Blog Profile / PDA: The Digital Content Blog
| URL : | http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda | |
|---|---|---|
| Filed Under: | Technology / Internet | |
| Posts on Regator: | 2830 | |
| Posts / Week: | 11.5 | |
| Archived Since: | September 10, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Bionics users Reinhold Messner and Hugh Herr show pace of change
Rock climbers tell DLD conference of how their bodies 'can go beyond what nature intended' Legendary explorer Reinhold Messner said he lost his enthusiasm for rock climbing and switched to mountain climbing after losing some of his toes to frostbite at 25. Show More Summary
Future cyber attacks could prove catastrophic, say online security experts
World faces new and dangerous era of cyberwarfare, Eugene Kaspersky and Mikko Hypponen warn DLD conference Is the cyber security analyst Eugene Kaspersky the most dangerous man in the world? After more than 15 years researching cyber-crime and running the international online security firm Kaspersky Lab, he is certainly the most paranoid. Show More Summary
DLD 2013: TV advertising to get smart
The smart TV session brought up the concept of television learning from internet companies by tageting their ads How smart is smart TV? Anyone who has grappled with the clumsy, cluttered menus of their new multi-functional flatscreens would be forgiven some disappointment. Show More Summary
DLD 2013: the gathering of the digital great and good
Munich's pattern-connecting conference of the future is about to begin, exploring everything from 3D printing to climate prediction What can we expect at the ninth DLD in Munich this weekend? Every tech conference now has the inevitable...Show More Summary
Viral Video Chart: worst movie death, a Knightmare and Obama's phone
Watch the worst/best scene in cinema, a creaky parody and a supporter of the US president making a bold claim It won't win any Oscars, it will baffle Bafta judges but this amazingly bad film scene from 1973 Turkish film Kareteci Kiz has become an internet hit despite its non-existent production values, terrible acting and atrocious clothing. Show More Summary
The Atlantic's Quartz: interesting … but will it make a profit?
The digital venture aimed at global business leaders innovates in many radical ways, but its ad-funded strategy remains dicey Two years ago, Atlantic Media's president Justin Smith was interviewed by the New York Times. The piece focused...Show More Summary
Viral Video Chart: Gangnam Style tributes, Hunger Games, Andy Williams
Watch the best spoofs of the K-pop phenomenon, a hilarious redubbing of the blockbuster and a tribute to the late crooner You're probably sick of it by now, but you just can't keep a good meme down. Two months after Psy's Gangnam Style...Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Clegg gets remixed, Folds gets Fraggled and a bit from Mitt
We've got a wacky selection of some of the best videos around this week – from Fraggle Rock to The Wire and The West Wing The viral video team like to think they are at the cutting edge of technology – well maybe not the cutting edge, more like we've got one finger on the edge of the handle. Show More Summary
Digital news: the value is in the reader's Big Data
Behavioural data can be used to to make news services more attractive for the reader – and more profitable for the publisher Digital publishing is vastly undervalued. Advertising has yet to fulfil its promise – it is nosediving on the web and it failed on mobile (read JLG's previous column Mobile Advertising: The $20bn Opportunity Mirage). Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: iPhone con, screaming sheep and Britney
See the dangers of radio on TV, awe-inspiring stunts, dancing babies and a stab at stardom in our rundown of the top online clips We all know how … errr, "enthusiastic" … Apple fans are about being the first to get their hands on any new device. Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Downton's back, Paralympic boos and a death wish
Nokia fakes a promo, hamsters get in a spin and watch the Mad Men team's take on Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up Welcome to our pick of the best videos around. Perhaps you are a bit of an amateur movie maker yourself? Don't knock a Nokia camera until you have tried it – or watched the promotional video. Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Grumpy babies, bad Apple and Doctor Who
What's not to like as we watch a nobody dupe everyone into thinking he is a star and pay tribute to Neil Armstrong Baby, you've got a temper on you! We kick off this week's video chart with some of the angriest babies in the world and...Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Paralympic Games, and a cat with no shame
Watch a Mars rover rap, a cat's naughty tap and the odd laughing chap in our rundown of the top online clips The London 2012 Games are done and dusted, so now it's time to gear up for the Paralympic Games. So to get us all in the mood,...Show More Summary
London 2012 Viral Video Chart: the 10 best videos from the Games
As we reach the final leg of the London 2012 Olympic Games, we enjoy BBC commentators having a 'Mo-ment' and women fencers bricking it The London 2012 Games are drawing to a close, but they have provided us with a cavalcade of classic clangers and moving moments for our viral video viewing pleasure. Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Hunt's clanger and Johnson's dangler
It's game on at London 2012 as we enjoy silliness from Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson and those clever Taiwanese animators The London 2012 Olympic Games are here and, true to form, they've brought a veritable delight of viral videos. We thought nothing could surpass Jeremy Hunt's now-infamous bell end moment on the eve of the London games last Friday. Show More Summary
Viral Video Chart Olympic special: Boris, Brazilians, birds and ball skills
It's Games on, as we sprint into Olympic action with the best – and worst – clips online, all of them crowd-pleasers On your marks, get set, go! for the Viral Video Chart's Olympics special. Yes, for one week only, we are celebrating...Show More Summary
Viral Video Chart: Star Wars v Sesame Street, Olly Murs, dogs v One Direction
Watch Chewbacca go head to head with Cookie Monster and a barking take on a boyband hit in our online clip rundown It's battle of the cover versions this week, as two takes on Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen – this summer's Rebecca Black? – go head to head. Show More Summary
Viral Video Chart: Beethoven, Big Macs, Hot Wheel cars and some epic fails
A history of music in 100 guitar riffs, meet some harvest hunks, step it out across the world and enjoy water, water, everywhere We've got everything from takeaway burgers to farmers, from boys' toys to classical music this week, kicking...Show More Summary
Viral Video Chart: Star Wars v Gotye, Google Nexus 7, Aaron Sorkin
George Lucas feels the farce, Google and Microsoft launch tablets, and top writing is recycled in our online clip rundown Two internet memes collide in a galaxy far far away this week, as Star Wars and Gotye are crammed into one spoof. Show More Summary
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Duck Run, Microsoft Surface, Game of Thrones
Watch a ducking setting a quacking pace, the latest tablet gizmo and a spoof attack ad in our rundown of the top online clips We've gone absolutely animal quackers this week, with three videos featuring creatures that seem to want to be human. Show More Summary