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2013 XBIZ Executive Awards Honorees Announced
The first-ever XBIZ Executive Awards was held Tuesday night in London at XBIZ EU. With glitz, glamour and champagne flowing, the inaugural awards ceremony was held as the culminating event at the annual digital media conference at the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Hotel in central London.
Fake Reviews Come Under Fire
Think “no harm, no foul” when posting (or soliciting) fake reviews? Then New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has a real wake-up call for you.
'Sex & Censorship' Holds Rally at XBIZ EU
Sex & Censorship, the new U.K. group spearheaded by free speech advocate Jerry Barnett that is attempting to find ways to keep the Internet uncensored in the country, had a town hall rally Monday evening at XBIZ EU.
XBIZ EU Day 1 Draws Record Attendance
XBIZ EU’s first full day of seminar sessions, speed networking and business networking drew a record attendance at the annual London show. To kick off a full day of sessions, XBIZ brought in Pete Johnson, the CEO of U.K. regulatory agency ATVOD, to discuss new rules and enforcement targeting adult entertainment companies.
Marc Dorcel Debuts New Online Offerings During XBIZ EU
Marc Dorcel is introducing a new English-version website for women, an affiliate program, and a mobile streaming service concurrent with XBIZ EU in London.
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.