Web Typography: Creating “Art from Code” May 15, 2012 | Andi Galpern | Leave a comment Thanks to CSS3 web design techniques and font-foundries, the ability to create gorgeous typography and beautiful design for browsers, is more accessible than ever. The Web is about content–finding it, delivering it, exploring it, and experiencing growth and possibility within it. What’s the fun of using a site that takes forever to load and is… Read More
SceneTap – Big Brother in a bar near you May 15, 2012 | Damon | 1 Comment So I heard last year that there were a series of San Francisco bars that were installing inside cameras and providing a live stream of the action so potential patrons could check out the scene before heading out. This service provided by an Austin based company called SceneTap. Seems for the bar in the above… Read More
Siri used to think the Lumia 900 was the best phone, but she has been ‘corrected’ May 14, 2012 | perivision | 2 Comments Love it. A few days back we heard that if you asked Siri what the smartphone (not smart phone) is, it would reply back with the Lumia 900 by Nokia. This is because the answer comes from Wolfram Alpha, a service Siri often queries. Wolfram Alpha’s answer was based on “customer review average” across the… Read More
theBlu – the ocean’s interactive screensaver – Video May 14, 2012 | Damon | Leave a comment Last year I got the opportunity to meet the team working on an online experience called theBlu. According to Wemo Media, the makers of theBlu, “Inspired by the Oceans, theBlu is a socially-connected, global interactive screensaver. Each time you participate, your interactions and connections impact the flow of life in theBlu and everyone’s experience of… Read More
An iphone projector. I can see this becoming a required business equipment. Video May 11, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I was in brookstone a few weeks back and saw this; iphone pocket projector. This is not the first pico projector I have seen, but seeing it in brookstone means its crossing the mark from a specialty item you see at CES to an everyday item you will see most (semi) professionals carry around with… Read More
Here are some pics of my cat. For no good reason May 9, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I need to upload a pic of my cat for something I’m doing on the migration of Bitmob to GamesBeat. And I thought, what the heck. I’m going to post a few pictures of my derpy ketteh just for fun.… Read More
Mozilla Goes Against CISPA May 9, 2012 | Stella Rebecca | Leave a comment Mozilla has put its foot down and become the first to oppose the controversial bill, CISPA. Where Oracle, Microsoft and Facebook have supported the Internet surveillance bill that passed House last week, Mozilla now stands against. Mozilla stated that even though they support a more secure internet, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, CISPA,… Read More
Augmented Reality Body Browser May 8, 2012 | Damon | Leave a comment I am here at the Augmented Reality Event 2012 in Santa Clara and saw this rather cool demo from Daqri, a southern California augmented reality dev shop. This augmented reality application that runs on the iPad and I will call an AR body browser, allows users the ability to turn on and off various layers… Read More
The Pebble Smart watch gets shinier, and now there is a limit number of pebbles May 8, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I could be wrong, but I think with the Pebble Smart watch, we are looking at the most successful kickstarter project I have seen, not that I have seen lots of kickstarter projects. Not only did these guys raise enough money to start the company; after being rejects by plenty of VC’s BTW, they are… Read More
EDGE Design – high quality mobile device cases May 6, 2012 | Damon | Leave a comment This week I met guys from EDGE Design, www.edge-design.com. EDGE Design is a San Francisco based company with Scandinavian roots that designs mobile cases that look to, “meld form and function in fresh, innovative ways”. Now I have seen a lot of iPhone cases over the years, but I have to say that EDGE Design… Read More
THIS is how you sell a car on Craigslist May 1, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I still need to go back and find the original post, but here you go. How much you wanna bet he sold it? 1995 Pontiac Grand AM GT, Yeah Baby! Yeah! ** found it! Here is the original link. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2979885438.html *** I credit a tweet from @jmspool for sharing. Cause sharing is caring.… Read More
Cant cut and paste a formula in excel? Could be a skype bug April 30, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment This through me for a look. Seems that if you have a skype plugin installed, you cannot cut and paste formulas in Excel. Pretty random till you think about it. The skype plugin is pretty aggressive trying to capture what it thinks are phone numbers and its totally possible the its intercepting the paste function… Read More
T Mobile girl dons black leather; and T-Mobile gets to work April 25, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Its been a while since the T Mobile Girl, Carley if you will, changed from her girly pink to a bit more edgy black leather, but still with pink accents mind you. So what does it mean? Is suppose to indicate an more aggressive T-Mobile that is going to try get back the customers it… Read More
Petridish. Kickstarter for Science! April 23, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I have written about kickstarter a few times, even bought my first item, the pebble smartphone watch. Kickstarter has been so successful that its not surprising there will be spin offs. Petridish is one of them; the science kickstarter. If you would have told me someone was working on this and I would have gave… Read More
Cool #DEMO swag. A land line phone handle for your iPhone Android April 19, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Its not like you have not seen these before, but this is some cool swag from ringCentral that really came into use. Its basically a land line phone handle with a chord to connect to your mobile phone. The cool part, aside from free, is that it worked pretty well. I was on the conference… Read More
New Star Trek Game Trailer for 2013! April 17, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Reverb Games News just sent out a few artist rendering and a trailer for the new Star Trek coming out in early next year for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Looks pretty good, young kirk version! No word on the exact release date, nor cost, but odds are this will have pick up based… Read More
Coolest smart watch ever! Connects to your iPhone or Android. April 11, 2012 | perivision | 6 Comments This watch is not on the market yet, but basically its a smart watch that lets you load applications. Using bluetooth, it will connect to your iphone or android and get alerts, run apps and who knows what other apps will come in time. The phone is called the Pebble and its on Kickstarter. (Check… Read More
Finally having a look at the game Draw Somthing. And a few tips. April 11, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Well the time has come. With the thousands of new games and apps being released on a regular basis Draw Something is the newest game that has been sweeping the social media sites. As much as I tried; I could not ignore this game any longer as updates and complaints about it flooded all of… Read More
70% drop in HTC Profits. Not a good sign, but not time to panic yet April 8, 2012 | perivision | 3 Comments HTC has been the young upstart in the phone manufacturing business jumping fast on the Android train and getting a good chunk of the phone market after only 5 years. However, this year has not been so promising as shares of HTC fell on the Taiwan Stock Exchange after the company reported a sharp plunge… Read More
Old AT&T iphones can now request an unlock code. No jailbreak / unlocked needed anymore April 6, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Read this on Engadget. Now of course there are restrictions, you have to be in good standing, had your phone for over 2 years and do not owe anything on your phone and most likely a few other details buried somewhere. I still have my 3Gs, so I’m going to give it a try and… Read More