Qik live streaming
January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
I have been watching Charles Frith’s antics in Beijing through his Qik streams, and have been yearning to test this technology myself, and now I can. Qik allows you to stream videos live from your mobile browser directly to web. It is really simple to use and the quality is surprisingly good. One of the best examples of this technology being used so far is to report on current events a la MacWorld where Qikkers streamed the latest product demos from Apple at the event. SMS Text news have also demonstrated it’s great capabilities as a shopping assistant in this post. It’s still in Alpha phase, but i’m really looking forward to seeing this grow over the next few months and for those who are interested, you can follow my streams here.
Adidas originals build your own festival
January 14, 2008 | 2 Comments
Adidas have teamed up with Vice magazine in Australia to launch a great new site allowing users to create their dream music festival. The Originals Festival site allows users to select from a range of artists within their $100k budget, pick their running order, pick their location for the event and then design a poster to advertise the festival on their MySpace pages and blogs to friends. The users with the highest attendance (most number of visitors) will win tickets to the Berlin Festival 2008. I spent most of my money on Underworld and LCD Soundsystem so mine was more of an evening affair rather than the full festival!
Second Life forced to close banks
January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Linden Lab, owner of Second Life, have been forced to close all banks within the virtual world due to fraudulent business dealings within the virtual world. They state that they were never responsible for the transactions but solely the software. Linden lab have said that banks must ensure they produce proof of an applicable government registration statement or financial institution charter. Technology Review first published the story when they cited the possibility that one virtual meltdown may have produced losses of up to $700,000 in real money.
New York underwear flash mob
January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
On Saturday, 900 people gathered in New York for the latest flash mob courtesy of Improveverywhere for the 7th annual No Pants Subway Ride. Escorted by the NYPD, participants had to spread across three subway lines and stretched six per car. The event also took place in Boston, Washington DC, Portland, San Fransisco, Chicago, Toronto, Baltimore and Salt Lake City. Source: Trend Hunter
Top 20 gadgets from CES 2008
January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
So this week CES 2008 has been running in
Trends that will grow for 2008
January 6, 2008 | 1 Comment
A lot of people are posting their predictions for 2008, so I thought I would get mine in too. These trends are not ground breaking as they are already occurring, but these are all factors that brands will need to start taking into account when planning communications to consumers. These are in no particular order so enjoy.
