Walmart Rings Up Vudu

This week brought news that Walmart has purchased Vudu, a one-time on-demand video device company that transformed its business to servicing connected TVs and Blu-ray players. As the largest seller of packaged home video in the country and one of the largest sellers of consumer electronics, Walmart clearly has an interest in maintaining its position as more video is consumed digitally, but also in establishing ties to the televisions and Blu-ray players that are featuring the Vudu service.

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iPad Begins A New Chapter For e-Readers

One of the open questions surrounding the iPad that has quickly come to the fore in light of the recent Amazon-Macmillan brinksmanship is to what extent the device will jeopardize sales of e-readers. This is particularly true of the market-leading Kindle, upon the metaphorical shoulders of which Steve Jobs said Apple stood.

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Carpe Diem

Last weekend I hit the slopes for the first time in about 20 years (gasp!) and for the first time with my husband and “tweenaged” son. So across the span of the last three decades (gasp again!) I haven’t had the chance to get excited, frustrated, inspired, or perplexed about using a digital camera with thick gloves, 2 ski poles, a head cold, and a ghastly sense of balance…until now.
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