BMW Interactive Projection campaign

February 1st, 2012 by Andy Merchant

We do love a good interactive campaign here on the Liberate Media blog, none more so than the BMW Interactive Video Projections campaign by iLogic from Johannesburg, South Africa.
The campaign:
To Promote the BMW 1 Series in South Africa.
The Idea:
An interactive racing game was beamed on to buildings and scaffolding. Assistants on the ground helped participants enter their Facebook details via a Galaxy [...]

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First impressions of streaming Lovefilm

January 25th, 2012 by Andy Merchant

I have been a Lovefilm subscriber for years now and have been happily receiving DVDs through my post box. It’s fair to say i have always found the service to be quick and reliable.
Over the last few weeks I have been following the Netflix Vs Lovefilm story with interest. It recently dawned on me that [...]

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iPad flips pages just like a book

January 24th, 2012 by Andy Merchant

The feeling of turning the page of a book is a great sensation for all avid book readers. To date the iPad has found it hard to replicate this bond.
Until now that is, if the team at the KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence can get their patented Smart E-Book Interface Prototype out of the lab and [...]

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A Google a day puzzle

January 17th, 2012 by Andy Merchant

If you haven’t seen this before a Google a day is a great way to stimulate your brain first thing in the morning! It is basically a puzzle you have to solve via Google search, and there is a new puzzle every day to answer.
To make sure you cannot cheat, Google uses Deja [...]

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Forget the smart phone, here comes the smart camera

January 11th, 2012 by Andy Merchant

Forget all the talk of integrated TVs at CES and check out the new device from Polaroid.
Polaroid has just announced an Android-powered camera device called the Polaroid SC1630. It looks just like your everyday smart phone, that is apart from the fact you cannot make calls on it!
Because it has the Android operating system, Polaroid [...]

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Tweets Per Second

January 10th, 2012 by Andy Merchant

Have you ever thought about which subjects attract the most tweets per second or TPS?
The newest sports TPS record holder is @TimTebow the quarterback who led the @Denver_Broncos (Amercian Football team) to a recent win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. His record stands at 9,420 tweets per second, recorded shortly after his team won the football match.
The all time leader currently stands at [...]

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Microsoft accuses Comet of selling counterfeit copies of Windows software

January 4th, 2012 by Andy Merchant

Comet, the UK retailer, is in hot water. Microsoft has accused Comet of selling 94,000 counterfeit copies of Windows software, as reported in Engadet. The announcement below details Microsoft’s complaint, which is based on Comet allegedly producing copies of Windows at a factory in Hampshire and bundling these with PCs sold at its stores.
The Microsoft press release [...]

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2012 U.S. elections on Google

January 3rd, 2012 by Andy Merchant

Google has recently announced google.com/elections, an election hub where citizens can study, watch, discuss, learn about, participate in and perhaps even make an impact on the digital campaign trail as it blazes forward to Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
The hub is similar to Google News, and offers a wealth of information on candidates, issues and links [...]

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Firefox 9 launches with better browsing experience on Android tablets

December 21st, 2011 by Andy Merchant

Firefox has officially launched 9.0, and it looks like it could now be a good fit with Android tablet devices. Additionally Firefox also claim to have over 160 add-ons for mobile.
You can find Firefox 9.0 on the Android Market here.
You can see some of the latest features in Firefox 9.0 in the following video:

Whats new in Firefox 9.0 for Android:
New Look [...]

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Print page text - not unwanted page elements

December 8th, 2011 by Andy Merchant

We all like something that makes life a little easier, and one thing that frustrates me intensely is printing out web pages. You always get the pictures, adverts, links, and some times hundreds of comments if the post is a popular one, basically all the stuff you don’t need!
Don’t fear, help is at hand thanks [...]

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