links for 2008-06-30
June 30, 2008
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The Nyko Frontman is a Telecaster-style wireless Guitar Hero controller for the Nintendo Wii. It’s a bit cheaper than the standard Les Paul model, and has a slightly different feel.
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links for 2008-06-28
June 28, 2008
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‘It’s not all about gaming’ seems to be the big message with the PS3 these days and, having just announced movie downloads [for the US first], the company has previewed a non-game service, called ‘Life With PlayStation’.
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74 teraflops of power
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PingMag interviewed Kristin Feireiss and Lukas Feireiss, editors of Architecture of Change: Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment. The houses and buildings featured in this book are stunning.
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Need to schedule a meeting or phone call, but can’t agree on a time that is good for everyone?
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Google just announced its odd Google Media Server, a Windows app that finds photos, music, and video and makes it available to DLNA devices like the PlayStation 3, XBox 360, and most Media Center PCs.
links for 2008-06-27
June 27, 2008
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This spring marked the 40th anniversary of HAL, the conversational computer that was brought to life in the 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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Starbucks is to become the sole sponsor of a specially created branded content area on the Virgin Media site
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Automotive brands plan to stop using dedicated campaign sites as budgets tighten and consumers tire of fragmented content.
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MTV UK is to launch a virtual world for its music channel brands.
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Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn says “the future belongs to all-electric cars” and announces the company’s first step toward that day – a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid it’ll have on the road by 2010.
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Michel Gondry, the French-born director of acclaimed offbeat movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has also directed numerous groundbreaking videos for the likes of Björk and the White Stripes. He offers his picks of the best videos…
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Here are the top 10 most-viewed TED Talk videos from June 2006 to May 2008
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Some technologies take things down a notch. For instance TinyPaste, a service obviously built with Twitter in mind that lets you link to ramblings in excess of the regular 140 character limit.
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We’ve had another iPhone app come out of the woodwork to give us a preview before the impending launch of Apple’s App Store.
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Webmonkey shows you how to mash your favorite photos onto a map using a few lines of Python code.
Touching the void
June 26, 2008
So. We’ve got high volume mainstream and low adopters. Oh, and these 9 million browser downloaders (which reminds me). Spend is on the up, effectiveness is still not quantifiable. Old school (or should that be skool) and traditional digital (now there’s a thing) are just not working, and never will. Did you notice that ad for Vodafone on TV last night? Did you notice that ad for Vodafone in the paper this morning? Did you notice that ad for Vodafone on Facebook this morning?
Brands need to engage with their audiences at a time and place that they are in the mood to buy, when they are up for a transaction. The problem with digital is that it’s bypassing the physical. You will never avoid the fact that people want to see, touch, smell, hear and taste before they buy. The digital relationship starts here. It’s participatory and it’s on their terms. It plants a seed.
Remember me for the experience you had as much as the product or service I offer. Oh, and here’s something for you. If you want it. It’s the start of something special…
links for 2008-06-26
June 26, 2008
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JC Penney is making headlines this week, but not for the reasons it’d like.
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A viral online video phenomenon won a Grand Prix at the Cannes International Advertising Festival that was usually reserved for only the best in traditional TV advertising.
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Watch as the demo shows matched images that were identified using the TinEye image recognition software. Given an image to search for, TinEye tells you where and how that image appears all over the web—even if it has been modified.
