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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The future of online shopping!




This is an exciting meld of augmented reality, motion capture and social media. Try on clothes and create outfit projects, then purchase the outfit and take a snapshot and share with your friends on Facebook - all from your own computer using the web and a webcam.

Who knows, similar applications could feature in the next Wii or Play Station game you buy.

See the You Tube video

LAST GADGET STANDING CES 2010 WINNERS

This year at the CES show in LV there were two winners of the annual 'Last Gadget Standing' competition where the winners are chosen by public vote.

The online vote went to the SHOWWX Laser Pico Projector


And the live vote went to D-Link Boxee Box

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

SKIFF AND SPRINT RELEASE NEW SKIFF READER AT 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW

I am an avid observer of how the publishing world is on the brink of something huge with the wave of e-reader technology finally coming of age and bringing something convenient to use, coupled with a great offering, to consumers.

Skiff, an e-reading and advertising company backed by Hearst , recently announced the release of their latest device in e-Reader technology. The device is said to be the largest (11.5inches), thinnest (see pic), with highest display resolution (1200x1600pixels), and the entire screen surface is full touch screen.



See the press release.

The Skiff device will target newspaper and magazine based content. They are also providing manufactures with an RDK to help them create differentiation while they prototype and release new advancements in this space.

I will definitely be keeping an eye on Skiff's developments and their e-reading service platform this year.