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OpenFeint Is On A Roll

net — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:33:52 +0000

Openfeint

OpenFeint is really on a roll. The developers keep on signing up, new cool games are being launched and the interest from bigger game publishers & developers is huge. Here’s a couple of links to recent coverage about OpenFeint:

AuroraFeint to roll out OpenFeint 2.0 a gaming platform for the iPhone
How OpenFeint plans to become to mobile social gaming what Facebook is to web apps
OpenFeint 2.0 social community platform released
OpenFeint 2.1 beta supporting iPhone 3.0 from today
Tuaw interviews openfeints Peter Relan, Net Jacobsson and Jason Citron
Net Jacobsson joins OpenFeint Advisory Board

Exclusive Launch : The Passenger by Nokia

Net — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:15:42 +0000

Since I have been working together with the London-based interactive agency Hyper Happen on a number of projects, and been loosely involved as an advisor on this one, I’ve got an exclusive preview of Nokia’s new ground-breaking piece of marketing.

In the passenger, Nokia shows a new way for users to control video on the web. To support its push to be part of the growing in-car communications market, Nokia has released a super cool site which has been developed to take interactive video to the next level.

The story:

A mysterious woman is in need of your services. She needs to reach three addresses in Paris in a short amount of time. It is going to take all your driving talents to get her to her destinations.

‘The Passenger’ experience sets the viewer in the murky ‘film noir’ world of night time Paris. The video is superb, fun and coupled with great interaction.

Along the way, you have to utilise the functions of the Nokia Multimedia Car Kit CK-20W in order to reach the destination and get the pay-off of the final scene. And if you drive the wrong way, you’ll find yourself insulted by the the rude Femme Fatal in your back seat. Who reminds me of Meryl Streep in the Devil wears Prada..

Background:

The driving footage was shot with a car-mounted camera in all the streets of the iIle de St. Louis over 3 nights in November 2006, with additional scenes filmed at the Tour Eiffel, the Arc de Triomphe and the Heliport de Paris.

Daniel Goodall, Digital Marketing Manager for Enhancement Products at Nokia says that “The Passenger’ mixes video and gameplay in a way that we don’t think has happened before. All the driving is real video, real streets and fully controlled by the user”. I find it really a creative way of promoting a mobile GPS device since it puts you in the right context immediately and is fun at the same time.

‘The Passenger’ concept has been developed in conjunction with digital strategy agency Hyper Happen, working with Fuel Industries & Karbon Arc on the game engine build and video production.This is actually the phone I have been waiting for since I all the time find myself renting a Garmin GPS every time I travel to California. With this kit, it’s just plug and play

Nokia – you know how to reach me…;)

Technorati Tags: Advertising, CK-20W, Fuel Industries, GPS, Hyper Happen, Karbon Arc, Nokia, Paris, Mobile , The Passenger

SMS Still Leading Big In China

Net — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:12:18 +0000

Piper Jaffray summed up China’s 2005 Mobile Market Share, revealing these takeaways:

SMS still remains a major revenue contributor
KongZhong, Hurray! and Tom Online dominate WAP and are best positioned for the transition to 3G
KongZhong and Tom Online are the most diversified players

Subscribe to Safa’s excellent China reports here & here.

New Service: Maxthon Access!

Net — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:24:00 +0000

We just launched a new service called Maxthon Access with our new partner Avvenu. Maxthon Access is a FREE service that allows you to remotely access your home or office computer from another internet-connected computer – all through your Maxthon Browser.

Need to edit a contract? Look at the latest sales report? Share a family photo? If it’s on your PC, and your PC is connected to the Internet, simply log on to Maxthon Access from your Maxthon Browser, select the computer you want to browse, and navigate to the file you need. Then you can choose whether to share it with a colleague or download it for viewing or editing.

Here are some of the key features:

Browser based
Secure Access
Remote Search through Google Desktop Search
Simple Sharing
Multiple Computer Support
Mobile Device Support

This is just the first of a series of services we are planning to roll out in the near future, and we need your input to make it better. Please let us know what you like, dislike with Maxthon Access, and what type of features etc you would like to see on it.

Download Maxthon Access here! User Manual here.

Full Press Release here.

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The Future of Film-making?

Net — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:46:00 +0000

Here’s a great story from about mobile phones and film-making from South Africa:

South African director Ayran Kaganof, created the world’s first feature film shot entirely on cell phones. Equipped with eight cell phones, $160,000 Kaganof made SMS Sugar Man over 11 days! The movie tells the story of a pimp and two high-class prostitutes moving around Johannesburg on Christmas Eve.

The film will have its premiere in May will be screened on traditional cinema as well as in a truly innovative fashion – beamed to cell phones in three-minute episodes over a month.

Another amazing thing is that while a Hollywood picture usually cost around $40-$50 million (and easily exceeds $100 million) SMS Sugar Man only costed $160,000 to produce…

Could this be the future of film-making?

Brrreeeport – Meaningless Words Coming To A Search Engine Near You

Net — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:26:18 +0000

It seems like Scoble have nothing better to do over at Microsoft today than inventing a new word (brrreeeport), then tag it and see what happens. BTW, the brrreeeport sounds extremely familiar to a certain bodily sound that Adam Curry happens to let loose in the Daily Source Code on a regular basis like a 30 second spot…sponsored by (oh you know by whoom..). The worst thing is that even I find myself writing a post on it..Is this the sad true state of the blogosphere today, or is it just what makes people tick’?

Looking at the more serious side of it (if there is any..) when I was running a blog campaign for Samsung Mobile’s Anyfilms.net some time ago, I noticed that Google Blog Search by far out numbered Technorati and the others in tracking the posts. Technorati turned out to be really disappointing as a reliable tracking tool (which was a pity since I really like their service). The big surprise however, was MSN Search tracking far more blogs with the tag “anyfilms” than the others (after Google of course).

Technorati Tags: Brrreeeport, Technorati, Google, MSN Search, Scoble, Microsoft, Tags, Search, Tracking, Blogs, Blogging, Adam Curry, Daily Source Code, Samsung Mobile, Samsung, Mobile, Anyfilms, Video, Film, Movies

Mastworld – Ringtone Masala For Your Mobile

Net — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:28:24 +0000

Mastworld – Ringtone Masala

Ethnic-themed ringtones are becoming big business. Masttones.com just came out with the first ever ethnic market trends for ringtones. Surprisingly, the top selling ringtones were from Punjabi Bhangra songs and Bollywood films. Four of the top five downloaded ringtones were from albums released by labels with no connection to Bollywood, and three of the top five were Punjabi Bhangra songs. Due to its popularity as dance or party music, Bhangra is often called the hip-hop of South Asia. Now, that is Masala for my ears!

Technorati Tags: Ringtones, Masttones, Ethic, Punjabi Bahangra, Bollywood, Music, Mobile, Entertainment