A day in Venice (Venezia) in Italy, from daybreak to sunset in timelapse. It’s really a great place and I hope I can share some of its magic with this short video.
TweetAFlight
Using Chirpify and Paypal, TweetAFlight allows followers to buy airline tickets via Twitter. All a customer needs to do is register with TweetAFlight and then reply to specific tweets with the command ‘buy,’ if that is in fact what they are prepared to do. TweetAFlight passes it along to an airline ticket system where payment [...]
KittyCat Hijack
To celebrate the love Canadians have for their cats, the makers of TEMPTATIONSR have launched KittyCat Hijack, an app that enables users to shake a virtual pack of TEMPTATIONSR and see their webpage, including photos, copy and background, be taken over by cats. KittyCat Hijack is downloaded from the TEMPTATIONSR Canada Facebook page by dragging [...]
I Hope This Gets To You
Walter May, a film director, editor and copywriter at Los Angeles advertising agency 72andSunny, has won a Webby Award for Best Viral video this week. In November 2010, when his girlfriend moved away for graduate school he set out to create song and video expressing his feelings for her. Working with his friends, The Daylights, he [...]
The Facebook Fun Audit
Tax time people and Trident will audit… fun! The Fun Audit is an interactive video experience that uses Facebook connect to analyse things like your photos, posts, check-ins, de-friends and pokes to see how much fun you’re actually having. Publishing your “fun” in a personalised scorecard, with a corresponding flavour recommendation from Trident Gum. The [...]
A Cardboard Arcade Made by A 9-year Old Boy
Meet nine-year-old, Caine Monroy from Los Angeles who loved arcade games so much he devoted time to constructing his own magical arcade out of cardboard and packing tape found in his Dad’s used auto parts store. Caine’s ingenuity is astounding – operating the arcade out of the front of the store, games included versions of [...]
Mobile Ads in Emerging Markets are the Future
There are 5.3 billion mobile subscribers around the world, meaning 77% of the world’s population uses a phone. The majority of those users — 3.8 billion or 73% of the group — live in emerging economies. Yet mobile advertising dollars spent around the world do not begin to compete with traditional platforms or Internet ads. As the Internet [...]
Order Drinks With QR Code
If consumers can order take-out food via QR code, it stands to reason that they should be able to order drinks with similar convenience. Enter BlackBerry Malaysia, which recently partnered with Kuala Lumpur jazz club No Black Tie to enable patrons to order their drinks directly from the bartender using BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Now on [...]
Citroën Crowdsources Its Next Car Design
Automaker Citroën UK is introducing a new model of its popular C1. The design for the new variant will be crowdsourced from its own Facebook page. Fans of the Facebook page are invited to choose from a variety of interior and exterior features, such as number of doors, interior seat colors, and Bluetooth or satellite [...]
Shoppable Online Music Video
Online fashion store SSENSE has created the world’s first shoppable music video. The retailer collaborated with Iggy Azalea, FKi, and Diplo on their latest music release ‘I Think She’s Ready.’ The musicians are wearing the Spring/Summer 2012 collections from designer fashion brands including Phillip Lim, Givency, and Alexander McQueen. The viewer can click on small square blocks [...]
Audi’s Unique e-Sound
Audi has created a series of e-tron concepts that are electric or hybrid cars. The electric cars run seamlessly and are virtually quiet. Without emitting any engine sounds, this also poses as a danger for pedestrians and cyclists who won’t be able to hear the car approaching. Audi is tackling this problem by collaborating with [...]
Nike FuelBand, Now With Open API
Nike most recent bid to enter into the crowded field of wearable fitness technologies is its Nike FuelBand, a rubber wristband that tracks user movement and links that data back to an iPhone application for real-time performance readouts. In a bid to further the usefulness and value of the personal technology, Nike has also opened the [...]
Sound Sofa
British specialist sofa retailer CSL has recently unveiled Sound Sofa, a unique sofa system designed to provide you an always-ready listening experience with most music players that are on the market. Designed with compatibility for sound devices as a key driving insight, Sound Sofa is equipped with an iPhone dock, Bluetooth connectivity, a USB port, [...]
The Transformational Effect of Online
Jeffrey Cole is director of the University of Southern California Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future and one of the world’s most established authorities on internet issues. He claims that in the near future, most digital content will be free. Who will pay for it? The advertisers will. See more videos at http://www.ericsson.com/2020shapingideas/.