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iPad as remote control for your media center : three conceptually different options

Sonntag, Juli 4th, 2010

1) iPad as remote control for one specific application (here iTunes running on a Mac)
Software: “Remote” from Apple http://www.apple.com/itunes/remote/
Software: “EyeTV” from Elgato Systems http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eyetv/id329886711?mt=8

2) iPad as remote key board and mouse to control a nearby Mac or PC
Software: “Air Mouse Pro” from RPA Technology http://www.mobilemouse.com/

3) iPad to access and control the remote Mac or PC
Software: “LogMeIn [...]

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iPad gaming potential shown in video: LAN multiplayer and cross platform

Donnerstag, Mai 13th, 2010

This video is showing the potential of Apple’s iPad as a gaming platform. We are using the game Galcon Fusion to demonstrate cross platform multiplayer by running the game in parallel on Apple’s iPad and a Microsoft Windows 7 PC.

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Current Apple iPad marketing approach not recommended by ex Apple evangelist

Mittwoch, Februar 3rd, 2010

Guy Kawasaki (who worked in the past for Apple as evangelist) explains in Seth Godin´s free ebook “What matters now” that you:
Never describe your cause by using bull shiitake terms like “revolutionary” and “paradigm shifting.” Instead, explain how it helps a person.

Apple just launched this new product everybody was so excited about before it was [...]

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Explanations for Twitter trending topics getting a trend

Mittwoch, November 25th, 2009

This is part 3 of our Twitter related mini-tutorial (part1, part2).
Twitter.com is providing a short list of currently popular keywords from within the most current stream of tweets.
This list is called “Trending Topics”.
It provides a convenient way to connect to what is currently happening on that global message bus called Twitter:

Recently some explanations started to show [...]

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Microsoft wants less Windows

Montag, November 23rd, 2009

Microsoft is continuing to invest into user interfaces that will help users to open less windows.
Quadrant and Pivot are the code names of two new Microsoft applications that make use of a zooming interface to let users change from overview to detailed views in a seamless way.
1) Microsoft “Quadrant”
“Microsoft code name -Quadrant- is a graphical [...]

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts quote great visualization on youtube

Donnerstag, September 24th, 2009

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” . The information age was given recently a new visual metaphor for this  quote from Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC).
This video was generated by combining thousands of photos (the parts) to generate this animated 3D view (the sum) of San Marco Square [...]

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Search engine trend: remove typing as the barrier to entry

Dienstag, September 15th, 2009

Google:

Search with voice recognition: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-mobile-app/
Google Fast Flip: GoogleBlog and here http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/

Microsoft:

Bing Visual Search: BingBlog: Visual Search – Why type when you can see it? Example: VisualSearch (needs Silverlight installed)

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About ownership of data on Facebook

Dienstag, September 15th, 2009

“The more dependent we allow ourselves to become to something like Facebook — and Facebook does everything in its power to make you more dependent — the more Facebook can and does abuse us,” Harmsen explained by indignant e-mail. “It is not ‘your’ Facebook profile. It is Facebook’s profile about you.”
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html

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Zooming interfaces: an alternative to the Windows user experience

Montag, Mai 11th, 2009

Jef Raskin, the human interface expert who started the Macintosh project at Apple in the late 70´s, was not happy about how most of us today work with their computers:
“In present systems, work gets done in applications (which are sets of commands that apply to certain kinds of objects). Tasks are not accomplished at the [...]

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Free Google search training from Google: How to become a Super Internet Searcher

Mittwoch, Oktober 1st, 2008

While it is easy enough just to type some keywords into Google`s famous simple search UI this does not necessarily mean that you will find always quickly the most valuable and reliable information that is available out there.

Daniel Russell working at Google for “Google Search Quality & User Happiness” is making us happy with his [...]

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