Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mike McCue thinks that his company, Tellme Networks, can transform the cell phone into a powerful tool for sales and marketing with its proprietary technology. Tellme uses a combination of Internet and voice-recognition technology to replace human operators and traditional automated attendants. Instead of requiring people to enter data by pushing numbers on the keypad, Tellme allows […]
Tellme More Please, Won’t You?
Star Trek Communication
The magic of Star Trek “com badges” has come to life! Wearing a Vocera badge, people can touch the slim device they wear on their uniforms, identify who they want to talk to and start talking immediately as they did on the TV show. The Vocera Communications Badge, made by Silicon Valley-based Vocera Communications, contains a digital signal processor chip […]
Hail The World’s First Advert Channel!
Can you imagine watching a TV channel that shows nothing but advertisements after advertisements? Having to bear with advertisements that interrupt your favourite TV shows is bad enough; why would anyone want to watch Advert Channel, UK’s first TV channel dedicated to showing nothing but ads? The world’s first free-to-air channel devoted exclusively to ads will debut in September 2004, […]
Take A Nap With Us!
Doesn’t this sound familiar? “Most of us have experienced one of those sluggish work days where all you want to do is crawl under your desk for a power nap. With so many people feeling over-scheduled and stressed out these days, consumers tell us there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day for sleep.” (Source: Metronaps.com) Well, do […]
Convert Your Spare Cash into Starbucks Coffee
Mixing Coffee With Music
On the new Starbucks menu: cappuccino, muffin, and jazz music! Starbucks has teamed up with their Hear Music brand to open a new innovative coffeehouse cum music listening bar. The newly opened Hear Music Coffeehouse in Santa Monica, USA, is a revolutionary record store where Starbucks customers can enjoy their favorite Starbucks beverages while creating their own custom-made CD compilation […]