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Tech Tuesday: Evernote Hello

Posted by Sloane Kelley on February 28, 2012

We've all been there. You bump into someone and can't remember the person's name. It can lead to an embarrassing moment or worse but there is a way around it.

Meet Evernote Hello, a mobile app designed to help out in those situations by creating a narrative around the people you meet. It's also the subject of this week's Tech Tuesday with WSAV.

 
 
 
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AppsFire: The App Lover’s Kingdom

Posted by Brian Brunskill on February 28, 2012

With more than one million mobile applications available today, it can be difficult staying up to date on the latest and greatest out there. There is a solution: Appsfire, a free personalized App Store mobile application available for iPhone and Android. This application helps users discover the latest applications while easily connecting to daily deals. It can save you a ton of money if you keep up with it.

Featured applications are divided into the following price categories - Now Free, Top Free, and Price Drops. From there they are divided into topics - Games, Entertainment, Utilities, and my personal favorite: Productivity. By keeping up with the Now Free and Price Drops, an app addict could also save money.

A unique feature on Appsfire is the social component. You can connect with FeaturedVIPS, the most expert iPhone users around, and see what applications they are using. The MyBuddies section allows you to connect with people you know and see the applications they are using and those they have deleted. Appsfire also delivers you recommendations based on your personal tastes and the applications on your phone.

ReadWriteWeb described this application as "The must-have app sharing app." I couldn't agree more.  It has helped me to easily keep up with what high quality mobile applications are out there and have a little fun while doing so....

 
 
 
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Capitol Couture Reminds You To ‘Look Your Best’

Posted by Kristina DeVega on February 25, 2012

With Fashion Week winding down and the Oscars coming up, haute couture is on the mind of every fashionista from the runway to the Internet. In the case of the highly anticipated film, Hunger Games, marketers have adopted the Tumblr microblogging site as their headquarters for tapping the sartorial-minded segment.

Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games is a dystrophic tale that revolves around a televised competition of the same name where teenagers are forced to fight until death. Despite its grim narrative, the film is also known for its focus on fashion-forward apparel.

In this fictional land, fashion is heavily weaved into the book, so it only seems appropriate to focus on the Hunger Games’s fashion on a blog. Capitol Couture is a fashion editorial that blends information on the Hunger Games, movie characters, and the Panem (the film’s fictional nation) culture into one neat package. Some content is original, such as the humorous how-tos, but other posts are reblogs from other Tumblr users and Pinterest. Capitol Couture also sneaked in some cross promotion with their partners Rodarte and Moviefone.

This is a great example of transmedia storytelling. From their web address to the content, the blog becomes an extension of the movie world and doesn’t break the illusion of visiting a real blog in the Hunger Games universe. Comments on upcoming events in Collins’s narrative are paired with real runway looks in fashion shows. The author(s) of the...

 
 
 
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Google’s Heads-Up Display Glasses: Solution Looking for a Problem?

Posted by Emily Knab on February 24, 2012

Wearable technology can be very useful. Take the Android-based Recon MOD Live snowboard goggles, for example. A snowboarder wearing the goggles can view their speed, heart rate, altitude and can even take incoming calls, all while in action. Pretty cool, right?

Google is planning on introducing this type of technology to the masses by the end of 2012. It's Android-based "heads-up display" glasses could cost from $150-$600 and will use a 3G/4G connection, camera and microphone to sense its surroundings and provide a stream of relevant data to the wearer.

This more general application of the technology seems like a solution searching for a problem. In the snowboarder's case, the goggles could prove to be very useful (if not life-saving). But for someone that already has a smartphone, tablet and e-reader and struggles to find offline/online balance in the first place, these glasses may seem like overkill.

This technology may be embraced by certain industries or audiences where glasses make more sense than launching an AR app for smartphones, however. Museum tours, science experiments, airline pilots and even street artists may benefit. Keep an eye out for useful applications of this emerging technology in areas like these.

 
 
 
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Movie Car Posters

Posted by Hal Thomas on February 22, 2012

Looking for something new to adorn the walls of your creative space? Do you like cars? Do you like movies? Do you like cars and movies? Enough with the questions already!

If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, then check out MovieCarPosters.com. The site offers illustrated posters spotlighting some of the most iconic rides in the history of film, and at $10 a pop, they're a steal!

Thanks, Troy!

 
 
 
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