[Philip Lelyveld comment: Twitter moves to control its environment so it is positioned to build its revenue stream.]
Another change: Twitter is putting a limit on the number of API calls that can be made in an hour, making it so anyone that wants real-time analytics has to work closely with the company. Also new, hardware manufacturers will have to clear pre-installed Twitter apps on devices because they are rarely updated, Twitter says.
As part of AARP’s efforts to stimulate innovations that serve the health needs of Americans age 50+, AARP and LivePitch Media announced today the AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch. On Friday, September 21 at the New Orleans Convention Center, this premier showcase will feature exciting companies in the health technology and innovation sector that serve the needs and wants of Americans 50 and older.
Taking place during the 2012 Life@50+ AARP National Event & Expo in New Orleans, which is attended by 20,000+ members and guests from across the U.S. and the globe, Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch will offer the venture capital and angel investor communities and the media the opportunity to connect with outstanding startups in the field of health technology and innovation.
Useful advise on marketing to aging boomers. 53% of the 65+ are online. 70% of them already have cell phones and computers. Vendors who want to reach an older audience need to switch from bland, boring, and patronizing (do you need help?) messaging to inspiring and optimistic...and helpful.
Alex Balfour, the Cricinfo co-founder who has spent the last six years as head of London 2012 new media, has compiled these slideshow stats summarising engagement through with the local organising committee’s 77 digital products.
... The Singapore-based team, who describe their work in a paper inNature Nanotechnology, created pixels using tiny nanoscale posts, with silver and gold nanodiscs on top. The distance between these structures, and their diameter, sets the colour of light that they reflect. ...
The team has applied for a patent to cover their work, and hopes to commercialise it. Potential uses could include nanoscale watermarks, cryptography, and as a method of packing vast amounts of data onto physical media, like a DVD. As the nanostructures are permanent, the technology could be useful for archiving content for long periods of time.
[Philip Lelyveld comment: the entire article has the usual Silicon Valley anti-IP spin, but this one particular presentation raises interesting concerns on both sides of the issue.]
We are just beginning to understand who controls social media at work
The now-famous case over a blog that sued an outgoing writer to reclaim his Twitter followers is forcing scholars to think about who owns workplace social media accounts. Professor Zoe Argento explored how to balance the personal character of an account versus the account’s value to a company’s goodwill. The issue is turning into a can of worms not just for the law of trade secret but for employment law too. (See the abstract for Argento’s “Who owns the Social Media Account.”)
The Utah System of Higher Education is accepting applications for its $25,000 digital media innovation contest.
Technologies applicable to the contest include mobile and web applications, video games, film, 3D animation, special effects and digital audio. Companies are limited to one contest application. ...
The five applications with the highest number of votes will be announced as the winners of the five $5,000 cash prizes on Oct. 10.
[Philip Lelyveld comment: the video looks too good to be true.]
Google search will begin deeper integration with its Knowledge Graph, as a field trial for integrating Gmail results in search debuts alongside better voice recognition in its iOS app.
Researchers at Disney have demonstrated a computer interface that changes the way ordinary, everyday objects feel using a weak electric signal fed through a user's entire body.
Revealed at the Siggraph 2012 conference in Los Angeles this weekend, wearable technology modifies a user's tactile perception of the physical world without requiring him to wear special gloves or use a force-feedback device. Sensations can be induced when the wearer touches a computer screen, walls, furniture, plastic or wooden objects, even other people.
"What is really interesting is that it doesn't require the surface of the object being touched to change, so it could prove flexible and perhaps cheap to implement, although I think it's likely at least a decade away from commercialization."
To a computer, your face is a set of points and measurements between your features, but to advertisers, these data sets mean lucrative profits and a new way to connect with customers. Facial detection technology is making it feasible to do real-time measurement and analysis of advertisements in the physical world and predict the products you will want to buy, based on who you are or what you look like. In a world full of cameras and ubiquitous gadgets, there are serious concerns of how far advertisers will take this. From the advertisements outside, to the televisions in your home – this technology will be coming to a screen near you.
As part of Plan UK’s outreach campaign, advertisements played different messages to men and women
Next time you are looking up at a billboard, there’s a chance it may be looking back down at you. ImmersiveLabs has developed software for digital billboards which can measure the age range, gender and attention-level of a passer-by, and quantify the effectiveness of an outdoor marketing campaign.
... The Singapore-based team, who describe their work in a paper inNature Nanotechnology, created pixels using tiny nanoscale posts, with silver and gold nanodiscs on top. The distance between these structures, and their diameter, sets the colour of light that they reflect. ...
Researchers at Disney have demonstrated a computer interface that changes the way ordinary, everyday objects feel using a weak electric signal fed through a user's entire body.
To a computer, your face is a set of points and measurements between your features, but to advertisers, these data sets mean lucrative profits and a new way to connect with customers. Facial detection technology is making it feasible to do real-time measurement and analysis of advertisements in the physical world and predict the products you will want to buy, based on who you are or what you look like. In a world full of cameras and ubiquitous gadgets, there are serious concerns of how far advertisers will take this. From the advertisements outside, to the televisions in your home – this technology will be coming to a screen near you.