Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue…and a smartphone? These days a wedding isn’t a wedding without technology and a new infographic that Sparkle ‘N Dazzle Co. Wedding Rings has shared exclusively with us illustrates just how social weddings have become.

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

An amazing new video that was uploaded earlier this week to the Microsoft Office videos YouTube channel and is going viral today, reveals Microsoft’s vision of the future.

A new infographic from video chat app Rounds called The Evolution of the Long-Distance Relationship explores the ways in which technology has developed throughout history to make long distance relationships easier.

What if the windows in your car were interactive touch screens that let your passengers engage with their surroundings on road trips? An amazing new video from Toyota Belgium called ‘Window to the World’ simulates this vehicle concept—demonstrating what interactive passenger-side windows might look like.

The time of the wristwatch has almost assuredly passed us by. The ubiquity of cells phones has replaced the need of most people to wear one, and those that do sport a watch more often than not use it as a fashion accessory. There is little need to tell time, and surely anything that a watch can possibly do, a smart phone can do better. Right?

There’s no denying it – robots are awesome. And they just keep getting more and more awesome with every passing year, whether they’re playing the violin, giving birth (for real!), helping sick kids attend school or wandering into the local coffee shop to order a scone.

One of my top rules of successful marketing is, “Just because you can do it yourself does not mean you should do it yourself.” How does this apply to online videos to promote your brand?

When is trillion of anything humble? According to Deloitte Canada’s 10th annual Technology Media and Telecommunications Prediction Report, a trillion advertisements – the number users will see on social networks in 2011 – is relatively modest. They key word is “relatively”.

Remember when childhood was marked by the day you took the training wheels off your bicycle, learned bunny ears to tie your shoes and popped your own Pop-Tart in the toaster for breakfast? Right, we don’t either, thanks to technology.

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