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XBIZ EU Kicking Off in London
XBIZ EU’s first official day of activities and seminars begins on Monday at the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Hotel to bring together the industry’s movers and shakers from around the world to learn, educate and share business stories.
Sex Toy Tech: Form Follows Function in Adult Pleasure Product Market
There’s a reason that the adult novelty market has slowly been rebranded as pleasure products, and that the transition has paralleled the growth of social media and a backlash against fly-by-night technology. As shame decreases (thanks, Facebook), consumers are more free to discuss things that used to be dirty little secrets, and are demanding quality and practicality—elegant tools rather than easily breakable bachelorette party gag gifts.
Dev Depot: Helium Tests for Unused CSS
Whether your website is a work in progress or fresh from the designer, it is likely to contain unused coding, which can be difficult to manually identify and track down. Helium, a JavaScript based tool for discovering unused CSS across many pages on a website, runs from within the user’s web browser and makes it easy to develop more accurate, less cluttered CSS code; free from unsightly digital debris that often surrounds “let’s try this and see what happens” coding practices.
XBIZ EU 2013 Speaker Lineup Announced
XBIZ is pleased to announce the speaker lineup for the upcoming international digital media conference, XBIZ EU.
The Changing Front Lines of Adult Commerce
The adult industry has long been in the forefront of technological advances, from DVDs to membership sites, from editing software to programmable sex toys. In step with the producers, the industry’s retail segment has made use of technology to enhance sales. Especially in the essential area of e-commerce, they have met with great success.
Cherry Media to Host Quiz Show Panel at XBIZ EU
Cherry Media S.L. announced today that it would be hosting this year’s mobile panel during the XBIZ EU conference in London with an exclusive, fun quiz show theme entitled "Who Wants To Be A Mobile Millionaire?"
XBIZ TV: Lexi Belle Discusses Adult Film Career, Life
XBIZ TV is pleased to announce an exclusive new video interview with adult film star Lexi Belle.
Lemonade From Lemons
If you frequent adult industry news outlets and/or gossip sites, you don’t have to look far to see the industry’s various black eyes on full display. From confirmed fact to rampant rumor, the news regarding the internal health (literal and figurative) of the adult industry is, generally, not at all positive.
XBIZ Comes Under Attack
Well our good friends at Morality In Media (MIM) are at it again, with a recent email plea from chief muckraker Dawn Hawkins, who asks supporters and the general public to help the group of book burning zealots pressure the Radisson Hotel to cancel its generous hosting of the upcoming XBIZ EU digital media industry trade event
Technology: Porn Films’ Secret Formula
Like the old song says, “kicks just keep getting harder to find.” And no where is that more true than in creating porn productions that can satisfy a generation of Internet viewers who have been over-saturated with every type of adult content imaginable.
Pre-Nominations Open for 2014 XBIZ Awards
XBIZ is pleased to announce that pre-nominations begin today for the industry awards event of the year, the 2014 XBIZ Awards, presented by Fleshlight, on Jan. 24 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Calif.
ASACP Set to Attend XBIZ EU in London
ASACP is returning to London for the annual XBIZ EU conference, scheduled for Sept. 22-25 at the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Hotel.
Dev Depot: Replace Flash Previews With Mobile-friendly Gifs
Originally introduced by CompuServe in 1987, the graphics interchange format (GIF) is one of the most widely used bitmap image types on the Internet, offering true cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility, small file sizes and robust support for animations and transparency. It is also “safe” to use from an intellectual property perspective, as unlike newer technologies such as Adobe’s Flash, all of the relevant patents surrounding GIF have expired, making this format easy and free to work with.
XBIZ 360° Official Event Sites Now Live, Details Revealed
XBIZ is pleased to announce the launch of the events portal for the biggest industry events series of the year, XBIZ 360°, scheduled for Jan. 22-25 at the extraordinary W Hollywood Hotel.
Open Source Traffic Management Options
The task seems simple enough: provide relevant, valuable statistics about where your site’s visitors are going when they leave your site; whether it is to an advertisement, sponsor program, traffic trade or other destination; along with how much money that visitor was worth in comparison to his or her cost.
Keeping Live Cam Customers
From LiveJasmin to MyFreeCams.com (MFC), from ImLive to VideoSecrets, Dating Gold and beyond, live cams are an integral part of today’s adult entertainment ecosystem. Live cams are a component stemming from the earliest days of amateur websites, where personal interaction and personality gave performers a distinct edge over their peers when live content joined the mix. This trend has evolved into a multibillion dollar business that is popular with consumers the world over — but it all boils down to the impact of one-on-one interaction between a fan and performer, for a profit.
Billing in a New Light
At the heart of e-commerce is the ability to process transactions and manage the sale, delivery and customer service process — processes that benefit greatly from automation and expertise — and which fall into two main implementation categories: using a direct merchant account or a third-party service.
A Look at the Evolution of the Mobile Adult Internet
As we approach a decade of (usable) mobile Internet access, it is worthwhile to explore the history of this dynamic adult entertainment market segment, as well as its current and future profit potential. Christian Kreul of Visit-X and VX|Cash (www.vxcash.net) has a long history on the mobile Internet, dating back to 2005, long before the explosion of Smartphones, apps and tablets. He explains that while phone calls and plain text messages were the killer apps back in the early days, today, eight years later, the mobile Internet has come out of its infancy and is here to stay.
Sex & Censorship to Hold Public Meeting During XBIZ EU
Sex & Censorship has slated a meeting open to the public in London to discuss opposition to censorship of the Internet and other media. The event will coincide with XBIZ EU.
XBIZ Poll: Will Google Glass Be a Game Changer?
Is Google Glass hype or not? That's what XBIZ asked this summer after Google rolled out for developers the wearable computer that houses an optical head-mounted display.