Second Life calling

December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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Second Life developer Linden Labs have created a way for avatars to receive phone calls whilst they are actually in Second Life. Users phone numbers will be connected with their avatars and using the existing voice technology, they will be able to receive calls.

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Blog, Community, Mobile, Social network, newsRight 

Google launches My Location

November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

Google have today released the details of a new product on their mobile blog called My Location. My Location uses beta technology (as with a lot of Google’s products) that uses cell tower identification to provide you with approximate location information, so it will work on phones without GPS. Start Google Maps for mobile, press [0], and the map will indicate your approximate location by centering on a blue circle. This is a great piece of technology when visiting other cities when the lure of sushi is just too much to take.

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Blog, Mobile, Technology, Video, newsLeft 

Stephen Fry on the iPhone

September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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I have come across Stephen Fry’s new blog and interesting to see he has dedicated his first post to the SmartPhone. I know Stephen is a bit of a techie anyway and is obviously already a published writer in his own right, but I think you will agree that this is a superb first post. Interestingly Stephen gives an overview of the iPhone that he had shipped over from the US and although he confesses to go mad for all things Apple, he gives a wonderfully honest account of his experience of the phone. Keep your eyes out for this blog.

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Blog, Mobile, Technology 

Plazes personal satellite feed

August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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Cross between Socialight and Twitter, Plazes is a new micro blogging platform that enables you to geotag exactly where you are or where you are heading to. This means that rather text your friends to see who is out of an evening, you can actually browse your contacts and see their location. One of the key features is being able to send a text, and the application can pick up your location. The company states “Think of it as your personal satellite feed for your friends and readers of your blog”. I have registered and will be playing with this over the next couple of weeks. Source: PSFK

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Blog, Community, Mobile, Social Interaction, Social network, Technology 

Spot the Bull

June 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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New Orange campaign, Spot the Bull, invites players to guess where Derek (the bull) will find himself at a given time using GPS tracking. There isn’t only a Tom Tom “installed” on the bull, but also every 30 seconds a photo of Derek in the field is taken, while a time stamp gets encoded in the image. The contest is part of Orange’s integrated marketing effort at the Glastonbury Festival: those who spot the bull win tickets for the event. Personally, I’m quite glad that I opted for the old fashioned route of paying for them as I
have better things to do than hunt for a bull, but those who do have some time on their hands I am sure will find this quite amusing.

Posted by Jamie Coomber | Filed Under Advertising, Blog, Games, Marketing, Mobile, Promotion 

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