Remember Kazaa? It was the P2P network that sprang out of nowhere after Napster was shut down by the RIAA where people shared music and movies. The original company to develop Kazaa sold the application to Sharman Networks. Then the movie and music industry executives promptly sued Sharman.
Between the four major music companies, Sharman ended up paying $100 million in damages as a settlement. Sharman also agreed to make Kazaa a legal music download service. After the lawsuit, Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc. bought out the domain name and Kazaa brand name.
This past week, it was recently announced that Brilliant Digital Entertainment sold the Kazaa peer to peer network and brand to Altrinsic. Altrinsic issued 4,161,130 shares of common stock to Brilliant Digital as part of a marketing agreement. Altrinsic would also offer 7,125,165 shares of stock at closing. This makes it a deal worth $5.19 million.
[socaltech]
written by nhiepphong
\\ tags: Application, digital-as-part, entertainment, kazaa, lawsuit, movie, promptly-sued, remember-kazaa
 Today we’re taking a look at another Samsung, the Samsung Craft, and it’s actually got a lot backing it up. I was actually pretty surprised by the sheer amount of stuff they’ve got loaded into this phone, and I think you will be too.
The Samsung Craft is a candy bar style smartphone that offers conference calling, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 4G connectivity, an uploaded file of the Star Trek movie (yes, the Samsung Craft actually comes with the new Star Trek movie, which is a little odd but still pretty interesting), a phone book with sufficient space for two thousand contacts, calendar, note pad, alarm clock and world clock, calculator, Bluetooth connectivity, Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, free access to MetroNavigator, access to all three of the major instant messenger suites (AOL IM, Windows Live, and Yahoo Messenger), Facebook, MySpace and Twitter access, mobile web, mobile email, a YouTube shortcut, several MetroPCS specific applications, and a battery that yields six hours of talk time on a single charge.
While the phone itself is easy to use–a QWERTY keyboard certainly helps–and there are plenty of quality features, the battery life is just a bit above mediocre (the average I’ve run into is five hours, and this is just barely over that at six) and the camera’s images don’t seem very sharp. Clear enough, but kind of dull–at least, that’s what I took away from it.
Still though, there’s plenty to offer here, with lots of useful features and worthwhile applications. It will be no one’s idea of a great phone but it will absolutely bring plenty of quality capability with it.
The Samsung Craft will bring along a solid experience that will get many different jobs done, though not with any real elan.
The Good
Plenty of solid features
A good control experience
The Bad
Mediocre battery life
Lower end camera performance
Score 6 / 10
written by gunturbabu
\\ tags: Application, cell phone, craft-beer, facebook, Iphone, movie, permanent-link, phone-review, samsung, samsung craft, samsung-caliber, yahoo messenger
For the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, it can be difficult to enjoy the movie going experience. Few theaters provide on-screen captions for fear of it distracting the general population, and while new methods of accessibility are emerging (see Rear Window® captioning), finding a theater and showtimes to take advantage of this can be cumbersome.
Not anymore with Captionfish. The free app by DeafCode LLC is slick and simple, using your GPS location to find the closest theaters and showtimes with deaf-accessible movie showings. It also provides trailers of upcoming movies with closed captions (although they acknowledge some users are having trouble accessing this feature and they are working toward a solution)… Read More
written by spokoloko
\\ tags: apps, closest, Download, enjoy-the-movie, feature, friendly-movie, Iphone, iphone news, latest, movie, phone-download, phone-store, take-advantage, the-general
Scene It? Horror:
In celebration of the impending celebration of candy, cavities, ghosts, vampires, and other horrors, why not test your horror movie knowledge as well. Scene It? Horror pits your knowledge of great movies like 28 Days Later, American Psycho, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and a massive amount more. No cheating is allowed for you movie fanatics. That means no using IMDB or loading up the movie to get the answers.
$1.99
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-10-11 :: Category: Games / Trivia
$4.99
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-10-11 :: Category: Games / Trivia
SpongeBob Marbles & Slides:
Head to Bikini Bottom to help the gang with their lack of slides. Use your fingers to draw slides to aid SpongeBob, and gang, reach the Krusty Krab in hopes of defeating Plankton. Bonuses come to those who can solve the puzzles quickly and skillfully. Hey, there is no shame in having fun with a squirrel in an astronaut suit.
$2.99
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-10-08 :: Category: Games / Kids
$4.99
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-10-07 :: Category: Games / Kids
Mad Office HD:
Mad Office HD is a game about a real life situation….sneaking out of work uncaught by the boss man. Those who perform combos and take greater risks are awarded more points, and the crown of super slacker. Simple controls, fun visuals, and an interesting concept are sure to add up for a good time of sneaking off to do some fishing.
$1.99
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-10-09 :: Category: Games / Family
Instagram:
You have photos and you want to share them with the world. Instagram will now only allow you to easily share photos, but it will also allow you to add a bit of a personal touch to them as well. Apply over a dozen filters to your photos, post as many photos as you like, share with friends, check in to Foursquare, and connect to a variety of social networks. This just might be the easiest way of sharing photos created to date.
FREE!
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-10-06 :: Category: Photography
TED:
TED brings you engaging chats with remarkable people. Everyone from tech gurus to music legends are here waiting for your attention. You can even explore the entire TEDTalks library for that obscure clip you have long missed. TED now even includes more iPad love with the new iPad edition.
FREE!
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-10-14 :: Category: Education
FREE!
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2009-02-11 :: Category: Education
[ Five For Friday: Week of October 15, 2010 is a post from 148Apps ]
written by husain
\\ tags: education, family, Games, imdb, instagram, Iphone, mad office hd, marbles, movie, photography, released, slides, street
Well, maybe not an official trailer… but wow. MuscleNerd was right, GeoHot does have some devoted fans. Maybe he should keep trying to make it in the music industry after all…
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written by iieevvn
\\ tags: latest, maybe-not, movie, official, phone-download, should-keep, the-music, topic, video
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