Joe Brown, Gizmodo’s Feature Editor, popped by MSNBC to talk about all things iPad 2 with Chuck Todd (who’s a huge Gizmodo fan!) and Savannah Guthrie on The Daily Rundown. Joe echoes much of what we expect to see today so be sure to watch the video. More »
The battle between Gizmodo and CNBC over Steve Jobs’ health continues to rage on. Obviously, here at Giz AU, we have a distinct bias as to who we think is right, but it’s reassuring to know that Newsweek columnist and ex-Fake Steve Jobs Dan Lyons is prepared to step up to the plate and demand Jim Goldman apologise to Giz. Silicon Alley Insider reckons he’s received a lifetime ban from the channel for it. If that’s the case, we hope Dan knows just how highly we regard him for calling Goldman out. More »
I get what MSNBC was trying to do with this list—warn its mainstream readers about potential social pitfalls with technology—but the contents of the list are just too condescending even for their target audience.
newVideoPlayer("msnbc_reader.flv", 506, 316,""); MSNBC’s new flash-based “visual newsreader” (as opposed to?) presents headlines by either spinning them off of a colourful 3D spiral or spawning them from the dominant colours in front of your webcam. The service is called Spectra, is one of the most ridiculous ways to communicate information I’ve seen in a long time. So I gave it a go, and as you can see, its pretty out there. While the New York Times wants to turn your computer in to a newspaper, it looks like MSNBC wants to make it in to a hallucinogenic drug. [MSNBC Spectra]-by John Herrman
