A much publicised patent application published in December 2007 revealed that Apple had explored allowing handheld owners (such as the iPhone) to place orders from local stores. The system would, for example, allow customers to order a drink with the press of a button on their iPhone which would then notify them when their order […]
Natalie Spence flicked over some Flickr in-the-know this morning. It’s an article from Flickr’s George Oates on their experience building and cultivating their online community. A thread includes minimising the ‘rules’ and allowing users to tangle, mangle and get creative with the given infrastrucure.
“People don’t like being told what to do. We like to explore, change things around, […]
Some bloggers this week are suggesting that Microsoft is handing out “backdoor keys” to Windows security to police officers. Although Microsoft is denying the bulk of the rumors, a full explanation still seems a bit elusive.
In a statement to BetaNews this afternoon, a Microsoft spokesperson denied that a technology unveiled at a law enforcement conference […]
An interesting video with the creators of the new pilot web site from Carnegie Mellon University, called Spongecell. Spongecell. brings together the interactivity of social networking to product marketing and promotion campaigns. An interesting example was the Yari Film Group in the USA..
Yari Film Group sees 40% opt-in
“We wanted to promote our movie “Final Season” […]
Announced in the last couple of days, is this the start of media based social networks (flickr, youtube, joost, vimeo etc) starting to converge on being able to carry all your media?
…well not quite at the moment as they (flickr with 4 000 000 users) are only allowing 90 second clips to be loaded up […]
Yes Lady’s and Gent’s you heard it right… After completing his 100th soccer/football game for England, everyone’s favourite high-pitched voice sports star, David Beckham has received a gold plated iPod touch from his team mates to celebrate the occasion.. The thing is worth over $1,600.00 aussie dollars.. And fortunately they didn’t skimp on the iPod […]
There is talk that the features of social networking will gradually absorb into everything we do online or possibly be accessed through bespoke personal portals. This means that future social networking may not be destination dependent and we won’t need to log in to a branded url to connect. Can Facebook, MySpace and Bebo sustain […]
We have seen a lot of videos about the changing media environment but this one nearly a year old, slipped through the net. So just been to a great business, Trans-Tasman lunch and Tony Surtees who was speaking about ‘The Conversation’ played this very cool video which reinforces my previous post. Funny and worrying […]
