Posts Tagged as ‘ecommerce’

January 14, 2009

Augmented Reality: What? Why? When?

I recently threw together a list of things that might be ‘big in 2009′. On of which was Augmented Reality (AR). One of the best ways to get your head round it is to see it, so check out the video above. So what is it? ‘Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research [...]

December 4, 2008

What you Might Forget Amazon Remembers

Amazon has created a clever iphone app called Amazon Remembers which might help with those times you see something you like but decide you’ll just check how much it (or something similar) is on Amazon before you part with any money. You simply take a photo of the item you like the look of and [...]

December 2, 2008

Air makes it easier to use the Internet

Anyone who’s got an iphone or anything like it, will know that it’s easier to access information online through an application rather than through the browser. For example it’s easier to use the ebay iphone application than visit the ebay site on the iphone safari browser. This is because the application is designed specifically for [...]

November 13, 2008

P&G cut out the retailer to help cut prices

Procter & Gamble (P&G) have just launched a new site in the US that sells all of their branded products and runs in direct competition with its retailers. This move will hardly please their retailers, but then brands weren’t exactly pleased when retailers launched their own brands to compete with their brands. Selling direct might [...]