The small screen gets bigger

On the internet, ‘real’ life is not usually popular; unreal stories are what tend to spread, writes Gillian Tett

Complaints about “dumbing down” have become a cliché.

Both Mayor Rob Ford and whistleblower City Councillor Paul Ainslie have taken to ground Wednesday, refusing to comment on reports that the mayor has a drinking problem and his staff wants him in rehab. Ford reportedly showed up at City Hall via the backdoor sometime on Wednesday but was not spotted by the press.

Mobile remains a fraction of ad spend for many large advertisers.  It's not that brands don't understand the mobile revolution. They know that consumer time is splitting across devices as smartphones and tablets occupy more and more of our attention. 

By Jiang Zhang:I first mentioned Focus Media’s (FMCN) Interactive LCD screen in my Q3 earnings recap. The new Interactive LCD screen is completely different from the Basic LCD, LCD 2.0 digital frame, and the LCD 1.0 picture frame that are widely debated over the past couple weeks.

Show business today is plenty creative, says the man who wrote The Hollywood Economist. It's just that the most sophisticated stuff is showing up on TV screens. That's because television and the movies have fundamentally different business models.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

By Jiang Zhang:According to Sina tech, Focus Media's (FMCN) Q-card users reached 2.4 million. Recall that Q-card is used to receive promotions and coupons from Focus Media's next generation Interactive LCD screens.

A flowering plant has been found at an altitude of above 4,505 metres (14,780 feet) on the central Swiss alps -- a European record, Basel University said Tuesday."It is almost a miracle, but at 4,505 metres, at 40 metres below the Dom peak in the canton of Valais, the ... Saxifraga oppositifolia has been recently discovered," said the university in a statement."It is the highest elevation flowering plant that has ever been documented in Europe, and the location is probably the coldest point in the world where a flowering plant has been found," it added.