Arizona Technology Investor Forum http://atif-az.org Wed, 22 May 2013 23:46:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Why Does Hollywood Hate Futuristic Technology? http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-3/ http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-3/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:46:34 +0000 http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-3/ A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:
What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian.
I happened to be sitting in a movie theater waiting for Iron Man 3 to start, so I tried to come up with a good counter-example. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Then the pre-movie trailers starting playing. The new Will Smith (and son) flick, After Earth: dystopia. The new Guillermo del Toro flick, Pacific Rim: dystopia. Even the new Superman flick, Man of Steel, could be classified as a technological dystopia (more below).Continue reading →]]> hal9000A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:

What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian.

I happened to be sitting in a movie theater waiting for Iron Man 3 to start, so I tried to come up with a good counter-example. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Then the pre-movie trailers starting playing. The new Will Smith (and son) flick, After Earth: dystopia. The new Guillermo del Toro flick, Pacific Rim: dystopia. Even the new Superman flick, Man of Steel, could be classified as a technological dystopia (more below).

]]> http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-3/feed/ 0 Why Does Hollywood Hate Futuristic Technology? http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-2/ http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:46:34 +0000 http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-2/ A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:
What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian.
I happened to be sitting in a movie theater waiting for Iron Man 3 to start, so I tried to come up with a good counter-example. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Then the pre-movie trailers starting playing. The new Will Smith (and son) flick, After Earth: dystopia. The new Guillermo del Toro flick, Pacific Rim: dystopia. Even the new Superman flick, Man of Steel, could be classified as a technological dystopia (more below).Continue reading →]]> hal9000A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:

What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian.

I happened to be sitting in a movie theater waiting for Iron Man 3 to start, so I tried to come up with a good counter-example. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Then the pre-movie trailers starting playing. The new Will Smith (and son) flick, After Earth: dystopia. The new Guillermo del Toro flick, Pacific Rim: dystopia. Even the new Superman flick, Man of Steel, could be classified as a technological dystopia (more below).

]]> http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology-2/feed/ 0 Why Does Hollywood Hate Futuristic Technology? http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology/ http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:46:34 +0000 http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology/ A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:
What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian.
I happened to be sitting in a movie theater waiting for Iron Man 3 to start, so I tried to come up with a good counter-example. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Then the pre-movie trailers starting playing. The new Will Smith (and son) flick, After Earth: dystopia. The new Guillermo del Toro flick, Pacific Rim: dystopia. Even the new Superman flick, Man of Steel, could be classified as a technological dystopia (more below).Continue reading →]]> hal9000A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:

What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They seem to be systematically dystopian.

I happened to be sitting in a movie theater waiting for Iron Man 3 to start, so I tried to come up with a good counter-example. It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Then the pre-movie trailers starting playing. The new Will Smith (and son) flick, After Earth: dystopia. The new Guillermo del Toro flick, Pacific Rim: dystopia. Even the new Superman flick, Man of Steel, could be classified as a technological dystopia (more below).

]]> http://atif-az.org/why-does-hollywood-hate-futuristic-technology/feed/ 0 Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented Two-Factor Authentication, Has A Patent To Prove It http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-4/ http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-4/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:01 +0000 http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-4/ Oh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us. Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he's got a patent to prove it. Continue reading →]]> kim dotcomOh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us.

Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he’s got a patent to prove it.

]]> http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-4/feed/ 0 Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented Two-Factor Authentication, Has A Patent To Prove It http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-3/ http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-3/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:01 +0000 http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-3/ Oh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us. Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he's got a patent to prove it. Continue reading →]]> kim dotcomOh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us.

Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he’s got a patent to prove it.

]]> http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-3/feed/ 0 Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented Two-Factor Authentication, Has A Patent To Prove It http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-2/ http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:01 +0000 http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-2/ Oh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us. Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he's got a patent to prove it. Continue reading →]]> kim dotcomOh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us.

Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he’s got a patent to prove it.

]]> http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it-2/feed/ 0 Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented Two-Factor Authentication, Has A Patent To Prove It http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it/ http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:01 +0000 http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it/ Oh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us. Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he's got a patent to prove it. Continue reading →]]> kim dotcomOh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us.

Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and he’s got a patent to prove it.

]]> http://atif-az.org/kim-dotcom-claims-he-invented-two-factor-authentication-has-a-patent-to-prove-it/feed/ 0 LinkedIn Has Definitely Acqui-Hired Maybe, Omar Hamoui’s Polling Startup, Minus Hamoui Himself http://atif-az.org/linkedin-has-definitely-acqui-hired-maybe-omar-hamouis-polling-startup-minus-hamoui-himself/ http://atif-az.org/linkedin-has-definitely-acqui-hired-maybe-omar-hamouis-polling-startup-minus-hamoui-himself/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:39:55 +0000 http://atif-az.org/linkedin-has-definitely-acqui-hired-maybe-omar-hamouis-polling-startup-minus-hamoui-himself/ Fresh from closing its purchase of newsreading app Pulse, LinkedIn has made another acquisition to dive deeper into the mobile space. TechCrunch has found out, and confirmed, that the social network has aqui-hired Maybe, the social polling startup founded by Omar Hamoui -- the man who set up, ran and then sold mobile ad company AdMob to Google for $750 million. Continue reading →]]> call her maybe screenshotFresh from closing its purchase of newsreading app Pulse, LinkedIn has made another acquisition to dive deeper into the mobile space. TechCrunch has found out, and confirmed, that the social network has aqui-hired Maybe, the social polling startup founded by Omar Hamoui — the man who set up, ran and then sold mobile ad company AdMob to Google for $750 million.

]]> http://atif-az.org/linkedin-has-definitely-acqui-hired-maybe-omar-hamouis-polling-startup-minus-hamoui-himself/feed/ 0 SocialWhirled ends stealth mode, introduces social campaigns http://atif-az.org/socialwhirled-ends-stealth-mode-introduces-social-campaigns/ http://atif-az.org/socialwhirled-ends-stealth-mode-introduces-social-campaigns/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:24:48 +0000 http://atif-az.org/socialwhirled-ends-stealth-mode-introduces-social-campaigns/ Social_Whirled

After being in stealth mode for two years, SocialWhirled is coming out of its cocoon to introduce its social media promotional platform to a wider consumer base.

SocialWhirled is looking to streamline online social campaigns for companies’ products. This could ... Read More

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After being in stealth mode for two years, SocialWhirled is coming out of its cocoon to introduce its social media promotional platform to a wider consumer base.

SocialWhirled is looking to streamline online social campaigns for companies’ products. This could … Read More

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]]> http://atif-az.org/socialwhirled-ends-stealth-mode-introduces-social-campaigns/feed/ 0 Encoding.com’s Vid.ly Integrates With FreeWheel To Provide Monetization Of Universal, Cross-Platform Video URLs http://atif-az.org/encoding-coms-vid-ly-integrates-with-freewheel-to-provide-monetization-of-universal-cross-platform-video-urls/ http://atif-az.org/encoding-coms-vid-ly-integrates-with-freewheel-to-provide-monetization-of-universal-cross-platform-video-urls/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:00:37 +0000 http://atif-az.org/encoding-coms-vid-ly-integrates-with-freewheel-to-provide-monetization-of-universal-cross-platform-video-urls/ Cloud encoding vendor Encoding.com launched Vid.ly a couple of years ago to provide video creators with a way to publish a single universal video URL and then have that content accessible on any device. Now it's providing a way to monetize those videos, thanks to an integration with ad delivery platorm FreeWheel.Continue reading →]]> Screen Shot 2013-05-22 at 1.07.52 PMCloud encoding vendor Encoding.com launched Vid.ly a couple of years ago to provide video creators with a way to publish a single universal video URL and then have that content accessible on any device. Now it’s providing a way to monetize those videos, thanks to an integration with ad delivery platorm FreeWheel.

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