Articles about Frank Catalano

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech co-founders join life sciences SPAC; new edtech execs; and more

— Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founders and brothers Chad and Harlan Robins are among the directors of a new life sciences SPAC.… Read More

How to survive the election: 5 tips for online news consumers from digital media experts

OK, digital denizens, this one’s on you. The primaries in the U.S. are done next week. The general election lies ahead.… Read More

Smart speaker sales take off globally, but consumer appetite for novel uses is fickle

While the quarter-by-quarter battle for smart speaker market share gets all the attention, the longer-term struggle to change consumer behavior… Read More

Listen up: Digital audiobooks now the ‘fastest growing format’ as tech and titles improve

If your idea of a good time reading is to do it with your ears, you’re in good company. Digital… Read More

More than paint on a wall: Hands-on with VR and AR in art museums from Chicago to Seattle

The stereotypical stuffy art museum experience is a thing of the past. At least, it can be if you don’t… Read More

Is your private online content really private? Not if you do something stupid

It doesn’t matter if it’s on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter. The biggest, most preventable threat to the privacy of… Read More

From virtual reality to ebooks, the future of digital media in schools is a total toss-up

The future of content in education is … robots? Well, not really. But it was easy to get that impression… Read More

Tablets or textbooks? Elementary students take on one of the great tech debates of our time

In the ongoing discussion about whether tablets or textbooks are better for students, the kids have a lot to contribute.… Read More

‘New magic’ at Disneyland: How the iconic theme park is enhancing its content with digital touches

ANAHEIM, Calif. — What is “content?,” I mused while my stomach rose and fell in jerky counterpoint to the Big… Read More

As Alexa’s Flash Briefing tops 5,000 skills, content providers learn more about what you want to hear

Smart home hub. Streaming music source. Dad joke repository. But Amazon’s Alexa has one skill that dates back to the… Read More

Traditional publishers’ ebook sales drop as indie authors and Amazon take off

Ebook sales are dying. Ebooks are insanely popular. If the short definition of cognitive dissonance is holding two contradictory ideas… Read More

How I got caught up in a Presidential barring of ‘media,’ but not the media that now matters

As the arm reached across to block my entry, I looked up, surprised. “I have a conference badge,” I recall… Read More

From AR to VR: After games, what’s the next big market for ‘extended reality?’

It’s OK to be confused about what the hot markets will be for digitally extended reality. Because figuring out which… Read More

Certifying online journalists: A bad idea whose time has come?

In the battle against fake news, is it finally time to certify journalists? It’s a divisive question, but one that… Read More

From Rhapsody to Napster: How this pioneering music service coulda been Spotify — and why it isn’t

In streaming music, Spotify gets the celebrity. Spotify gets the global reach. Spotify gets the IPO. Yet the music service… Read More

Seattle and King County library systems rank at top of global digital lenders as growth continues

Library lending is increasingly going digital. And that global expansion of technology-based borrowing is being led by library systems serving… Read More

One-of-a-kind Hive Media Lab launches in Seattle, on a mission to invent the future of media

If you’re going to have your lunch eaten, perhaps it’s best to have some say about the table setting. This… Read More

25 years ago, I predicted the future of media and tech — here’s how I did

In digital tech, 25 years is more than just a generation. It is an epoch. In pre-iPhonic 1992, there was… Read More

A Post-Diesel Journal: How the VW emissions software scandal sent one family down a new road

After nearly two decades with two cars, it starts with a forced shift to being a one-car family. Then it… Read More

Amazon Tap review: Say hello to my little friend — and new travel buddy

“Oh my God. It’s another one.” That was my wife’s reaction when she saw that a third Amazon Alexa device… Read More

Commentary: KPLU’s proposed acquisition by KUOW puts a global online audience at risk

The clock is ticking in the campaign to save a beloved media institution based in the Seattle area. With 24-hour jazz and… Read More

Echo Dot review: Hands-on with Amazon’s smart, squat, almost-too-independent Alexa sibling

Befitting its stature, here is the capsule review: Amazon’s new Echo Dot smart speaker is the Echo you’ve been waiting for… Read More

Amazon Books: 4 months later, the retail giant’s bricks-and-mortar experiment feels like a winner

Amazon has almost perfected a shopping experience for browsers — and I mean human, not web. Four months after the first… Read More

Ignore the critics: The world needs more Tomorrowlands

Tomorrow sucks. That, in a nutshell, seems to be the assessment of many film reviewers and even the box office… Read More

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Education technology: Your cheat sheet to 10 fads, trends, and WTFs

It’s been a most-frenzied spring of conferences in the new hotbed of startup and investor tech opportunity, education technology. And… Read More

Conducting with Kinect: Seattle Symphony to use Microsoft’s sensor in world premiere performance

On Friday, May 1, the Seattle Symphony will present the world premiere of a new work. It will be conducted… Read More

As science fiction ascends, its popular award – the Hugo – threatens to nosedive

The future of science fiction and fantasy’s most prominent award may be decided on its flight from Seattle to Spokane.… Read More

5 steps to deal with your geek child’s adulthood

Sad Tomagotchis. Dead batteries in Robotics Camp capstone projects. Discarded Legos discovered by bare feet in the middle of the night… Read More

Why I’m staying with Comcast – even though it’s Comcast

Comcast has my TV business. And despite the deep emotional satisfaction I might derive from cutting that particular cable, it is… Read More

Seattle nonprofit Enlearn tackles thorny task: Personalize school with technology

One of the knottiest problems in applying technology to education is the holy grail of “personalization:” How to adjust and… Read More