Apple has confirmed that it has acquired Intrinsity, a Texas-based semiconductor maker that was likely the brains behind the chip that powers the iPad. Terms of the deal — which was first reported by The New York Times — have not been disclosed, but analysts believe the price was $121 million
Live video platform Ustream has just rolled out Ustream.jp , the Japanese version of its website. It is the first step in its Asia expansion strategy. The new Ustream.jp is a fully translated version of the service
Most of us weren’t able to experience the firsthand look at Wired magazine on the iPad at TED last week. Video of the application (which is expected to launch this summer) in action has now hit the web, offering an inside look at Wired’s vision for the future of print media: digital story art. Wired is working with Adobe to bring the print magazine to life via an iPad application
Sony Ericsson’s Connected Tree answers that age-old question: “If a tree tweets in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” The tweeting, talking tree is being shown off at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and you can check out a demo video of the live and interactive orange tree in the video below. It may not be the first plant to master Twitter , but Connected Tree offers a unique motion-sensing interactivity with the people around it. It picks up changes in the electromagnetic field nearby as people approach or move away, and an attached analysis engine translates the tree’s “reactions” and “moods” into speech, tweets and SMS
A Facebook fan page set up to persuade Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels to let Golden Girls star Betty White host the show has officially become a phenomenon. White recently re-entered the pop culture consciousness after appearing in a popular Super Bowl Snickers commercial and in the romantic comedy The Proposal , also starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds
Lon S. Cohen is a freelance writer and is @obilon on Twitter. He’s also the Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY .
