The Louvre Upgrades to Nintendo 3DS

Posted By rmay - December 22, 2011

The Louvre has partnered with Nintendo to upgrade the museum’s current audio system to Nintendo 3DS consoles. Visitors will be able to select a digital themed guide to tour the 60,000 square foot museum. Through the Nintendo 3DS system, users can interact with the touch screen and 3D features to experience the museum in a new way. The Louvre is continuing this digital upgrade by releasing mobile and tablet apps for read more

The Realities of Augmented Reality

Posted By eknab - July 13, 2011

Most people think augmented reality, or AR, is a type of mobile app that adds a digital layer to the real world. That isn't entirely true. It's more than visual, more than mobile and has more marketing potential than you may have realized. The Status Quo of Augmented Reality The stereotypical implementation of augmented reality involves a smartphone and an app. Users of such platforms typically open up the app, which turns read more

Using Motion for Advertising Promotion

Posted By eknab - June 30, 2011

Generally, the best ideas solve complex problems in the simplest of ways. Gesture-based interfaces, while simple and easy to use, have not solved complex problems traditionally. While Kinect may help to get people off the couch and moving around more, the true value is in the entertainment, making that solution a secondary outcome. But gesture-based interfaces are now taking steps into areas where the technology is a primary solution, amplifying read more

“The Future is Medieval” Showcases the Future of F-Commerce

Posted By eknab - June 6, 2011

The Kaiser Chiefs is a band from Leeds that is showcasing the future of f-commerce, or commerce-enabled Facebook initiatives, with the June 3rd launch of their "The Future is Medieval" album. Fans can visit the band's Facebook page to create their own list of 10 tracks out of the 20 tracks on the album, complete with their own cover art. After purchasing and downloading the content, the customized album becomes read more

Blurb Brings Storytelling to Mobile

Posted By eknab - April 28, 2011

Blurb is an established self-publishing startup and on Thursday the company released Blurb Mobile for both the iPhone and iPod Touch. Users can create sharable stories on the app using mobile photos, video and audio. Users can then edit their stories by rotating, cropping, sequencing and otherwise altering their content and can also add such features as geotags and text or audio captions. The final product can be shared via read more

You’ve Got a Friend in Mobile Companion Applications

Posted By eknab - April 20, 2011

Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? Couldn't tell you. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We may never know. But there is one well-known saying that can be universally agreed upon: two minds are better than one. We are beginning to see this same mentality being applied in the digital space as some mobile apps are being created to work with other machinery. read more

Devo’s New Album has “Something for Everybody”

Posted By eknab - April 19, 2011

Devo has just released its ninth album called "Something for Everybody." The album itself is special in that the tracks were selected by fans. The crowdsourced track list came from a "song study" that the band did to participate in what they call "secondary creativity." The music video, however, is something in and of itself. Viewers can click to control where the camera is facing in the video, and can read more