Drink up Apple iPhone, iBeerKeg novelty app

Sprint bets the company on the Apple iPhone 5, Apple press conference in less than an hour

By Robin Rowe

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 10/4/2011 – What can you do when you’re the #3 U.S. phone carrier and most of the customers leaving you say it’s because you don’t offer the Apple iPhone. Reportedly, you commit to buying $20 billion worth of iPhones over four years whether you can sell them or not. That’s a bet-the-company sized commitment.

In less than an hour Apple is holding a press conference that’s expected to announce the iPhone 5, a mobile device rumored to be half as thick, with a better camera and better screen than the iPhone 4. Whatever Apple announces, they can be confident that they will sell them. Sprint, AT&T and Verizon have already committed to buying them. This pre-sales strategy enables Apple to lock in deals with Asian parts suppliers. For Sprint, it means they need to take a third of the U.S. phone market in order to sell them.

Update…

The iPhone 5 … not yet! It’s the iPhone 4S. The 4S has an improved camera, voice activated assistance and has faster processing and downloads.

With Siri voice activation, iPhone owners can hit their home button, ask questions about time and weather, or to make a phone call. Yelp also works with this system. Apple purchased Siri about a year and a half ago.

The cost for the 16 gigabytes iPhone 4S is $199 with a two-year carrier contract; 32 GB for $299 and 64 GB models for $399. The iPhone 4 will cost $99 and the iPhone 3GS will be free with a plan. Pre-orders will be accepted starting Friday. The 4S will be available on Oct. 14th.

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Sony Xperia Ray, elegant Android phone, $600 price

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, elegant, expensive and not here yet

By Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 10/3/2011 – The Xperia Ray, last seen at CommunicAsia earlier this year along with the Xperia Active has been spotted in stores for around $600, but only in Malaysia. No word when the 1Ghz Android 2.3 phone comes to the U.S.

It’s a sleek smartphone with an aluminum frame, Reality Display and 8.1mp camera. It’ has a 3.3” screen and runs the latest Android platform for smartphones (Gingerbread 2.3). It offers HD video and is 9.4mm thick.

The phone incorporates a front facing camera and a scratch resistant screen with high resolution and brightness and integrated touch keys. Sony Ericsson integrates Facebook inside Xperia, Google services, and access to over 250,000 Apps via the Android Market.

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HTML 5 canvas, drawing 3D in your web browser

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch keynote and SoDA Unconference highlight Adobe MAX conference happening this week, October 1st to 5th

By Gabrielle Pantera

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 10/2/2011 – Adobe Max, the conference for Adobe multimedia technology happening at Los Angeles Nokia Center this week, is an alternative the Mac World conference in January. Adobe with Flash and Apple don’t always play nice, but perhaps that’s changing with HTML 5. Apple iPads don’t support Flash, but all Apples render HTML 5.

“Adobe is developing great software around HTML5,” says Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch. “HTML5 can (more…)

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Automating Twitter with WordPress

Free Internet app automatically posts stories to Twitter

By Robin Rowe

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 7/21/2011 – Simple Twitter Connect plugin to make connecting a WordPress blog to Twitter easy. Unlike Twitter Tools and other systems, this plugin uses Twitter’s latest authentication mechanisms. No putting in Twitter names or passwords. Clicking the Connect with Twitter button will redirect a user to Twitter for approval, then bring them back to where they came from, only now with their Twitter credentials available for use. Fully compatible with Simple Facebook Connect. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP 5.

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Piranha X grooming line for young men presents the Hookit.com Spots & Sessions Tour starting today

By Gabrielle Pantera

HookIt.com social network for mountain bikers and other active sports enthusiasts

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 6/1/2011 –“Piranha X, is the leading guy’s grooming line for young, active and adventurous guys, so it was only natural to partner with Hookit.com, which is the largest social network for action sports and active lifestyles,” says founder Michael Vincent. Developed in conjunction with Monster Energy Drinks, the nationwide tour, runs through September 15th. This promotional road show is to announce the launch of Hookit’s new iPhone and Android mobile applications and enlist new members in the popular Monster Army program.

Hookit.com is a social network for motocross, skate, surf, snow, BMX, MTB and other action sports. The website has partnerships with local sports and businesses across the nation who are passionate about sports and active lifestyles. “We are working to build the brand and sponsoring action sports athletes,” says Vincent. “The vision is to have the brand stand on its own in a way that exudes cool confidence.”

Hookit.com has over 700,000 members in 137 countries and (more…)

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Grassroots project gives free laptops to the homeless so they can find work

By Robin Rowe

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 3/31/2011 – Gosh!TV, in collaboration with the Hollywood industry association ScreenPlayLab, gives away free laptops to the homeless and other worthy causes. I’m one of the founders of ScreenPlayLab, a 4,500-member group of writers, actors and producers. The Laptops Give Hope initiative came about after a ScreenPlayLab member mentioned his laptop had died. As a starving actor he couldn’t afford to replace it and couldn’t look for work without it. I gave him an old laptop I wasn’t using. I found out later that the actor’s circumstances were much more dire than I had imagined, that getting a free laptop made a crucial difference in his life.

For over a year, ScreenPlayLab members have been donating laptops every month in order to help other struggling artists. Free laptop rrecipient are people who (more…)

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Mac OS X upgrade leads to problems viewing Windows and Linux SAMBA shares, here’s the fix

By Robin Rowe

Trouble with Windows shares on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 2/14/2011 – Upgrading to Snow Leopard results in problems accessing Windows shares, giving the dreaded “Connection Failed” message.  A lot of users have encountered this problem and suggested many workarounds. Here’s what worked for us.

1. In Finder, if you don’t see the Windows or Linux SAMBA machine you want to access from your Mac under SHARED, you may need to look at solving that problem first. You may have a network or SAMBA configuration issue or not have showing SHARED in the Finder sidebar turned on in your Mac configuration.
2. Click on your Windows share, if it says “Connection Failed”, you have the problem this article addresses.
3. In Network settings on your Mac under Advanced, set your WINS workgroup to “Workgroup” and set IPV6 to “OFF”. You might need to reboot.
4. Try your Windows share again. If it still doesn’t work, try {Go}{Connect to Server} and enter your Windows server name manually. If your Windows box is named Mercury, that would be: “smb://mercury”. Enter any login credentials your Windows share requires.

That should do it. Your share should appear under SHARED in the Finder sidebar. Works with Windows and Linux SAMBA shares.

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Heroes showrunner Tim Kring and 120 other social media speakers discuss the impact of Twitter, Facebook and the real-time Web at the #140conf Los Angeles conference on October 4th and 5th – watch live on UStream

By Robin Rowe

Heroes showrunner Tim Kring uses Twitter to give clues to Conspiracy for Good

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 10/3/2010 – “I’ve been exploring new ways to use storytelling to bring a positive message to the world that allows for greater audience participation,” says Heroes showrunner Tim Kring who will be speaking at the #140conf Los Angeles conference on October 3rd.

“I’m going to be talking about Conspiracy For Good, a first of its kind multi-platform narrative whose pilot rolled out over the Internet, on mobile and on the streets of London this summer,” says Kring. “The project combines narrative with causes, resulting in positive real-world change and launching a new genre that we’re calling Social Benefit Storytelling.” Kring is launching a next generation, new media production company called Imperative. He also has a new novel out, called Shift.

The #140conf Los Angeles conference presents speakers on the leading edge of utilizing Twitter, Facebook and other (more…)

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Free open source anti-spam technology reflects spam back onto spammers with a message to try again later

By Robin Rowe

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 9/23/2010 - Greyfix is a lightweight open source Postfix plug-in that relies on the Berkeley Database to bounce about 90% of SPAM without a significant server load and no false-positives. At the enterprise level it causes mail from first-time senders to be postponed. The default is hours although 10 minutes is sufficient. Most spammers will move on, not bother to resend postponed mail. Changes to the settings are made in the C code. There’s no settings file. The software is small, reliable and uses (more…)

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Panel of fashion marketing experts to discuss the impact of social media at FGI Los Angeles event on May 20th, 2010

By Robin Rowe

International jeans brand Diesel uses social media for "Be Stupid" campaign that urges consumers to take risks

HOLLYWOOD, CA  (Gosh!TV) 5/19/2010 – “No one has it 100% right,” says Fashionably Digital CEO Macala Wright Lee. “Success depends on how a brand or retailer is integrating social media into their overall marketing plan. During New York Fashion Week, Sorel stood out with their Style Coalition (stylecoalition.com) campaign and G-Star did an amazing job with their blogger site.”

Twitter and Facebook have become part of the standard marketing mix as customer information tools and for customer service. E-commerce is evolving into social commerce. “Bloggers with fierce use of Polyvore.com have caused brands and retailers to develop rich media tools to enhance online shopping experiences,” says Lee.

“Social media is a game-changer,” says Fox Rothschild Fashion Law Practice Group chair Staci Riordan. “It gives companies the ability to by-pass the traditional gate keepers of fashion. Social media will change the (more…)

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