleging Pyramid Scheme [PaidContent]
The FTC is finally working to shut down the highly controversial music media website BurnLounge, accusing it of being a pyramid scheme (which has been the blogosphere debate since it started) . Investor Justin Timberlake may cry me river…
New Video-game League Seeks Mass Appeal [CNET news.com]
The Championship Gaming Series may be the “first organization that many gamers can aspire to join.”
The 3D Real/Virtual World Hybrid: How Far Away? [TechCrunch]
Some thoughts on the virtual mapping of our real world and the technologies that will get us there. The two standouts were Microsoft’s Photosynth Project, where you would take lots of pictures at different angles to create a 3D picture, and Everyscape, which makes regular pictures appear as 3D models.
Digital Music: In Search of Biz Model [BusinessWeek]
Mobile music seems to be the next great thing, but it’s unclear how the business model is going to shape up. Many are worried that the revenues from mobile music will be small, citing a study in Asia found that “while two-thirds of users under 25 had downloaded music, only 27% paid for it.”
What if You Met the Enemy and it Really Was You, and Then It Happened Again [New York Times]
Raw Danger is a new game where players are surviving in the wake of a Tsunami. Only each gamer plays a handful of characters, and the decisions you make when playing one character will affect you when you move to another player.
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