HOLLYWOOD. Calif. – If you’ve been around the adult industry for a while, you probably remember some of the early attempts to capitalize on the reality television craze by creating a “porn version” of shows like Survivor or American Idol. I recall seeing a booth promoting one...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – With nearly 2,000 nominees in 130 categories, the AVN Media Network’s 2015 awards shows are shaping up to be the grandest—and largest—yet. The half-dozen people, products, retailers and distributors, movies and websites not nominated this year belong to a...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Porn parodies have become a mainstay of the traditional adult entertainment industry. Now the fetish segment is getting into the act with a series based on a popular television show. Bondage is the New Black takes its cues from Orange is the New Black, a Netflix...

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Affiliate management and tracking software MPA3 is migrating to the Software as a Service model, meaning installations will be hosted on a central server instead of on clients’ machines. New clients automatically will use SaaS installations. Existing clients...

MONTREAL – Cream Dreams 3, the latest installment in director Jay Sin’s lesbian series, bowed on EvilAngel.com over the weekend. The online premiere follows what has proved a successful formula for the studio: launching a new title online in a members-only environment about two...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Santa Claus will arrive early for 32 Facebook denizens this year, in the form of a contest hosted by live-cam provider Camplace.com. Every day from Dec. 1 through 31, Camplace will give a Facebook fan 200 free tokens valued at 19.95 euros to spend on any model...

LAS VEGAS – House of Slam, a wild party/rave/concert/mosh pit, will make its second appearance during January’s Internext adult online industry trade show. According to organizers, the second coming of Da House resulted from requests received after the first incarnation proved...

VANCOUVER, Canada – A new Android app allows users to create avatars that “jiggle” when mobile devices are shaken. According to the developer, the Jiggler app is he only one of its kind to offer the service. We’re fairly sure that’s a good thing. Who invents these products?

WASHINGTON – Whatever you may think of the U.S. Dept. of State’s “Think Again, Turn Away” campaign to counter the social media-based recruitment efforts of Islamist groups like ISIS (or “ISIL” or “The Islamic State” or “Enron” or whatever they’re calling themselves at this...

SEATTLE – As you may have heard, Amazon has added a “private mode” to the Silk browser used by the Kindle Fire and the company’s various Fire smartphones. As is often the case when privacy features are added to any web-enabled technology, the operative tech-media assumption...