Dr. Dre Teams with HP for 'Amazing' Ads, Pink Floyd Vanquishes EMI
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- Dr. Dre has embraced technology and touted its benefits to the music industry, so it's only fitting that the icon is starring in a new wave of tech ads. HP drafted the rapper to appear in its new $40 million ad campaign known as 'Let's Do Amazing.' [From: Engadget]
- Floyd. Zeppelin. The Stones. Pimply-faced record label suits should be well aware (unless they just want to be publicly ridiculed) that after 40 years you just don't meddle with the fearless Gods of British Rock. The frequently-criticized EMI label apparently needed a reminder. An English judge has sided with Pink Floyd in its dispute with the label over online royalty issues, the ramifications of which should be clear soon. [From: The BBC]
- 160 years ago, Paul Julius Reuter helped to revolutionize the news industry by trumpeting the enormous benefits of the (then) strange and futuristic technology known as the "telegraph." His namesake organization, Reuters, has established a set of specific social networking guidelines for its reporters. [From: Reuters]
- Barnes & Noble is the latest big name to hop on the iPad, announcing yesterday that it's developing an exclusive iPad app that will give users access "to more than one million eBooks." [From: Mac Rumors]
- Major League Baseball recently discovered a backdoor to faking iPhone "multitasking,' but the next version of Apple's iPad OS may add true, universal multitasking. The mobile system's 4.0 upgrade, which is expected to be released this summer, will reportedly allow users to simultaneously stream audio and video while performing other tasks. [From: Lifehacker]
- Internet restrictions have become an international plague recently, even prompting Iceland to pursue status as a safe haven for bloggers and writers. The United States is taking a public stand against the mounting censorship movement, as the State Department recently released a report labeling the practice as a violation of inalienable human rights. [From: The BBC]
