digimills

“In addition to starting to charge for its service, Skype has announced they will be including a free “lie detector” to go with it.”

Could make for some ackward business calls, even if it doesn’t work.

link (via real tech news)

Tracing our food’s history via cellphone may be in the near future. Japan is currently at the forefront of this trend. I’m not sure a majority of U.S. consumers would pay extra for it, but I’d be delighted to see some info about the farmer who grew my greens. Maybe the factory farms could display a photo of the person in charge of the bolt gun.

“Consumers can trace back the vegetables until the day of harvest, when and where they were packed, how they were shipped, etc. Many of the local producers have followed this example and some even go as far as displaying a picture of the farmer to bring a sense of proximity as additional reassurance to the consumer.”

link (via treehugger)

Until today I wasn’t aware that a third satellite radio company, WorldSpace, existed. Probably because it covers Europe, Asia and Africa.
Sounds like they have a lot of work to do, they aren’t even available in vehicles yet.

link (via orbitcast)

It’s obvious that keeping up with technology is a problem with rating what people view. As a friend who works for Nielsen writes:

“I really think its next to impossible to gauge what people are truly watching on TV. I know that Nielsen does a good job of getting all kinds of people repersented in their overnight ratings service. Its just that they really need more houses in America taking part in the process. And with viewership splintering to more and more niche networks its hard to get a feel of what people are watching. Also this time shifting is a real problem because people do fast forward though the commercials and commercials pay the bills as we know.”

“My job at work is going to change within the next 18 months or so as we move to a more online based way of gathering names from the stations to the current way we get that info now which is pretty archaic. Nielsen has always tried to stay up to date with technology its just that in the last 5 years or so the technology has just come out so fast its getting harder for Nielsen to stay up with it all. “

Let’s just keep telling the advertisers that we really are watching those commercials….
link (adjab)

I’d like to have been in the meeting when this idea came up. “Adding the word Fillmore to the venue name will definitely increase attendence!” I’d have suggested “Super Terrific Fun-time Jackie Gleason Theater” though.

“The (Miami) Herald reported that Live Nation, the top U.S. concert promoter, said they would rename the South Beach venue “The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Incredible Jackie Gleason Theater” in an effort to put a more modern spin on the venue.”

link

I guess I’d be excited coming into hundreds of millions too. Apparently the ‘two kings’ comment is a play on the recent teaming of Burger King and Diddy.

link (via youtube)