Everyone in Ottawa loves (or should love) to support local companies, and today a local company needs your help. N-product is raising funds to produce their first product called Deckster which is an watch case that can hold the newest iPod Nano. The watch is entirely made in North America using sustainable processes. Its a [...]
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Twitter is an application that everyone loves to hate. Maybe you have noticed people, probably younger than yourself, manically using the tool or have heard tales of the frivolous interaction it encourages i.e. “I’m eating fruit yogurt” To the casual uninformed user the value of Twitter is minimal.
No doubt, by now, you’ve heard of at least one of the many location based check in platforms available to smartphone users. Location based platforms have literally turned the world into one large game, allowing users to “Check in” to locations or complete challenges to gain points, titles, badges, or rewards for their efforts. The [...]
Last weekend the special exhibition, Japan: Tradition. Innovation, opened at the Museum of Civilization. It runs until October 10th and explores five different areas of Japanese design – Travel, Automation, Social Status, Consumer Culture and Entertainment. When I visited the exhibit on Sunday I was unfortunately too late to see the ‘Advanced Step in [...]
Life Without Google
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It’s pretty hard to imagine life before Google. From search to collaboration to email, if it wasn’t for Google most of us wouldn’t be able to find distracting content and social meme’s on the web.
All kidding a side, Google is playing a big role in the growth and transition from what web was [...]
There is a lot of talk in the market these days about the use of mobile technology, such as mobile web, smart phones, apps and QR codes. Often our clients turn to us for answers about next steps, what they are missing and where the opportunities are with these new technologies. No one likes to [...]
Tag! You’re it! Introducing Microsoft TAG, a new kind of barcode that Microsoft can call its own. Microsoft Tag works the same way as QR codes in that they connect almost anything in the real world to information, entertainment, and interactive experiences on your mobile phone. They have a high call-to-action, as they automatically integrate [...]
QR codes, otherwise known as “Quick Response Codes” are a unique barcode that allows its content to be decoded at high speed or, in other words, in the flash of a camera on your smartphone. These barcodes hold specific information that can vary from webpages and articles to text messages, photos and videos.
Now let’s take [...]
How has Google affected the way our brains process information?
An interesting report from CBS News, neuroscientist Gary Small reveals the brain activity differences between internet newbies and internet veterans.
As support grows for newer browsers like Google Chrome and the upcoming Firefox 4, HTML5 is starting to catch on. That means we’re about to see some exciting new features on the horizon.
One of the most exciting features in HTML5 is geolocation. With a user’s permission, websites will be able to tailor content to that [...]
