Posts Tagged "Next Tech"

  • The First Augmented Reality Browser

    Next Tech
    The First Augmented Reality Browser

    Video of the world’s first mobile Augmented Reality browser, initially for the Android platform, from Layer Technologies in the Netherlands. So cool that it makes adding an Android to my quiver very tempting.

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  • Web 2.0 — What Will Make it Work?

    Next Tech
    Web 2.0 — What Will Make it Work?

    Join us this Friday for a deep dive into marketing and Web 2.0 technology at  The Executive Summit: Marketing & Technology-the Next Frontier hosted by Pace University’s Lubin School of Business. Click here for more information and to register.
    According to the program notes “This has been the most discussed area of marketing and yet it [...]

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  • Is There a Downside to the Upside of Social Media?

    Social Media
    Is There a Downside to the Upside of Social Media?

    Between the Susan Boyle phenomenon, participating in a panel discussion on the importance of social media in business as part of NYC Entrepreneur Week and watching clients eyes cross when I urge them to Twitter, I’ve been thinking a lot about social media lately. Is it only today’s flavor? Is there a downside we’re not [...]

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  • Social Media and the Future of Business

    Social Media
    Social Media and the Future of Business

    Join us on Tuesday, April 21st at the Samsung Experience, Time Warner Center, NY for a panel disciussion on The Future of Business: Is Social Media the Answer? produced by our friend Bill Sobel for NYC Entrepreneur Week (NYC ENT). Click here for event details and registration information.
    We’ve got a great panel moderated by Merrill [...]

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  • Twitter in Your Pocket

    Social Media
    Twitter in Your Pocket

    Wired’s Danny Dumas and Steven Leckart stopped by Twitter headquarters the other day to probe the company’s new moneymaking brainchild. Or did they…?

    If you like this Twitter gadget I’ve got a nice bridge you’ll also be interested in…

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  • The iPod Touch, Supersized

    Next Tech
    The iPod Touch, Supersized

    The recent announcement of the third generation iPhone OS has fueled persistent rumors of an Apple netbook or other intermediate size device, something I’d welcome for so many reasons. So this morning I was happy to stumble on Rex Hammock’s blog post predicting a supersized iPod Touch:
    Within the next 45 days, not later than May [...]

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  • Toy Fair Brain Dump

    Educational Technology
    Toy Fair Brain Dump

    Our friend Warren Buckleitner, Editor of Children’s Technology of Review (www.childrenssoftware.com), gives an impromptu brain dump of Toy Fair ‘09. On his mind: the explosion of virtual world-real toy hybrids (Webkinz Jr. and others); JAKKS Pacific “TV toys”; something arguably creepy from Irwin Toy; and iPhone Apps from Hasbro.

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  • Read the Book, Play the Game

    Educational Technology

    Of all the games I saw at Toy Fair this week the Jacabee Code was the most interesting. In this new-to-market print/game hybrid for 7 to 12 year olds, the player starts by reading a story which contains clues needed to succeed in an online game/virtual world. You could think of it as an age-appropriate [...]

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  • Sleepless in New York

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    Sleepless in New York

    I spent the last weekend in January participating in the first Global Game Jam at New York’s Columbia University (there were 1,650 participants at 54 locations in 23 countries in all, including a group at New York University). Now that I’ve recovered from too many Doritos and soda I can say it was great to [...]

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  • Brand You According to Google

    Business & Marketing
    Brand You According to Google

    Let’s face it, the ability to manage and control our personal and professional identities has taken a big hit thanks to web services like Google, MySpace, Facebook, social bookmarking and now challenges like “25 Random Things About Me” that’s been making the rounds.
    Depending on how you play it out it’s either the underside or simply [...]

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  • Happy 25th Birthday, Macintosh!

    Next Tech

    On January 24th, 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh computer, the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command line interface.
    According to the entry for Macintosh in Wikipedia, “The Macintosh 128k was announced to the press in October 1983, followed by an 18-page brochure included with [...]

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  • Kids and the iPhone

    Games & Sims

    We were working on a new product idea for kids 3 to 7 years old the other day and began envisioning one version built specifically for the iPhone. But is the iPhone a platform that’s viable for children at the younger end of this age range, we wondered?
    As this video and others of the [...]

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