Author Archives: Thomas Purves

And the crowd says Yaaar. How Hollywood is losing the War on New Media

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Thomas Purves

On Monday, it started with a few scattered pranksters shouting Arrr at the opening screen of the film premiers at this year’s Toronto International Film festival. By week end the meme had caught on. I just caught the best part … Continue reading →

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Events and week end links

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Thomas Purves

# My frieend Sabaa has launched his one minute film festival with an impressive array of entries. (Congrats Sabaa!). Check out the movies and vote on your favourites here. As Sabaa says, “this is not YouTube”. # Democamp is coming … Continue reading →

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The definition of mobile devices just got more interesting

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Thomas Purves

“the much-anticipated iPod touch with WiFi, Safari, and a touch-screen interface—an iPhone without the phone and e-mail capabilities—for $299 and $399. The iPod touch will be able to purchase music directly from the iTunes Store via WiFi. Apple also had … Continue reading →

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