Posts Tagged ‘ lifecast ’

Engadget Offers Mea Culpa For AppleGate

May 18th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Commentary, Podcasting Events

Engadget has issued a mea culpa for “AppleGate” - its announcement that Apple was delaying the iPhone and the next version of OS X for several months. The story, which turned out to be unfounded, lost Apple stock owners an amazing $4 billion with minutes.
Engadget’s Ryan Block had the task of explaining their situation:
Credibility and [...]



Valleywag Story On 24/7 Natalie Portman Lifecast Fabricated

May 15th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Video

It looks like the recent Valleywag hype on Natalie Portman becoming the first 24/7 lifecast video star was unfounded.
Boston.com reports that the supposed investor in the project, George Zachary of the Waltham-based Charles River Ventures, has revealed the Natalie Portman lifecast to be bogus.
“We do enjoy talking with Natalie but don’t have more to publicly [...]



Will Natalie Portman Be The First 24/7 Internet Video Star?

May 9th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Strange, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Natalie Portman, star of the Star Wars prequels and V is for Vendetta, is rumored to be shopping around for funding for a new reality Internet video project:
Natalie Portman’s effort appears more in the line of Justin.tv, the Yale graduate who had been filming every minute of his life, or Lonely Girl 15, the Youtube [...]