Yesterday Google announced a major(!) upgrade to its search ranking algorithm which will drastically change the way designers and more importantly online marketeers will think about their website layouts. In Google’s ongoing effort to help users find more high-quality websites in search results, the company will introduce an improved algorithm. From then on Google will… Continue reading Google Now Analyzes Ad Placements – Improves Search Ranking Algorithm
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Red Bull Is Insane Or This Guy Is At Least: Jumps Onto Arc De Triomphe With His Motorcycle
Red Bull paid this Australian guy $2,000,000 to jump onto an Arc de Triomphe replica in Las Vegas…with his motocross bike! I never have seen something like this and it’s so extreme it nearly looks like a fake.
WOO – That’s Smart (Glass)
Arthur C Clarke once proclaimed: “any technology sufficiently advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic.” Of course technical types understand it’s not magic, it’s advanced technology. However even the most sophisticated technocrat seeing for the first time A GM research project called WOO (Window Of Opportunity) in cooperation with the FUTURE LAB at Bezalel Academy of Art… Continue reading WOO – That’s Smart (Glass)
Samsung Demonstrates Transparent Smart Window
Korean conglomerate Samsung must be smiling after winning an Innovation Award at 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) for its 46 inch TFT – LCD Smart window. This can get confusing because the prototype is a new concept. The idea is this. It’s sort of a high tech window that you would install in a wall.… Continue reading Samsung Demonstrates Transparent Smart Window
Wunderkit Is Over-Hyped: Men Who Stare At Wooden Walls 2.0
I got an invitation today to try out wunderkit and after 15 minutes of clicking around I have to say it’s so f*cking sad I don’t even know. This is in no way innovative nor easy to use. It’s simply a mixed mess of twitter meets basecamp meets things meets evernote meets wooden walls 2.0.
What I Got For $50 Bucks Using Fiverr
I have followed the rise of fiverr and its job offers over the last couple of months and remained in some sort of waiting position due to my skepticism. I had never ordered gigs as I wasn’t sure if $5 (or $50 / 10 gigs in this case) would buy me anything great good, and… Continue reading What I Got For $50 Bucks Using Fiverr
Belkin WeMo Lets You Control Your Home Appliances With Your Smartphone
Where IBM failed with their Aptiva line of computers back in the late 90’s Belkin hopes to revive this year with the introduction of their new product: WeMo. The WeMo is a wireless accessory that plugs into your walls and allows you to control that outlet from a special application that is set to work… Continue reading Belkin WeMo Lets You Control Your Home Appliances With Your Smartphone
Social Media Explained [Fun]
Here’s some social media fun for the weekend. Read you on Monday!
Top 15 Brands On Twitter 2011
Hootsuite, the social media management dashboard, released an infographic showing the top 15 trending brands on twitter from 2011. To round out the trendiest topics they also included Topics, Tags and in Memorium Trends. Interesting to note MySpace is still at #7 even though the network is pretty much dead (Nielsen ranks them at #5… Continue reading Top 15 Brands On Twitter 2011
Red Bull Special Edition: Cranberry (Red), Blueberry (Blue), Lime (Silver)
While staying in Vienna, Austria (I reported about the first and stylish STABILO Store there), I saw the newly released Red Bull special editions in a supermarket and gave them a try. Personally I’m pretty much a Red Bull addict but my girlfriend, who hates the original Red Bull taste (as a lot of others do btw),… Continue reading Red Bull Special Edition: Cranberry (Red), Blueberry (Blue), Lime (Silver)