John McCain is trying to pass legislation that would unbundle cable packages, allowing consumers to only pay for the cable channels they want. One of his key reasons for wanting to go to an a-la-carte style is that the price of cable has risen through the years. He cited the data we've charted her... Read more...
Here's a look at how Google has been swallowing up the print business. Its ad revenues in the first half of this year were greater than the ad revenues of newspapers and U.S. magazines, according to German statistics site Statista (via Slate). Read more...
Nominations for the 8th annual Podcast Awards open Oct. 1 The People's Choice Podcast Awards, better known as the Podcast Awards, is an annual set of awards given to the best Podcasts as voted by the people. The annual Podcast Awards is a chance for your show to be recognized so be sure to in... Read more...
Last Thursday, I wrote an article for Slate about The Anthology of Rap, officially published this week by the Yale University Press. In that piece, I pointed out the errors I'd found in reading the book's transcriptions of rap lyrics. (I also noted how tricky and difficult such transcription can b... Read more...
Remember the HP Slate, the upcoming Windows 7-powered tablet that we first saw during Microsoft's CES keynote back in January? Well, we just got more details on HP's would-be iPad killer, thanks to a new, official teaser video and Engadget's decidedly unofficial series of leaked specs. The last... Read more...