Category Archives: Interactivity

Ensequence Create Interactive Software-More than 50 Blu-Ray disc

This article talks about Ensequence, the interactive television company that announced they have developed more than 50 Blu-ray titles using its Create software, which enables creative teams to quickly and easily design and develop interactivity for Blu-ray Discs without requiring advanced knowledge of Java and the BD-J specification. It is very interesting because nowadays Blu-ray is getting [...]

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Why customization pays off

Why customization pays off.
 This article speaks about how customization pays off. Economical perception of customization. It also argues how potential money saving can come with great online customization.
http://www.mass-customization.de/download/ppc04.pdf

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Mass customization

This article is about an interview Frank Pillar about how customization is important for online business. Frank also explains how start up customization fails in websites. Some of the reason is lack of financing, lack of experiencing, or just plain bad luck. Frank also spoke about the alternative of customization .
http://mass-customization.blogs.com/

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cookies

Cookies
This article basically states how online companies use cookies to find out more information about there viewers. a cookie is a unique identifier that a web server places on your computer. A serial number for you personally that can be used to retrieve your records from their databases.The main benefit of cookies  for viewers is [...]

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Watchdog Group Asks Google to Create Personal Data “opt-out” (PC World)

The group, Consumer Watchdog has requested that Google create a way for users to choose whether or not they want to leave private information on their server.
 http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20081…

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“SimCity comes to iPhone”

This is really cool, especially for those who enjoy playing the Sims games.  Sims is going even more wireless than it already is.  The Sims virtual games has created a product line that is compatible with the iPhone, it is called SimCity.  In SimCity, players can customize their own version of their Sim community, the [...]

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ESPN.com Redesign To Increase Ad Revenue

nbsp;ESPN.com is in the process of unveiling it’s new redesigned website, which will officially launch on Jan 5th, 2009. The site is reducing the amount of clutter, to make it more pleasing for sports fans. Currently the user is bombarded with news and links from every sport, and the new design will limit that. This [...]

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Yahoo! email becomes more social.

In this article, Yahoo! announces that it will launch new features to its free email service to enhance their product. It will add features that are commonly use by social networking sites (e.g Facebook, Myspace, etc). Some of these features include: creating social interactive communities with the help of their email (based on friends and interests), sort [...]

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Atari Founder’s Bistro Swaps Touchscreens for Waiters (Sort Of)

uWink restaurant has a built-in monitor, and all ordering is done via touchscreen, making waiters obsolete. Its interesting how it diminisher a need for wait staff.
Source:
 http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/ma…

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VR interactivity

Here is alot of information about what going on out there in the world of interactivity and gaming. 
It seems like right now we are trying to make it to where life is lived wholy online.
http://cb.nowan.net/blog/

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The Importance of Internet.

“Survey Asks: Internet or Sex?”
 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/12…
The article is very interesting. A survey was conducted by Intel and Harris Interactivity to analyze how important Internet is today in the lives of the Americans.

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Email marketing

Goodmail combines video, emailGoodmail combines video, email:
http://www.bizreport.com/2008/12/goodmail_combines_video_email.html
 
Study reveals how student interact with email:
http://www.bizreport.com/2008/12/study_reveals_how_student_interact_with_email.html
 
Good mail will launched a Certified Video platform that allows video clips to be embedded into an email in 2009. Television networks and movie studios can use it to target their consumers and send messages through that platform.
Studies have shown that Gmail is [...]

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YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money

Sucessful users of you tube who would just post videos on youtube for fun   “partnered” with them and are now making six figures incomes becuase of the advertisemnets.  millions of people post videos on you tube and alot of them get viewed alot of time, someone said they have already gotten 100 million view, this is crazy. [...]

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Turning the iPod Touch into a phone

Phone applications are on the rise these days. However, ipod applications are becoming popular as well and among them is one that allows to turn an ipod touch into an online phone. “The MP3 player can be transformed into a mobile phone with the help of a free application from Internet telephone company Truphone.”
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Cybertegic.com’s Free Internet Marketing Training Seminar Aids Companies in the World of Online Advertising

To help businesses earn more and generate sales, Cybertegic.com, one of the leading internet marketing consultants company, recently conducted a free internet marketing training seminar intended to aid companies to stay ahead in today’s tough economy. Held in Hilton Hotel, San Gabriel, California, the seminar focused on hard hitting internet marketing tactics designed exclusively for [...]

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