Adult Industry Has SomeTech Ideas

If the desperation at the XBIZ Conference this week is any indication, the adult industry is now in a frantic struggle to adapt to the digital era and find a profitable business model that will work on the web.

That is leading to all kinds of innovation. A device called RealTouch relies on ‘haptic’ technology to allow viewers to literally ‘feel’ what is going on on-screen. Here’s how it works: the user plugs an egg-shaped device into a computer, inserts his penis, and then can simulates the sex acts occurring in a porno film, aided by heat or lubricants.

At the end of the conference on Wednesday evening, one new idea was attracting notice: a gyrating, woman on an iPhone who stripped progressively.

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Coldplay sued by Joe Satriani for plagiarizing ‘Viva La Vida’

Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs. Satriani’s copyright infringement suit, filed yesterday (Dec. 4) in Los Angeles federal court, claims the Coldplay song “Viva La Vida” incorporates “substantial original portions” of his 2004 instrumental “If I Could Fly.”

This argument comes down to is who you are a fan of - of course Coldplay fans arent going to accept that the songs are similar. And Satriani fans are going to be annoyed. Don’t have a go at me if this video upsets you. (Coldplay fans) Im not claiming Coldplay copied anyone, just putting the thought out there for people to talk about. YOU BE THE JUDGE - checks out the viddy.

Coldplay have recently been accused of copying ‘Songs I Didnt write’ by Creaky Boards on their new single Viva La Vida. The song is also similar, if not more so to Joe Satriani’s song ‘If I Could Fly’.

Full Remix of the two songs is at:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=w3kytzHrKpo

Wal-Mart iPhone Sales: Where's the Discount?

Wal-Mart is rolling out sales of the iPhone 3G this weekend -- but don't expect to see a lot of savings. As was speculated back in November, the discount retailer will begin carrying the iPhone on its shelves Sunday. Missing from the equation, though, is the discount.

It's no surprise, then, that the rush of reports claiming Wal-Mart would sell the iPhone for $99

created a bit of a stir and didn't seem entirely unbelievable. Turns out, of course, that instinct was wrong.

Selling Strategies

So what happened? It may just be that Apple doesn't believe its iPhone needs that strong of a push. The iPhone already commands almost a third of the U.S. smartphone market and is steadily growing, while Nokia -- the only company ahead of Apple in sales -- has been consistently losing share over the past months. In fact, analysts say Apple is "the only reason" the smartphone market stayed strong throughout the year's economic downfall.

A $99 iPhone would have boosted sales, no doubt, maybe even expanding the phone's demographical reach. But a $197 iPhone placed in front of millions of new faces will probably do the job decently, too. And, given the iPhone's ongoing success and ever-increasing appeal among young users, I suspect Apple isn't too worried about the outcome.

Mobile Porn

Mobile porn continues to grow ever more popular. It's only a natural part of the evolution of any technology. Since time immemorial, any new innovation from the printing press to the video camera and any other new way of distributing images ends up being used to make porn. From iPods to PSP and of course, cell phones in the case of sites such as Oh Mobile, the world is changing even if some cellular providers are shy to admit they're the first in their nation to give direct access to smut on the go.

If you've never lived in Canada, you might not know that has much as Canadians are adamant that they're different from Americans, being so close to the USA is at times an easy way to justify controversial trends. According to the Globe and Mail (02/06/07), Telus Mobile is using the old, everyone is doing it excuse for having recently launched the first direct access to adult content on their Canadian cellular market.

To be fair, they're halfway truthful since obviously their competitors on the Canadian cellular market do provide internet services and as Telus spokesperson Jim Johannsson points out, "The reality is it's already out there on today's handsets that are equipped with Internet browsers."

However, other Canadian cell phone giants Rogers Wireless and Bell Canada do not provide direct-marketed adult content yet. The Telus content costs between $3 and $4 Canadian for downloads of porn pics and flicks. A credit card serves as its form of adult verification meeting Canadian legal standards. Parental blocking of said content provides further safeguards.

Telus had received 135 complaints from offended customers who do not support the move according to Mr. Johannsson. He made no comment regarding whether any of the disgruntled consumers cancelled their services with the company besides stating that he expects it will be a "small fraction" of subscribers. That gives me a chuckle since in Canada, most cell phone users are under two or three year contracts that have early cancellation penalties of sometimes two or three hundred bucks.

Talk about a captive audience. Nevertheless, it won't be a bed of roses for the new service, I know. Having already worked in the customer service department of cellular phone service provider, I'm well aware of what happens when a new pay-per-use service is launched. There will be lots of people with huge bills bitching that they would never, ever even think of looking at porn let alone pay so much money for it. Those same folks were the first ones back in the day to say that they didn't know that each of their 40 new ring tunes were costing $2.99 each.

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