Archive for November, 2010

RIM Flaunts Flashier Browser - Apple Fans Gon' Hate

Nov 17 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

You just hit ‘play’ on a video touting the PlayBook’s allegedly ‘faster’ and all-around more awesome browser than the iPad’s. And the proof would appear to be in the pudding – the PlayBook’s browser DOES appear to be a fair bit faster, rendering pages in a relative jiffy when put beside the iPad’s more »

Why Next-Gen Consoles Will Be About The Network, Not Hardware

Nov 17 by Navneet Alang | 1 comment

With the recent successful launches of Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Playstation Move, it is now more likely that this generation of consoles will last longer than in the past. While previously, a 5 or 6 year cycle has been the norm, it’s conceivable that this generation might go longer – maybe 7 or 8 years – because of this new tech that more »

Facebook Messages is an Attempt to Fix What's Broken about Web Communication

Nov 16 by Navneet Alang | 19 comments

Now that Facebook have announced their new messaging system, the reactions are pouring in: it has reinvented messaging; it’s trying to kill NYC start-up GroupMe; and of course, it might kill GMail. But whether or not Facebook’s ‘Project Titan’ messaging revamp will kill anything is unclear. As with any new product – especially with Facebook – how people outside the more »

Chinese Web Game Market Explodes

Nov 16 by James Mowery | add comment

Three things are now certain in life: death, paying taxes, and Chinese growth. China just so happens to be the one I’m focusing on now. And why is China so important? Video games! More specifically, Web-based video games — those time wasters that we spent hours on, which probably contributed more »

Apple's Big Announcement: Disappointing

Nov 16 by James Mowery | 11 comments

I don’t know about you, but I was expecting something a little bit more from today’s iTunes announcement. Streaming music? Enhanced song previews? A completely rewritten iTunes application? Anything? No. We end up with The Beatles. What kind of crap is that? Okay, so I don’t want to offend all more »

Magazines Explore Augmented Ads, But It Won't Save Them

Nov 16 by James Mowery | add comment

Augmented Reality has been gaining popularity with the growth of smart phones throughout the world, and it appears that Coke Zero and Sausalitos, a german magazine, are willing to take advantage. They have, with the help of Junaio, an AR browser for Android and iPhone, created an intriguing way more »

Hacked Kinect Art Program Totally Rules Despite Current Uselessness

Nov 15 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

Because you’re awesome, have this quick video of Mehmet Akten playing with his prototype for a 3D art program for use with the newly-hacked Kinect. ‘Memo’ is short and sweet about it. The XBox Kinect is connected to my Macbook Pro, and I wrote a little demo to analyse the depth map for gestural 3D interaction. more »

Because You Need to Fit an Enormous Amount of Text Into an Excruciatingly Small Space

Nov 15 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

I’m a fan of 6pt type, but this is ridiculous. Computer science professor Ken Perlin has decided to claim the title of designer of the smallest readable screen font. His font, above (duh), is able to compact the first 500 words of the Declaration of Independence into a 320×240 rectangle – perfect for mobile more »

Pope Benedict Wants Internet Users To Get a Life

Nov 15 by Ty Dunitz | 5 comments

Don’t mess with Benedict XVI – guy is all up on this internet business like ain’t never been seen. Dude has his own YouTube channel. Heavy. But the internet is serious business, and Benedict wants us to remember as such, issuing a warning to web-goers the world over last week. His Popage cautioned internet users that more »

Apple's Whipping Out the Buzzwords Again - What's Steve Announcing Now?

Nov 15 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

Assuming you visit the Apple front page with any degree of regularity, you may have noticed that today, it’s been replaced with the above. Apparently, tomorrow we’re going to get an ‘exciting announcement’ from iTunes. Frankly, Steve, I dunno about that: seems your last exciting iTunes announcement more »

Games Streaming Service, OnLive, Gives You More Ways to Procrastinate

Nov 14 by John Siano | 3 comments

What happens when you want to take a break on your laptop or netbook? Don’t like cheap, free, Flash games from Miniclip and Addicting Games.com? The service OnLive, which streams games over your Internet service provider, gives you a nice list of games to play without taking up hard drive space. What most people were worried about is the lack of more »

Dance Central Lets You Bust Out Killer Dance Moves Without a Remote

Nov 13 by John Siano | add comment

We’re not gonna be foolin’ you with some controller waving and wagging. No, seriously, this is it. Real dancing with a console game. With the XBOX Kinect and the game Dance Central, this is possible. No longer are we going to be shaking a Wii remote in the direction that we’re supposed to, we’re actually going to more »

New Light Touch Brings a Touch Screen Without the Screen

Nov 13 by John Siano | add comment

This really is a real product, called the Light Touch, by Light Blue optics. Using an interactive projector, Windows CE and Adobe Flash Lite are streamed onto any surface where you want projected. Yes, that means no damaged screens when beer gets spilled on it. But wait, what can you actually expect do do on Windows CE and Adobe Flash more »

Facebook Will Unleash Web-Based Email Client - Say Goodnight, Gmail

Nov 12 by Ty Dunitz | 8 comments

According to TechCrunch, Facebook has sent out invitations to a media event on November 15th, where Mark & Friends will reveal ‘Project Titan’ – what is expected to be a web-based email client, allowing users to register @facebook.com email addresses. Apparently, TechCrunch says that more »