Archive for October, 2008

Source ended the day with a scare with it’s annual Halloween celebration. To the smooth tunes of “Ask Your Mom”, we witnessed faked muscles, a life sized Rubik’s cube, Beetlejuice and more! Take a look.

One of the hottest technologies in Silicon Valley is also one of the simplest.

The online service from Web start-up Twitter Inc. prompts users to do one thing: answer the question, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less. People type these brief updates, known as “tweets,” into Twitter’s site or send them to Twitter as text messages. Friends and colleagues can then check the site to monitor each other’s updates.

When the service first appeared a couple of years ago, its appeal seemed largely limited to narcissists who wanted to let everybody know what they were doing in real time. But, like blogs and social-networking sites, Twitter is starting to cross into the mainstream, as a wide range of people find interesting uses for the brief notes.

Doctors are using Twitter to update patients about office hours. Local groups such as the Los Angeles Fire Department are using it to share details about service calls with interested residents, occasionally with graphic descriptions of the victims’ conditions. And dozens of major companies, like computer maker Dell Inc., use Twitter to share deals and product news with people who sign up for the service.

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Digital Trends came out with a “top ten” overhyped gadget list that spans over the past couple of years. Do some of your favorite gadgets make the list? 

Click here to find out!

Even with my vast knowledge of fonts, there are just too many (and so many more created each day) to know what each and every one is. Sometimes you’re either curious about what a font you see is, or you want to actually use it.

The website My Font is your new aid; they have a webapp called What the Font, which allows you to upload a JPG or enter a URL with the font, and it will try its hardest to identify it.

If the font you selected is not a known font, it will suggest a few different fonts that are close. Fontabulous!

Based on the latest developments in neurotechnology, Emotiv Systems has developed a revolutionary new headset for human computer interaction. Now you can bring avatars to life with real-time facial expressions, interact with content that responds to your emotions and control objects with the power of your mind.

Follow link below to more information, videos, and more.

Emotiv

All,

Below is an interesting article on how a developer claims the brewer and agency infringed on its iBeer feature. 

Enjoy!

Coors Sued for $12.5 Million Over iPhone App

Volkswagon is making babies! 

To generate buzz around the launch of the new Routan, VW has created the RoutanBabyMaker3000 which lets users upload two photos and see what their baby would look like. 

Click to make your own baby!

VIMB or “Video in my backyard” is a year old site dedicated to youth oriented news / music / lifestyle/ culture that takes place in America’s “backyard” . 

The VIMBY Nation continues to grow each week as new young “preditors” (producer, editor and shooter rolled into one) are accepted based on their filmmaking skills and their knowledge of the trends and communities VIMBY covers. VIMBY only accepts programming from their dedicated producers and culture arbiters, all of whom are on the VIMBY payroll.

Click here to check out VIMBY

Cool site that categorizes popular websites by category: http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,7488,00.asp

- Fun

- Health/Science

- Social Networking

- Lifestyle

Hello All,

Below is an interesting article on PepisCo. It talks about their falling sales, how they will revamp brands, the thousands of lay-offs they face and more. Read below for more information.

Candice

PepsiCo Launches Massive Overhaul