Photo Issue 2011: YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar (front) and his team are blown away: Margaret Stewart (user experience), Shishir Mehrotra (monetization), Hunter Walk (product), and Robert Kyncl (TV and film).
“How YouTube’s Global Platform Is Redefining the Entertainment Business”
(Feb 2011)
Photo By: Robyn Twomey
Learning a new language is never easy, but there’s no shortage of fresh approaches aiming to help. In recent years we’ve seen a Twitter-based tool for building vocabulary, for instance, as well as a video app for learning French. Next up? Lingibli, a smartphone app that uses QR codes to help users learn basic words and pronunciation. READ MORE…
Nintendo’s Wii platform has already sparked applications well beyond the world of gaming, so it’s not entirely surprising to see Microsoft’s Kinect do much the same thing. Enter Shopperception, a Kinect-based tracking system that gathers data on shoppers’ interactions with the products on retail shelves. READ MORE…
Now that virtually all the bricks-and-mortar retail world has established at least some sort of presence online, it’s become increasingly common to see the flip side of that phenomenon occurring. Case in point: Openspace, an online marketplace for mobile apps, recently launched what may well be the world’s first physical app store. READ MORE…
We’ve seen numerous services designed to help travelers hook up while on the go — KLM and Air France’sBluenity social network is one example — but it wasn’t until just recently that we came across an effort by an airline to help them choose the people they sit next to during their flight as well. Sure enough, Malaysia Airlines recently launched its Facebook-based MHbuddy service to make booking and arranging a flight fully social. READ MORE…
Shoe innovations to hit the Springwise virtual pages last year included upcycled shoes, biodegradable shoesand modular shoes. Our most recent footwear spotting is the Radler Trail Camp shoe by Timberland, that can folded in half and zipped up to enable compact packing. READ MORE…
Regular reader of Springwise may remember our article on ifttt earlier this year. That service aimed to let users link and automate online tasks, and now we’ve come across a service based on a similar concept, with a charitable twist. Snoball aims to encourage viral social giving, via a platform that enables users to donate based on an event or action. READ MORE…
Photography’s renaissance rests on a few unbeatable advantages. Compared to other kinds of content—songs and movies—photos are, technically and legally, much easier to share and mash up. If you come up with a great, unexpected new site centered on TV shows, you need to get huge servers and pay for expensive bandwidth and licensing deals. If you’ve got a fantastic new take on photos, often all you need is an app. That app lives on a smartphone, which is the world’s most popular point-and-shoot camera. For the first time, cameras are connected to the Internet, they know who your friends are, they know where you are, and they can be constantly updated with new powers. The camera is powerful (Apple’s iPhone 4S is 8 megapixels) and intelligent, and the pictures keep getting more interesting.
Why photography is every tech product’s most valuable feature.
As mentioned in our recent article on Malaysia Airlines’ MHBuddy Facebook-based platform, KLM are reportedly developing a similar service to enable passengers to choose who they sit next to on their flight. However, unlike MHBuddy, which operates solely through Facebook, KLM’s new Meet and Seat service will enable passengers to access their fellow travelers’ LinkedIn profiles as well. READ MORE…
