You can now visit Halloweentown on your phone courtesy the Disney Emojis. To celebrate the Halloween holiday Disney has released a new retelling of Tim Burton’s classic “The Nightmare Before Christmas” entirely out of emoji. It features Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie, and more of… Read More »Disney’s Nightmare Before Christmas as told by Emoji
Editors note: please welcome guest author Corey Robertson with a tech update from the intersection of Disney and Apple Apple is launching a slew of new products today and we expect Disney to be present at the event in more ways than one. Disney and… Read More »What to expect from Disney at Apple’s Launch Event
When Disney bought Marvel one of the things we fans expected to see was some synergy. It’s happening, but not as you might have expected it. Rather than Marvel appearing in theme parks, although that will happen someday, we’re seeing Disney lending some of its… Read More »Disney releases Marvel iOS Apps to Help Promote The Avengers movie
We currently have an iPod touch at home and I am impressed with its ability to teach as well as entertain. I can’t wait to upgrade to an iPad, expand the visual real estate, and explore its potential as well. Thankfully, Disney has been aware… Read More »Disney Publishing Enlightens the World with new “it’s a small world” app for iphone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
Today, Apple named a new Chairman of the Board. Arthur D. Levinson will take over as Chairman, having served on the board since 2005. In Disney-related news, Bob Iger (President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company) was also named today as a new member of… Read More »Bob Iger Joins Apple’s Board of Directors
I was honored to be interviewed by local news channel WESH today. They asked me to put some perspective on how the death and legacy of Steve Jobs parallels that of Walt Disney. Both were great innovators. Among other things, Disney invented the animation desk,… Read More »Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, Both Started With A Mouse
Many people will write better tributes to Steve than I can here. They’ll mention how he invented personal computing, built Apple from the ground up, twice, and started a revolution in computer animation by having the vision to see something special in the team at… Read More »Steve Jobs, founded Pixar and Apple, Dead at 56
Marketwatch commentator Conor Sen makes an interesting proposal, Steve Jobs should take Apple’s massive cash holdings and purchase The Walt Disney Company. What should it buy? Increasingly, Apple is moving away from computing and toward the intersection of computing, communications, and media delivery. That’s Steve… Read More »Should Apple buy Disney?