April 30, 2011

How Much Power Does The Internet Use? (Infographic)

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Data centers’ energy consumption is currently growing at a rate of 12% per year as the need for more data storage increases. If the Internet was rated as a country, it’s total energy consumption would be 5th in the world, just after Japan and above Russia.

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Youtube to Offer Movie Rental Service


YouTube is launching a movie rental service in a partnership with Hollywood film giants including Sony and Warner Bros, to rival Netflix and Apple’s iTunes.

The video website will expand into streaming big-name, full-length blockbusters in May, according to reports. With the premium movie-on-demand service, film lovers will be able to stream new releases for as little as $1.99, though prices will differ depending on the movie.

Three of the six major film studios – Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros and Universal – have reportedly agreed licensing terms with the Google-owned video giant. Paramount, Fox and Disney have not yet committed to the plan, it is understood. The service is expected to be limited to the US for the foreseeable future.

A spokeswoman for YouTube declined to comment.

Google has strengthened its relationship with Hollywood and program makers in recent months in an attempt to keep up with competitors, including the market-leading Netflix and iTunes.

In the US, Netflix dominates the nascent online movie streaming market. With 23.6 million subscribers, the US-only site now commands as many eyeballs as Comcast, the largest cable operator in the US. Apple’s iTunes, meanwhile, offers a formidable roster of new releases to download and to rent online.


Despite a low-key foray into independent movie-streaming announced at the Sundance film festival in January 2010, YouTube has yet to offer any big-name titles. The site’s global reach, attracting more than 100 million users around the world, is understood to have complicated negotiations with film studios, which usually sign licensing agreements on a country-by-country basis. The deal has been further complicated by existing partnerships between Hollywood studios and streaming services including Netflix.

YouTube has signed up a number of high-profile media executives, including former Netflix boss Robert Kyncl, in recent months as the site tries to move away from its user-generated video image. Two Paramount executives, Alex Carloss and Malik Ducard, have also joined YouTube recently, along with Universal Sports chief Claude Ruibal.

Kyncl, now YouTube’s vice-president of TV and film entertainment, hinted at the movies-on-demand plan at a conference earlier this month. “Imagine if you had a video store on YouTube, where you could rent or buy the movie without being sent elsewhere,” he said. “Obviously, there are things coming, but we can’t talk about them yet.”

YouTube, which was bought for 1.6 billion by Google in 2006, generated about 4m in revenue last year and is thought to have recently become profitable.

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April 29, 2011

GQ: Spring's Best Sunglasses

1. Cutler & Gross tortoiseshell aviator £275



2. Maison Martin Margiela Acetate Tortoiseshell £350



3. Ray-Ban Acetate Wayfarer £160



4. Balmain metal framed aviators £395



5. Ray-Ban metal aviator £120



6. Cutler & Gross black rounded £275



7. Linda Farrow Luxe £305

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The Pharrell Williams Resource Center


Recording artist and producer (and Virginia Beach native) Pharrell Williams is partnering with the City of Virginia Beach to build a resource center, in Williams Farm Park. The purpose of the center is to provide an environment conducive to learning and serve as a place to “inspire and educate”. The Center’s programs will seek to change the world of the underserved kids, one kid at a time, by giving them resources/tools to meet their unique potential. The vision of the center is to modernize the community center concept by empowering kids to learn through new technologies, arts, and media.

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April 27, 2011

W Magazine: Thirty Minutes with Karl Lagerfeld Interview


Well, let’s start with this ad campaign you’ve done for Magnum Ice Cream.
I’ve done many ads because that’s my new career. It’s an inspiring extension for my mind. I always loved advertising. If I hadn’t been in fashion, I’d have been in advertising. I like everything about it. I think it’s an interesting expression of the culture of the moment. I just put out a huge book about the history of German advertising from 1900-1920, because it was the best period. It’s not very well known, but there were great artists. And those posters—when they show up, there are hardly any left—sell for fortunes. It’s a very interesting book, I must say. In fact it’s a box with 12 books.

So why ice cream?
Don’t forget my father was a milkman. He produced Carnation milk in Europe under different names, so I like to say he was a milkman. And ice cream is made with milk, no?

Do you eat it?
I would love to if I was allowed to eat sugar, but my doctor told me that sugar wasn’t needed for me so I haven’t touched it in ten years. I also did the ad for Dom Pérignon and I don’t drink alcohol, but I think it’s a very civilized drink.

You’re a busy man.
I’m always busy. You know, the more I do, the more ideas I have—that’s the funny thing. The brain is a muscle, and I’m a kind of body-builder.

Do you ever take vacations?
I’m not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed. I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in the morning early. I come back for Anna Wintour’s party at the Met, then again at the end of May for a prize I get from the Gordon Parks Foundation. I’m lucky that I can do all these things in the best conditions. I don’t have to struggle for that. I don’t have to discuss budgets. I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.

Do you ever think about cutting your hair?
No, because I’m afraid it won’t grow again. And I’m not very gifted for hairdos. This is the quickest thing in the world. It takes less than five seconds.

Do you do it yourself?
No, I have someone who comes to the house and washes it, puts in the dry shampoo, and takes care if it because I have no time. I don’t even have time to go to the dentist. I’m busy but in a pleasant way. I’m the one who wanted to do all of it, so I can’t complain.

What are your thoughts on Dior? Who should take over?
Well I’m not a consultant there, but I think Riccardo Tisci would be good, and then Haider Ackermann at Givenchy—not because they are friends of mine, but because they are good.

So we’ll be seeing more ads from you.
I saw newspapers saying that maybe I do too much because I work with big companies—Coca-Cola, Sky TV, Magnum, Schwarzkopf, which is like L’Oreal in Europe. I’m not going to calm down, because that’s not my nature. But I don’t have to think about what’s next. I think that’s a very healthy thing. The Ivory Tower in the end will kill you.

You’ve famously worn Dior Homme, Tom Ford. What menswear designers do you like now?
Tom Ford is not as good on me as younger men. And you know why?
Because I wore the same kind of clothes thirty years ago—Italian-made by Caraceni. I love the way Tom Ford suits are made. They’re chic; they’re elegant. But on my younger entourage, they look better than on me. I wear Dior Homme—my old Hedi Slimane suits. The ones they do today, too, as long as they don’t get too flou. And a little Lanvin. I used to love Margiela, but it’s not him anymore and it shows a little. I used to buy quite a lot of Japanese labels, too, like Undercover and Number (N)ine, but that one disappeared. Mister Hollywood does well-made clothes. You know, I hate made-by-order clothes. It’s up to me to fit into them, not to buy some orthopedic stuff to get the body into. I never had one button touched on a Dior suit. Size 48 is my perfect size. In the past you had to do fittings because there was nothing really good. But when I went to Caraceni thirty years ago, there was one fitter for waistcoat, one for jacket, one for pants—it took hours. You needed three months to get the clothes. No, no, no. I like things immediately.

Is there one thing that you don’t like a woman to wear?
I’m not mad for thongs.

When was the last time you cried?
I’m trying to think of the last time I had onions.

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Fly Nano – Personal Aircraft



Flynano is a single-seat “fun flyer” that allows the freedom of flying without any passengers or cargo. Because of its advanced design and hi-tech materials, the Flynano is an extremely light-weight flying device, allowing for maximum fun without compromising the integrity of flight.

It is available in three types: E series, G series, and R series, and costs between 25,000-27,000 Euros. Pre-orders are already available through options@flynano.com, and the product will be shipped out Summer 2011.

April 26, 2011

April 25, 2011

Frank Ocean – "Nostalgia, Ultra (Mixtape)"


Lounge Act

Be it for business, pleasure or leisure, cut an unshakable Sixties shine this season by pairing checks or pinstripes in thick, textured wool with statement shirts or roll necks to give yourself the edge.

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Cobra PhoneTag


The Cobra PhoneTag ($60) is using a Bluetooth connection between the included dongle and your iPhone, Android device, or BlackBerry to let you know if your tagged item has left the vicinity. It immediately sends you an email or text message with GPS coordinates when it happens, and works the other way around, too, letting you “ring” your smartphone from the PhoneTag. Just don’t place your phone in the bag that’s got the PhoneTag on it, or you’ll be completely screwed.

BlackBerry PlayBook


As RIM’s first foray in tablet PC market, the PlayBook has some of the features that make it worthy adversary to the Apple iPad 2, but not its successor. Measuring in at 7.5 x 5 inches, 0.4-inches thick and weighing in at .9 pounds, the PlayBook is smaller, more compact and lighter than Apple’s tablet and, much to its benefit over the iPad 2, supports Flash and Microsoft Office documents.


The Playbook is equipped with two 1080p video cameras (a three-mega pixel camera in the front and five-mega pixel one in the back), and features a brilliant screen display as well really clear sound from its stereo speakers. There’s built in HDMI connectivity and its touch screen navigation is slick. But for all of the promise that it holds, the PlayBook ultimately falls short because, despite baring the BlackBerry name, it doesn’t support the brand’s core values of connectivity.


16GB version retails for $499, 32GB for $599 and the 64GB for $699.

April 24, 2011

Apple signs cloud deal with Warner Music


Apple has reached an agreement with Warner Music Group to offer the record label's tracks on iTunes' upcoming cloud-music service, music industry sources said.

In the race to the cloud, Apple is apparently stepping on the gas. All Things Digital reported Thursday that Apple has signed two of the top four record companies and wrote that Apple content chief Eddy Cue was due to be in New York on Friday to try and finalize agreements with the two still unsigned labels.

It's unclear whether Warner was one of the two record companies that had previously licensed Apple or whether the New York-based label inked an agreement on Friday. A Warner Music spokesperson declined to comment. An Apple representative was not immediately available.

Warner Music is the third-largest of the top four labels and home to such acts as Linkin Park, Flo Rida and Green Day. The other record companies are Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music. At the same time that Apple makes the rounds at the labels, Google has grown frustrated and has told the labels that it's exploring the option of breaking into cloud music by striking partnerships with existing services, including Spotify, say sources with knowledge of the talks.

What's in the cloud?
There's a lot of news leaking out about the land grab going on for cloud music, so maybe we revisit what all the fuss is about. First, cloud music is supposed bring back riches to the record labels, stimulate music sales for iTunes and other Web music stores, and supply fans with added convenience.

The term "the cloud" describes third-party computing. Apple and Google have each talked to the large record labels about creating cloud services that would enable users to store their existing music libraries on the companies' servers. Consumers could then access their songs from anywhere they could connect to the Web. This makes it possible to offer users lifetime rights to songs. They wouldn't have to worry about an inoperable CD or a malfunctioning hard drive. Their libraries would live forever in the cloud.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20056528-261.html#ixzz1KUPsWVRM

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April 20, 2011