Dish Chairman Ergen Doesn’t Want To Kill...

Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is no stranger to controversy, so it should be no surprise that he has a controversial plan for the future of advertising. At the D: Dive Into Media conference today, the outspoken pay TV executive said he didn’t want to kill advertising, but wanted to make those ads more relevant to consumers. Dish’s campaign against ads began last year, when Dish released its Hopper DVR to its subscribers. Some of its key features include the ability to record a week’s worth of primetime content, and also to skip commercial. That rankled a...

UPDATED: Robotics Lab Willow Garage, Mak...

A spokesman for Willow Garage said, “There are some changes afoot at Willow Garage” but the company is not planning to shut down. Willow Garage, the robotics maker that created the PR2, will likely shut down within the next few months, reports IEEE Spectrum, citing multiple sources within the company. The decision to close down Willow Garage was announced last Friday, according to the report. Though the Menlo Park-based lab has not yet confirmed the news, IEEE Spectrum notes that much of the income generated by Willow Garage products is actually made by Willow...

Custom Upload Folders

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DBWD Send Link to Page

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Custom Windows Pinned Tiles

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WP Embed Posts

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ClipArt

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