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Best Buy Augmented Reality Ad Demonstration
Best Buy is experimenting with augmented reality in their advertising. They are distributing circulars in newspapers which instruct you to visit a Web site with a webcam-enabled computer to activate the ad.
Read More"Man On The Street" Reactions To The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal
UPI interviews anonymous people on the street in an anonymous city for their reaction to the Microsoft-Yahoo deal.
Read MoreKevin Spacey Explains Twitter To David Letterman With Little Success
This demonstrates just how far Twitter has become part of the fabric of American life and, in part, explains Twitter’s growth. When you have Kevin Spacey and David Letterman chatting about it on TV, a LOT of people take notice.
Read MoreThe One Big Thing: Google Chrome OS
The One Big Thing you need to know this week is that Google is aiming straight at the heart of Microsoft with the announcement that they plan to develop their own, open source, operating system ostensibly to be run on netbooks, called Google Chrome OS.
Read MoreRevenge Of The Customer: United Airlines Breaks Guitars
When musician Dave Carroll posted the United Breaks Guitars video to YouTube, United Airlines was left flat-footed in their crisis communications response.
Read MoreMinnPost Continues To Experiment With Online Advertising Formats
MinnPost publisher Joel Kramer explains the news site’s latest experiment in Internet advertising formats.
Read MoreHTC Hero To Challenge The iPhone
The Tawainese mobile phone company is releasing the world’s first Google Android-based mobile phone with a customizable user interface.
Read MoreYouTube Offering New Channel Designs
YouTube is offering new channel designs that are a vast improvement over the current designs, both in presentation and as a user experience.
Read MoreThe Real-Time Web Inches Closer To Reality: Facebook's Live Stream Box
With the release of the Live Stream Box, it appears Facebook wants to be the new TV.
Read MoreFirefox 3.5 – Video Tour
The most significant feature from my point of view is the ability to embed links within videos; this makes product placement on the Web viable.
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