May 2009

What holding a glass says about you, forget the booze

May 29, 2009

“The way you hold your glass can reveal much more than you might realise, a psychologist has warned.” –  ’Glass hold’ reveals personality, BBC.

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Hollywood Moving from Mobile App Marketing to Mobile App Money-Making

May 29, 2009

Until recently, the major motion picture studios were casually lobbing games into Apple’s App Store such as Monster vs. Aliens (DreamWorks), Shooter—The Official Movie Game (Paramount)  and The Dark Knight: Batmobile (Warner Bros.) with the prime purpose of promoting their new films. Nearly all the movie tie-in apps I’ve looked at up to now have [...]

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New Yorker Magazine Gets iPhone Finger Painting; Developer Gets Windfall

May 28, 2009

Look for the June 1 issue of The New Yorker magazine and you’ll see a cover drawn entirely on the iPhone by artist  Jorge Colombo. Colombo used Steve Sprang’s Brushes, a flexible drawing app that features three different brush styles of varying widths. You also can vary colors, hues, shades and density and employ other [...]

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Factoid: Top 25 ad networks in April

May 20, 2009

Market researcher comScore reported today the top 25 ad networks based on their reach among U.S. Internet users in April 2009. The ranking shows: AOL’s Platform-A remains the top ad network, reaching nearly 176.5 million U.S. Internet users, or 91.5 percent of the total audience, followed by Yahoo! Network (167.1 million) and Google Ad Network [...]

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Bridging the gap between enterprise and iPhone

May 19, 2009

One of hardest knocks on Apple’s iPhone has been that it’s unfit for industrial-strength duties in the enterprise. According to technology watchers and IT execs, what’s missing from the iPhone are enterprise-level functions such as push notification and device management systems that would make it easier for IT managers to track and secure corporate iPhones. [...]

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Geffen reportedly interested in New York Times

May 18, 2009

The Financial Times reported last week that David Geffen, the ex-record producer, current movie mogul and forever gantser macher wants to buy into the New York Times. Citing unnamed sources, FT, reported Geffen, a co-founder of DreamWorks SKG, made an offer for the 19.8 per cent stake in the New York Times Company held by [...]

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Scribd rolls e-presses today for content sellers

May 18, 2009

Start-up Scribd introduced today a server that enables anyone to upload content and charge for it, the NYTimes reports. Scribd is a cross between vanity publishing, social community and YouTube. Authors and publishers set their prices for their content and keep 80 percent of what they sell.

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Google adds search options to its main search page

May 13, 2009

Google has just added a few new search options to its primary search page. Click on Search options link, take a look at the links on the left, and you can filter results by type and time. Types include videos, forums and reviews. Time includes recent results, past 24 hours, past week and past year. [...]

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iPorn goes mobile

May 13, 2009

It’s a business that has long been assumed to be recession proof, but even the adult entertainment industry has been struggling in today’s economy.  However, some porn producers say they expect the growing popularity of smartphones will soon enliven the porn market like popping Viagra pills does for some guys. So what accounts for the [...]

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Visual complexity made simple

May 11, 2009

Infographics are a hot button for me. I prefer a chart, graph, word cloud—anything visual–to help me understand data, cause and effect, or complex networks. Like many people, I don’t process numbers well. I came across Visual Complexity recently and I want to pass it along. The site belongs to Manuel Lima, an interaction designer, [...]

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