In this week’s edition of FDL: steampunk adventures in Australis from author Steve DeWinter. The Scarecrow of OZ is an action-packed sequel to The Wizard of OZ: A Steampunk Adventure. Caleb – a half-human, half-lion hybrid – is imprisoned in the Australis Penal Colony, where an ancient, and devastating, weapon was hidden millennia ago. His…
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Since 2008, we’ve been partnering with consumer electronics manufacturers to make smart Internet-connected devices. Today, we announce our latest partner, Korean-based set top box manufacturer Fortis. Fortis is an industry leader; delivering complete solutions that include premium content and Video-on-Demand. Fortis is now shipping multiple models of BitTorrent Certified devices for operators and consumers in…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYZz3aF_hdQ&w=570&h=370] Alex day is a YouTube artist and a DIY pop star whose massive success breaks all the rules of the music industry. He doesn’t have a label. His fans live mostly on one online channel. He’s released tracks on BitTorrent. Despite this, or maybe because of this, he’s sold over half a million iTunes…
In this edition of Friday Download: a first look at Evangeline Lilly’s new graphic storybook, The Squickerwonkers. Grab it here. Introduced by Peter Jackson, and illustrated by Weta Workshop’s Johnny Fraser Allen, the book tells the tale of a girl who falls in with traveling troupe of vice-stricken marionettes. Dark. We caught up with the…
Metal is about blurred lines; catharsis and doom, chaotic and calculated, masked and stripped bare. Maybe no one knows this better than Corey Taylor: the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour; two of the biggest bands in recent rock history. According to Taylor, “Nobody is one side.” Nobody less so than this artist. Blur…
Public Enemy put out a challenge to remix their latest track “Get Up Stand Up” via a contest on BitTorrent. If you want to make a remix for Public Enemy to hear, but don’t know where to start, here’s a simple how-to. To get started, all you need is a computer with an Internet connection….
For fans of Explosions In The Sky, The Album Leaf, Fugazi, great music This weeks FDL: Mogwai. Mogwai hails from Scottland and is the cosmic post-rock instrumental band that will play the soundtrack to your life. Whether you’re a mega fan or new to the band, this collection of audio recordings from their live shows…
Just Enjoy This Shit is the motto behind Jet Life’s brand of hazy-aimless-cool rap. Okay, deal. We’re all for a crew that’s always been about fans first; giving away new tracks for free, and bringing mixtapes to the masses. The question Jet Life asked us (and it’s a big ask, and it’s a crazy ambition):…
Good ideas can come from anywhere, which is why BitTorrent holds regular hackathons which we here at BitTorrent call a “Palooza.” The basic idea is that we set aside two work days where anyone within company can form a team to work on a new product, feature, internal tool, or general idea. At the end…
In this edition of Friday Download, we’ve got Spoon: Texas-based indie darlings turned alternative rock sensation. Listen to them in 1997, performing from the album that established their sound–The Soft Effects EP– all the way to 2008, performing from their critically acclaimed and creatively daring album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Enjoy! Links to the…