Most of us should know the universal hand sign for "on the phone" or "give me a call". BCK, which collaborates with companies and organizations to transform ideas into products is going to literally turn that hand sign into a mobile phone. How does it work? The concept works similarly to bluetooth headsets: working with your mobile phone, you can receive calls via the color rings designed to be worn on your thumb (headset) and little finger (microphone). Besides, the ring concept also incorporates sensors that would allow you to receive calls simply ...
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Sep 2 2009
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Why Ben & Jerry’s Hubby Hubby is a Social Media Success
Ben & Jerry's, the Vermont ice cream maker has never failed to leverage on social networking tools to create presence. Just yesterday, another strategic move saw it dubbing its iconic flavor, Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby. It was a partnership with Freedom to Marry to celebrate Vermont marriage liberty and raise awareness of the importance of marriage equality. What's good to note is that many of us didn't receive this news through traditional media. We heard about it through the buzz of Twitter and Facebook (again). Here are my thoughts on its social ...
Sep 1 2009
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IBM Patents TV Remote Control that Auto-Blogs
Watching TV alone can be boring! Wouldn't it be great if you have a TV remote control that allows you to share what you're currently watching? IBM owns that technology, which is waiting to be patented. This remote control, designed by IBM scientists, allows you to "autoblog" on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace about whatever you are tuning into at any point of time. According to the patent abstract , this new technology allows us to post a snapshot of the show we are watching, as well as text about ...
Aug 31 2009
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Hmm… Social Media Lingos in Collins Dictionary
Earlier this month, Collins Dictionary announced that the word "Twitter" would be included in its next edition. Now words like 'noob', 'meh', 'mwah' and 'hmm' (see definitions below) would also be found in the new dictionary. These "words" originated from teens who converse regularly through social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo. Hmm: Pondering Noob: A newbie Meh: A sound denoting disapproval Mwah: Sound of an exaggerated kiss According to Elain Higgleton, editorial director of Collins, these words would not necessarily be permanent in the dictionary. "In three or four years a lot of these words ...
Aug 28 2009
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NEW: Businesses on Twitter will have Strategic Statistic Tools
By the end of this year, Twitter will have strategic statistic tools available for businesses on its site. This tool definitely comes with a price, which has not been discussed thus far. Co-founder, Biz Stone told the Venturebeat blog that these new accounts will include statistics and analytics, which will help businesses measure how effective their use of Twitter is. A handful of business accounts, not named by Biz are currently trying out this new statistical tool. Despite raising $55 million in venture funding and currently servicing 44 million users, Twitter is still ...
Aug 27 2009
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NEW: Twitter Tags Location to Your Tweets
Twitter is planning to tag location to your tweets more accurately. Tagging location right now depends on users to fill in their current location manually. With people putting their location as "at the top of your mind!" or "in your heart", it doesn't really make up to reliable location data. This new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to your tweet for tracking of your true location. For fellow users to see where you are tweeting from, you will need to activate this new feature, which is switched off ...
Aug 28 2009
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DailyBooth: Damn the 140 rule. We use Picture Tweets!
The social media landscape is getting more exciting. Even as the battle between current social sites escalates, new sites are still rushing to enter this race. Innovation inspires innovation and here we have DailyBooth, a Twitter-like platform that allows you to tweet with pictures. Sharing is no longer limited to 140 characters! Traffic..and Competition? DailyBooth is not exactly new. It has been around for 6 months and its traffic growth has been pretty impressive. A +15,429.77% yearly change very much reminds us of Twitter's sudden success in social media. Is DailyBooth a Twitter competitor? ...
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Project Retweet: Full News Coverage
For the early adopters, they would probably remember how it was like before @replies was conceived. There wasn’t a proper way to reply to “what you are doing” tweets. Twitter expected you to tell people what you just ate for brunch without wanting a response. But the tweeple wanted more interaction and started putting an “@” in front of the username they were responding to, followed by the message. Just when Twitter has integrated @replies into the Twittersphere, another convention came up: Retweeting. Third party apps started supporting the retweeting feature quite ...
Aug 28 2009
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Google Shift Ads To The Left
Google has recently reinvented Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" lyrics. Here it goes: "To the left, To the left, Everything they paid are shifting to the left On the left side that's my stuff, And if I searched it please don't touch" Google has shifted its sponsored listing ads to the left, just in case you are looking for them but missed because they are so far right. The ads are now more noticeable and from now on, click through rate would probably increase as a result. A screen shot comparison below shows quite a difference! In ...
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Facebook Search Now Real Time
It seems like the first Facebook-FriendFeed product is now out of the oven: As expected, a real time search within Facebook is now available to all users. The new Facebook search works like FriendFeed and Twitter's real time search. It gives you access to all its users' status updates, links, and photos as long as they allow their personal content to be shared. So what avenue will the new search feature open up for Facebook? Will a classification of trending topics be its next feature upgrade? There are probably plenty of questions ...
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NEW: Google Adwords’ Conversion Optimizer
Google Adwords is known for its highly targeted marketing prowess as advertisers only pay when there is a click or a thousand ad impressions. Now Google has made another step forward to make the online advertising market more competitive with the Conversion Optimizer. In short, the Conversion Optimizer allows advertisers to pay only when there is an online conversion, termed as cost-per-acquisition (CPA). What Google Says Brief The Conversion Optimizer is an AdWords feature that uses your AdWords Conversion Tracking data to get you more conversions at a lower cost. It optimizes your placement in ...
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NEW: 3D Street View in Video? That’s YellowBird
Missed an outdoor concert and wish you were there? YellowBird is a startup in the Netherlands that can make your dream come true. If you see a striking yellow 360-degree video camera positioned around the streets, wave at it with your best smile as you may end up in one of the 3D videos hosted by YellowBird. Besides the camera, this startup also developed its own software that can retrieve uncompressed footage from the camera to produce quality 3D videos complete with background music and sound effects, and a video player that ...
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