FILMdetail

The Webby Awards are kind of the Oscars for the web presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. They recognise excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising and online film and video.
The winner for the Best Movie website this year was The Simpsons Movie, created by 65 Media.

Not only was it [...]

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It seems Robert Downey Jr is a busy man - not only is he appearing in Iron Man and The Incredbile Hulk, but he is also the voice for the new iPhone 3G ad:

Apart from higher download speeds due to being 3G, the other key features of the new iPhone are:

Thinner edges
Plastic back
Flush headphone jack,
iPhone [...]

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There’s been a lot of talk in recent years and months about the death of the film critic, the wider future of journalism and how advertising will work as print declines and publications go even further down the online route.
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft recently spoke to the Washington Post about the future of media and [...]

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I didn’t really get Twitter the first time I used it - only second time around did I realise how useful it was.
This video does a good job of explaining why it is such a good web app:

Twitter in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
> Subscribe to my Twitter feed
> Find out more about Twitter [...]

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Rupert Murdoch was interviewed at the All Things Digital conference yesterday by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
The News Corporation boss made some revealing comments about technology, the media and US politics.
Here is the video and some key quotes:

On movies and the future of distribution:
I would love to see all windows closed …but there are lots of [...]

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