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Try on Tissot Watches with AR E-Commerce

Posted on Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Want to try on watches but can’t make it to the store? Tissot, maker of Swiss watches has a solution for you. Using augmented reality technology you are able to try any of a select collection of watches.

This magical experience lets you shop online for just the right watch. You can see a 3D model of each watch on your own wrist. Compare styles, seek the right color to match your outfit or decide which [...]

Moving Brands: Living Identity

Posted on Saturday, July 10th, 2010

During my time at the first annual Augmented Reality Event 2010 in Santa Clara last month, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Camilla Grey from Moving Brands. Moving Brands is a London based branding company. Their goal is to “redefine branding by setting new standards of creativity for a moving world.” They have done some amazing identity work.

During the conference Camilla gave a wonderful presentation on Living Identity. Instead of the usual PowerPoint or [...]

Mac BackUp Solutions

Posted on Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Everyone needs to backup their data. With the millions of options out there, what is your preferred method? Personally I use a couple different solutions.

Overall my backup solutions are based on using Carbon Copy Cloner or CCC for short. There is always the default Time Machine app which started coming with Mac OS X with Leopard (10.5). However, from some personal experience and reading of various reviews I am not fully confident [...]

Target App Pleases Tech-Shoppers

Posted on Friday, April 16th, 2010

When it comes to retailers embracing new technology Target® is working to stay top. With the latest version of Target’s iPhone app the retailer shows just how serious they can be about shopping with technology.

One of the biggest advancements in version 3.3 is the addition of a barcode scanner. Powered by Occipital a Boulder, CO based app developer. The barcode scanner allows guests to build shopping lists (TargetLists) and price items right in the aisle. [...]

Microsoft Introduces Windows Phone 7 Series

Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Yesterday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain Microsoft introduced their next offering to the mobile OS platform. Windows Phone 7 Series. And I do have to say the design looks impressive.

Microsoft has taken a step back and started to innovate. They’ve looked at phones as a different kind of platform a small platform not a mini PC. Geometric design which has a clean simple look, using grey, blue, and white with the integration [...]