The fight between Samsung and Apple does not only happen in court but also in commercials. After Samsung had acquired an actress from the iPhone advertisements they are now making fun of Apple customers (again).
Category: General
Winter Meets Lidl Meets Vivaldi
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Kodak’s Moment(um) Is Over
This sales chart of Kodak says it all. While camera phones and digital photography in general took off and were climbing endlessly, Kodak’s business continually degraded. The company who used to stand for a whole generation of photographers, consumers and artists is dead.
Malcom Gladwell Collected: “Intellectual Adventure Stories”
I remember sitting on a train from Vienna to Berlin a long time ago and reading “The Tipping Point” for the first time. This book not only introduced me to a lot of new concepts and dramatically increased my knowledge, it was also one of the books I really enjoyed reading. Now, Gladwell’s best-selling pieces… Continue reading Malcom Gladwell Collected: “Intellectual Adventure Stories”
Google Now Analyzes Ad Placements – Improves Search Ranking Algorithm
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
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
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