Cablevision will deploy Onyx guide in Q4, and offer WiFi service on trains
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) says it will launch an advanced interactive program guide called Onyx during the fourth quarter that CEO Jim Dolan compared to the interfaces used by Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Internet video providers. The new guide looks similar to the guides Cablevision offers subscribers that have downloaded the…
New York subways get WiFi
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Foursquare snags a Yahoo exec to serve as VP of sales
With a newfound focus on ad sales, location-based check-in service Foursquare has found itself in foreign territory. To help it settle in and make nice with the neighbors, the company has hired Rob Wilk, a seasoned sales executive moving over from Yahoo. Wilk will serve as Foursquare’s vice president of…
Nasa’s Curiosity robot lands on Mars
After the most daring and complex landing of a robot on another planet, the search for evidence of life on Mars enters a new era. Nasa’s Curiosity rover is now sitting inside Gale Crater, a vast depression close to the Martian equator. Also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, the…
Usain Bolt Gives Shout-Out to BlackBerry
A few minutes after claiming the title of world’s fastest man once more, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt gave an interview that will likely please a company that hasn’t been flying fast of late: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. In the interview with NBC, Bolt is asked how long he’ll take…
Samsung vs. Apple: Top 5 Revelations So Far
Apple’s legal battle with Samsung currently under way in federal district court in California has yielded a treasure trove of inside scoops about iPhone and iPad prototypes and future devices that may soon be on store shelves. After just a week of courthouse drama, public documents have shown Apple’s designs…
Foursquare Ramps Up Biz Reach
Foursquare rolled out a revamped app in June with increased focus on recommendations through the Explore tab. It followed up in July bylaunching Promoted Updates, its firstpaid advertising format for the service, along with Local Updates. MediaPost sat down with Steven Rosenblatt, Foursquare’s chief revenue officer, to discuss the changes…
Robot Learns to Pick the Sweetest, Ripest Strawberries
Richard Dudley imagines a world where strawberries grow in perfect rows and every day a robot army tastes their colors before harvesting the ripe ones. No, that isn’t LSD talking. The research scientist at the United Kingdom’s National Physical Laboratory is building a bot that uses multiple wavelengths of electromagnetic…
Pixar-Loving Robot Builder Creates Real-Life WALL-E
Robot hobbyist and builder Mike Senna has spent the last two and a half years bringing to life what once existed only in the hearts of Pixar fans: a full-size and fully-functioning version of WALL-E. (PHOTOS: Cinema’s Most Memorable Robots) Senna, of Yorba Linda, Calif., had already built a working…
TiVo’s Top 5 Olympic Moments from Sunday
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 29: Gabrielle Douglas of the United States competes in the beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Team qualification on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) LONDON — As the Olympic excitement continued…
