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  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Photos of Angie, documentary about the life and death of Angie Zapata, on Hulu

    Photos of Angie, a documentary about the murder of transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata, can now be viewed for free on the website Hulu. Made by local filmmaker Alan Dominguez of Loco Lane Films, the film features interviews with Angie's family and friends, gay-rights activists involved in the case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft

    The main virtual hall​ Most conventions are pants-mandatory kinds of affairs -- even those of the adult nature. For the world's first virtual porn convention, however, I'm not wearing any (relax...I'm in my PJs). This past weekend, XBiz and Red Light Center hosted the Adult Entertainment Virt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Here are your 2011 Denver #WebAwards news winners

    ​Here are the winners of the 2011 Denver #WebAwards in the category we're loosely dubbing "news," which means Westword scribes report on the happenings in these beats, right here on Latest Word. These are the winners only; for a complete list of finalists go here: "Here are your 2011 Denver #W ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2011

    2011 Denver #WebAwards winners announced!

    Photos: 2011 Denver #WebAwards party

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Google further monetizes YouTube, which means enduring ads on every music video

    ​After a four year legal battle with over 3,000 independent music publishers, YouTube has agreed to pay licensing fees to the National Music Publishers Association. While this doesn't affect YouTube's preexisting contracts with the four major labels, it does change the way YouTube and its pare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Spotify finally launches in the U.S. What is it?

    ​It might not have been on purpose, but Spotify's constant delays in coming stateside have somehow managed to create an organic buzz for the streaming music service unlike anything that could have been done intentionally.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Modmarket needs your help to step up its social media game

    ​While Facebook pages and Twitter handles have become a staple on most restaurants' business cards, Boulder-based Modmarket wants to stand out. Sure, it will continue to use Facebook and Twitter accounts, but they'd be seamlessly integrated into the official website. "The idea is that we'd l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Will cloud storage help indie labels?

    ​We've already taken a look at the big three cloud services from Apple, Amazon and Google, but what does any of this mean to local bands and labels? With talk of Apple paying $100 million to the major labels for the rights to store content in the cloud and the launch of its paid service immine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    How does Apple's iCloud compare to other cloud services? No streaming option, for starters.

    ​Yesterday, Apple described and semi-launched its newest service, iCloud, an online storage locker that will automatically sync all of your Apple devices together with music, apps and books purchased through the iTunes store. What does that mean, exactly? Well, we break it down and compare its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Alki David gathers some hip-hop and R&B acts and trolls CBS over Limewire distribution

    ​This might be some of the weirdest copyright related news we've run across in a while. FilmOn founder Alki David has teamed up with a slew of musicians to file a lawsuit against CBS Interactive and CNET over CNET's distribution of LimeWire. Back in November, a federal judge had to issue a res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Today: Bakers and food bloggers from across the world hold an online bake sale to benefit Second Harvest Japan

    ​When San Francisco food blogger Sabrina Modelle heard about the earthquake and tsunami devastation in Japan, she reacted the same way that most of us did: staring, dumbfounded, at the horrific images on the television screen, or listening in disbelief to the coverage on the radio. And it was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    LimeWire wins legal consolation prize, but remains screwed

    ​File sharing site LimeWire is currently at the front lines of the battle over online media distribution. They've already lost the suit brought against them by thirteen record companies, the site is boarded up and now they're negotiating damages. This is where things get interesting for the ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Rhapsody, Spotify headed for showdown

    ​Music streaming services look more and more like they'll eventually do to MP3s what MP3s did to CDs, and what CDs did to tapes, and so on. We're still a long way from a paradigm shift, but as the popular European streaming service Spotify makes headway in its mission to invade America, Rhapso ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Attorney General John Suthers could use some Facebook friends

    ​Music streaming services look more and more like they'll eventually do to MP3s what MP3s did to CDs, and what CDs did to tapes, and so on. We're still a long way from a paradigm shift, but as the popular European streaming service Spotify makes headway in its mission to invade America, Rhapso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Hulu might die. Here's why you shouldn't care.

    ​News Corp. and Disney (who own Fox and ABC, respectively) are considering pulling their ad-based free streaming shows from Hulu -- remember that they are two of the three companies who founded Hulu back in 2008. Hulu has done incredibly well in terms of viewership, but its subscription-based ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    How the music industry will change in 2011

    ​In the past decade, the music industry has seen a lot of changes, but it has struggled to keep pace with technology, piracy and consumer demands. Already this year we've started to see a few more changes take shape, from crackdowns on piracy websites, a resurgence of interest in the currently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    We had a party and tweeted about it: Westword #WebAwards winners!

    ​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    LimeWire shut down by permanent injunction

    ​Looking for WMAs of Third Eye Blind? You're going to have to look elsewhere. Effective immediately, LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer file sharing service, has gone the way of pagers, payphones and the Walkman. In 2006, the music industry filed a suit against the service for a "massive sca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    The French are fighting piracy in a new and interesting way, but could it work here?

    ​The French government has revealed a plan to combat piracy that could either be the most brilliant gesture ever or the most monumental waste of government resources of all time (okay, maybe not all time, but close). The proposal: French residents can buy a 50-euro gift card with which they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Boulder to host first Beer Bloggers and Social Media Conference

    ​They know each other by their blogs: The Beer Wench, 2 Beer Guys, Fermentally Challenged, Beer Goggins, and many, many others. Maybe they've run into each other a beer conference or tasting on one side of the country or another. But for the most part, these beer bloggers have never met in pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Five ways to stave off an iTunes store monopoly

    ​ With the disintegration of Lala coming May 31st, we've been left with one less choice for downloading. Lala was one of the best digital music distributors in town, offering full album streaming and low prices for downloading. After the website was gobbled up by Apple in December of last ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    Denver has high hopes for a new social-media policy.

    ​ With the disintegration of Lala coming May 31st, we've been left with one less choice for downloading. Lala was one of the best digital music distributors in town, offering full album streaming and low prices for downloading. After the website was gobbled up by Apple in December of last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Top ten five blogs by bands

    Photo courtesy of Kanyewest.com​ Last week, Kanye christened his new web site with the above photo of his girlfriend, Amber Rose. Then, Thom Yorke announced the name of his latest band on the Radiohead blog. Which got us thinking about the other band blogs we have bookmarked. In our bitchin' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Internet Explorer 6 is dead -- and the funeral is in Denver

    May it rest in pieces.​Mention Internet Explorer to most knowledgeable computer types and you're likely to prompt a flood of profanities that would even embarrass the cast of Jersey Shore. So don't expect such folks to mourn at the funeral for Internet Explorer 6, which takes place next week u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    DISH Network rips proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger

    ​Englewood's own DISH Network has launched a passionate, if long-shot, effort to stop the blockbuster merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. This morning, in letters addressed to U.S. reps Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, as well as to senators Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, DISH executive vice pres ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    LEGO Universe — colorful plastic's answer to World of Warcraft — is the brainchild of Colorado-based NetDevil

    ​Englewood's own DISH Network has launched a passionate, if long-shot, effort to stop the blockbuster merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. This morning, in letters addressed to U.S. reps Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, as well as to senators Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, DISH executive vice pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Colorado podcasters, unite and take over

    If you're a Denver-area podcaster -- or someone looking to start a podcast or even just interested in the medium -- head down to the Wynkoop tomorrow night and meet some of your fellow 'casters. There's no real agenda beyond the group's general purpose of "lively discussion, hands on practice and sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Tonight at Forest Room Five: See behind the blog with Mizel Museum's "Blogging as Self-Portraiture" discussion

    John Common will break down blogging for you. As someone who's been blogging since before that was a word -- I created and maintained a personal journal-type site back in 1998, using HTML hand-coded in Notepad and uploaded to my server via FTP -- I've been there for most every change the medium has ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Blog, Blog, Blog

    Creating a self-portrait in cyberspace.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Revelations in new Facebook and MySpace study: no duh

    The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a study last week that found young people are more likely to use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace than old people. In other breaking news, milk mostly comes from cows and water is mostly wet.

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Jonathan Coulton is what happens when a computer geek starts making music

    The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a study last week that found young people are more likely to use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace than old people. In other breaking news, milk mostly comes from cows and water is mostly wet.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Hear from the man behind KBFR, Boulder's pirate radio station

    Yesterday's blog "Pirate Radio Station KBFR Back in Boulder" provided info about an unlicensed radio signal using call letters that date back for the better part of a decade. In that piece, the main commentator was Rob Smoke, a former Boulder City Council candidate who's producing a regular talk s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    John McCain live on KOA this morning

    Yesterday's blog "Pirate Radio Station KBFR Back in Boulder" provided info about an unlicensed radio signal using call letters that date back for the better part of a decade. In that piece, the main commentator was Rob Smoke, a former Boulder City Council candidate who's producing a regular talk s ... More >>

  • News

    September 25, 2008

    Last rites on the Rocky Mountain News's Twittering

    Yesterday's blog "Pirate Radio Station KBFR Back in Boulder" provided info about an unlicensed radio signal using call letters that date back for the better part of a decade. In that piece, the main commentator was Rob Smoke, a former Boulder City Council candidate who's producing a regular talk s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Rocky Mountain News plan to Twitter another funeral canceled after staff complaint

    Yesterday's blog "Pirate Radio Station KBFR Back in Boulder" provided info about an unlicensed radio signal using call letters that date back for the better part of a decade. In that piece, the main commentator was Rob Smoke, a former Boulder City Council candidate who's producing a regular talk s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Twittering an F-bomb during the DNC

    Yesterday's blog "Pirate Radio Station KBFR Back in Boulder" provided info about an unlicensed radio signal using call letters that date back for the better part of a decade. In that piece, the main commentator was Rob Smoke, a former Boulder City Council candidate who's producing a regular talk s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    The Video Professor Loses a Round In His Battle Against Critics

    Yesterday's blog "Pirate Radio Station KBFR Back in Boulder" provided info about an unlicensed radio signal using call letters that date back for the better part of a decade. In that piece, the main commentator was Rob Smoke, a former Boulder City Council candidate who's producing a regular talk s ... More >>

  • Music

    August 30, 2007

    Move Over, MySpace

    With friends like these...

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    The Devil’s in the Details

    Turning LEGOs into a massively multi-player online game.

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    The Blogtrotters

    What's the next big trend? Follow the bouncing ball.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2007

    Woman's Best Friend

    What's the next big trend? Follow the bouncing ball.

  • Music

    January 26, 2006

    The Singles Scene

    Todd Park Mohr is making new music -- one song at a time.

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    The Pod Squad

    What it is, how to get it and what pod-casting means to the world of radio.

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    The Message

    Pod Squad

  • People & Places

    March 24, 2005

    Best Local Blogger

    Rake's Progress

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Internet Interruption

    Web-radio legislation gets tangled in politics.

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Digital Dilemma

    Will new royalty fees kill Web radio?

  • Music

    December 20, 2001

    Industrial Revolution

    Napster's gone, but the record industry's copyright woes aren't.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    A Click in Time Saves Minds

    The cyber-brawl over Scientology spreads to search engines.

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    How the West Was One

    A partnership between Qwest and the state may sink a rural Internet provider.

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