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Mobile News
Google’s Android leads smartphone market with 48% share
Apple, however, continues to lead as the number one maker of handsets. The top five selling handsets in Q4 were the Apple iPhone 4S, Apple iPhone 4, Apple iPhone 3GS, Samsung GALAXY S II, and Samsung GALAXY S 4G.
By Mike Carrall 02.07.12
THE LATEST
Silicon Valley
Madonna world tour coming to San Jose
No other act has more Top 10’s on the Hot 100 or Number 1’s on the Club Chart. Madonna has sold over 300 million albums and holds the record for the most successful tour by a solo artist in history.
BY Monica Turner 02.07.12
World Premiere
Grief and design clash in Carey Perloff’s ‘Higher’
The staging is right out of Architectural Digest. Minimalist, with soaring frosted glass flanking an austere hardwood stage, the juxtaposition against sun-soaked scenes in Israel alongside the Sea of Galilee, make for striking visuals, imagined and otherwise.
BY Clinton Stark 02.06.12
Tear down this Paywall
1 Year Later: Murdoch’s The Daily, New Media Business Models
Megaupload provides a partial clue about how many feel about (over) paying for content. Right or wrong, it signals an alarmingly different era for new media and publishing models.
BY Clinton Stark 02.06.12
STARK ON TECH & SILICON VALLEY
One-Two Punch
Get your Android news fix
After testing bucket loads of RSS, news aggregation, and social apps, I’ve narrrowed down my morning read to two Android apps.
BY Clinton Stark 02.06.12
WATCH: Top 10 Super Bowl ads (video)
All hail the Cloud, except when expenses spiral out of control (Cloudability hands-on)
Android Smartphone Power Rankings: February 2012
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Wine blogs well worth your time (and, uh-oh, natural wines?)
2010 Napa Cellars Chardonnay, Napa Valley ($22, 90 pts)
2010 Michael David Winery Incognito, Lodi ($18, 88 pts.)
Minimalist wine marketing in action
Here comes Oregon Pinot Gris
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STARK INSIDER TV
How to Escape a Cult: Elizabeth Olsen, ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’
Thanks to Sean Durkin’s mesmerizing direction and fascinating cinematography, this independent film is a unique, stubborn, and ultimately memorable film-going experience.
By Clinton Stark
ARTS & CULTURE
Yes, 8 year-olds poop
Theater Review: ‘Private Parts’ at The Sandbox, SF Playhouse VIDEO
By Clinton Stark 02.05.12
Object Detached
‘Body Awareness’ deconstructs the Male Gaze for serious laughs
By Clinton Stark 02.03.12
ARTS & CULTURE
San Francisco Opera announces financial results for FY11
By Clinton Stark
Jesus in India, American Idiot style
By Clinton Stark
San Francisco Bay Area Theater gets social with Twitter (plus: who to follow)
By Clinton Stark
Give ‘Em Hell, Harry
By Cy Ashley Webb
Cinequest Film Festival – Here’s what you need to know (video) VIDEO
By Clinton Stark