UK mobile operator, 3, has just announced that it will launch Britain’s first large scale video mobile dating service. Read how Daily Telegraph reporter Nic Fleming’s mobile video dating experience turned out. I am not normally big on beautification but, after all, I do have dates with three women in the next few hours. It is only halfway through polishing […]
Here Comes Mobile Video Dating!
How To Keep Your Employees Happy
Genencor International, a US-based biotech company, has an ingeniuous way to keep its thousands of employees happy and productive: by allowing them to design their own headquarters. Fast Company reports: Genencor International’s headquarters in Palo Alto are the physical manifestation of what happens when you effectively transform employees into designers of their own work environment. The 1,260-employee, $380 million company, […]
Cars Getting More And More High-Tech
Indeed, manufacturers are adding so many high-tech functions and features to cars that greatly enhance the driving experience. Nowadays, you can check your e-mail, surf the Web, watch television and videos, and do so much more, all from the comfort of your driver’s seat. Japan’s Toyota even has an “Intelligent Parking Assist” feature, available on the hybrid gas-electric Prius model […]
Selling More Solar Panels
Solar panels generally consist of grids of raised black photovoltaic cells that are unfortunately aesthetically unappealing. Moreover, the installation of solar panels sometimes needs the roof to be puntured and the metal supports bolted, and this can void the roof’s warranty. As a result, solar panels are still not widely adopted in the US and other countries. If that’s the […]
Advertisers Moving Into Online Games
Massive Inc., a New York-based company, has just announced the introduction of the world’s first online gaming ad-serving network. This network will be somewhat similar to online ad banner networks; advertisers can embed their advertising messages within gamescapes based on dayparts and other targeting criteria, which is unlike product placements in games. The company has inked deals with gaming companies […]
Memory Card Album
As record stores brace themselves for chart-topping sales of the hotly anticipated Robbie Williams Greatest Hits album – released today – there’s a new kid on the digital music block that’s set to delight the iPod generation. The pre-loaded memory card. EMI Music UK has agreed a deal with The Carphone Warehouse which will make Robbie Williams the first artist […]
A Wireless Future
Influx Insights ponders the future of wireless technology: For a long time the new wireless revolution has been a false promise, but recent developments suggest the category is poised to enter the second stage of its evolution. Advances in networks, hardware and software are converging to redefine the idea of mobile communication, to include: information, entertainment and commerce. Read on […]
Billboards That Walk
Here’s something different in advertising and product promotion: digital walking billboards. Chibi Vision, a U.S.-patented brand new advertisement method, is a digital walking billboard that you can fashionably wear as a backpack. Ad video contents run on a 7-inch digital screen. You can make a cool video in any form — DVD, CD, SVCD, MP3, CDDA, JPEG, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, […]
Digital Homes
According to this Reuters article, Microsoft and dozens of other big-name technology companies, from France’s Alcatel to Japan’s Sony Corp to chipmakers like Intel Corp, are betting that big money can be made in the years ahead by changing forever the way that news, entertainment and information reach consumers: digitally, and over the Internet. “It’s all about giving consumers the […]
Apple Mini Stores
Although the idea of opening retail stores where customers can walk through the various products on sale and try them out is not new, the news of Apple opening ‘mini-stores’, each of which is roughly half the size of Apple’s common retail outlets, is worth noting. Half the products available in these ‘mini-stores’ will be iPod-related, and the other half […]