During yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIV, video company FLO TV aired a couple of commercials promoting their mobile streaming products. One was riding the underwear trend, while the other, embedded above, sold using a deeper message. Will.I.Am starred alongside about 50 seconds of snippets from important events in recent American history.
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Imagine turning on your webcam only to be thrown into a spinning world of unfamiliar faces. ChatRoulette is a relatively new web service that does just that, and has exploded in popularity over the past couple of months. So much so that it is being described as (social) cyber-crack.
SMS is becoming a primary platform for everything alerts and reminders. Safelincs, a UK based fire-safety product supplier, has teamed up with TextMagic to provide a free service to their customers, reminding users when they need to change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. This was only made possible through TextMagic’s extensive set of APIs.
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1. Introducing: the Lego iPad http://ow.ly/12xMu
2. Google awards $1.35M to mobile phone data collection research. http://ow.ly/13Y6B
3. Google May Soon Have Secret Sauce To Wireless Carrier Location Info, Patents Filed http://ow.ly/12EGQ
4. Hunt and Capture Augmented Reality Geo-Coupons With iButterfly http://ow.ly/12ABp
5. Mobile Premier Awards Finalists Represent Global Mobile Innovation http://ow.ly/13S6t
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In the past week we’ve seen US based companies like Jagtag striving to standardize barcodes, and reports stating that mobile ticketing will be the next big thing. Our phones will quickly become the primary tool for access, as has been happening in Japan, and now is seen in the US through examples like American Airlines’ paperless boarding. For many however, this behavior is still abstract, and there is a need for direction and education.
The Mobile Premier Awards event that takes place in Barcelona on February 15 has announced the 20 finalists to their Awards in Innovation. They were chosen by an international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts and will pitch their idea on Feb. 15 in front of a group of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs and influential bloggers.
This year’s finalists are considered the best overall startup innovation chosen by their peers in partnership with MobileMonday:
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