Personally, I could care less about 3-D movies let along 3-D television, but as this technology rolls out and we’ll be hearing more about 3-D TV during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, expect more announcement such as the one below. BURBANK, Calif. — January 3, 2011 — Continuing its leadership in the advancement of 3D…
So far, sales of 3-D TVs haven’t exactly set the world on fire. Maybe… just maybe… that might change. Maybe. Our friends at Apple have told the London Daily Telegraph they’re working on new 3-D technology that would function without special glasses. Oh, and it handles holographic images as well. Apple’s patent reads: “An exceptional…
ComicPress, the beloved plug-in that turns WordPress into a webcomic platform used by an estimated 25% of webcomics producers including PVP, Least I Could Do, FoxTrot, The Dreamland Chronicles, and The Webcomic Factory, has been taken over by longtime code developer Philip M. Hofer, known to the webcomics community as “Frumph”, and he’s marked the…
In case you missed it, and danged if it didn’t happen fast… Shirt.Woot! debuted a dilly of a pickle today on it’s newest shirt, featuring our favorite scarlet speedster taking a little nap on the concrete. The culprit? Well, a poisoned Apple. It seems Apple killed Flash. Get it? Or do we need to spell…
I always notice these things when I’m on five different deadlines and really shouldn’t be distracted, but when Dirk Deppey says I’ve missed the point entirely, as he does here, replying to my comments here— well, it catches my attention. Dirk says: It [the iPad] has to be cheap enough to appeal to the general…
At the Grammys this past Sunday evening, Neil Portnow, the Academy President and CEO, delivered some interesting and important words. Before the amassed crowd of celebrities, recording artists, and self-important rich people, Neil said words that hit this comic lover right in the bread basket. “Now, what if someone told you they really appreciated your…
Once again, the mighty Steve Jobs took the stage in front of scads of Mac-o-philes to present them another device they need so bad it hurts. The iPad debuted to the standard “ooohs” and “oys”, and we here at ComicMix feel no need to wax poetic. We know you don’t care about our awesome alliteration…
Everybody’s waiting for the tablet computer to see what it could do to the comics industry. Thanks to Time and Sports Illustrated, we have a potential preview: Boy, wouldn’t it be great if DC Comics were published by Time Warner? No? Wouldn’t it be nice to think that DC was thinking about this stuff, at…
Anyone who has been grocery shopping in the past few weeks has probably noticed that Halloween decorations and goodies have already started disappearing from the shelves to be replaced by Christmas merchandise. Most of you have probably already put together your costumes (All of my House Hufflepuff gear is ready for the big day!). Halloween…
(CNN) — Les Paul, whose innovations with the electric guitar and studio technology made him one of the most important figures in recorded music, has died, according to a statement from his publicists. Paul was 94. Paul died in White Plains, New York, from complications of severe pneumonia, according to the statement. Paul was a…
Adding a contradictory point to the previous post about Wednesday Comics, here’s a tidbit to consider: US kids aged 2-11 are spending +63% more time online over the last five years, according to a new Nielsen report, from about 7 hours in May 2004 to 11+ hours online in May 2009. In May 2009, kids…
If you have a Macintosh or a iPhone, yesterday was a high holy day for you, as Apple’s WWDC Keynote Speech was given yesterday, outlining Apple’s hardware and software plans for the next few months. We’ll let other people such as The Unofficial Apple Weblog cover the full release info and instead concentrate on the…
