People are already checking in and broadcasting their lives through the likes of Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare. Many of these check ins are at business locations such as restaurants and shops. Currently the vast majority of this activity goes unrewarded, with the most users can hope to gain is a foursquare badge or recently perhaps [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Mobile’
June 7, 2010
Toshiba take the touch screen to the next level
Since the arrival of the iPhone the touchscreen phone has gone from strength to strength. However, many people still don’t like the idea of pressing buttons that they can’t actually feel. The latest technology from Toshiba not only hopes to satisfy peoples’ desire to feel buttons, but hopes to take touch screen experiences to a [...]
April 26, 2010
McDonalds: Interacting with billboards via mobile
Gone are the days that billboard adverts offered a one way channel of communication with an audience. Digital technology means billboards can accommodate user interaction. A great example comes from McDonalds in which they combined the latest technology with the facts that most people have a phone with a camera on them at all times, [...]
October 31, 2009
Japan: As mobile obsessed as I hoped
It has been widely reported that QR codes are common place in Japan. In my short time in the country so far I can confirm this to be true. In fact I got one put in my passport as soon as arrived. Since then I’ve seen them all over the place, from hotel information posters [...]
October 6, 2009
Trendplanner Twitter Top 10: September 2009
Using the power of Hootsuite here are the most clicked links from the Trendplanner Twitter account for September. For other useful Twitter links on similar themes, check out Qapture which collects links shared by various interesting people on Twitter. 1. How 20 popular websites looked when they launched – http://ow.ly/nRUg 2. PUMA Pitcrew Builds Ferrari [...]
