Archive for May, 2007

Nokia Experience Beta

May 22

Posted by Richard Ting in Mobility

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Straight out of the Scandanavian region comes Nokia’s latest Experience site which is a great companion site to Nokia’s high end NSeries and ESeries multimedia devices. On this site you’ll find a bevy of sweet mobile applications for your device. The application types run the gamut and include treasures from the following categories: Maps/GPS, Games, Videos/TV, Music, Photo, and Internet. So if you’re into GPS-based City Guides or Mobile TV or EA Sports created mobile games, you’ll find it here in this application hub. I’m definitely looking forward to a U.S. based version of this site to help load up my recently purchased N95, which by the way, is the best phone ever created on this planet.

Check out the site.

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T-Mobile launches HTC’s Wing running WM6

May 22

Posted by Richard Ting in Mobility

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[via FierceWireless]
Today, T-Mobile USA announced that it will launch HTC’s Wing, a smartphone running on Windows Mobile 6. The HTC Wing is the first smartphone to launch in the U.S. with Windows Mobile 6 pre-installed. Some of the advances of the new OS is that emails can now facilitate embeddable images and graphics, email can be synched with Windows Live Hotmail and a lost or stolen handset can be wiped out remotely from an Outlook account. Windows Mobile 6 also allows Wing users to search remotely stored email and corporate address books. Since T-Mobile USA does not yet have a 3G network up and running, the phone’s WiFi capability will be welcomed. The Wing phone sports a 40-key keyboard that slides underneath its 2.8 inch screen. The Wing draws comparisons to the T-Mobile MDA, but it’s much smaller. Up until now, only the T-Mobile Dash, also made by HTC, has had the option of downloading a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade, but the upgrade wipes the phone’s memory clean. Other HTC handsets have gone on sale in Europe with Windows Mobile 6 pre-installed.

Here’s the Press Release.

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Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow “Beautiful Mindz” — June 12th 2007

May 22

Posted by Richard Ting in Music

Recognized for releasing the Pro X Fade advanced cross fader technology and promoting one of the largest club nights in the UK, the Eclectic Breaks label strikes once again forming an alliance with the independent hiphop distribution powerhouse, boutique label, & digital retailer; Amalgam Entertainment to unleash a new LP entirely produced by DJ 2tall featuring Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime) and Georgia Anne Muldrow on vocal duties. This is a unique UK/USA collaboration project that combines intelligent lyrics, free thinking, poetic verse and skilled studio productions, to result in an incredibly fresh, poignant and positive album.

The album’s title ‘Beautiful Mindz’ is a message to the listeners that we are capable of much more than we think, and the project itself reflects that it’s not difficult to put together a unique album of music with people from other parts of the planet. From their initial acquaintance to the albums completion, the whole experience was natural and organic as all great partnerships are.

Dudley Perkins is best known for his releases on US label Stones Throw Records, where he lends his unique voice to many of Madlib’s productions. Highlights from his releases include the single ‘Flowers’ and album ‘Expressions (2012 A.U.)’, plus the album ‘Illmindmuzik’ as Declaime on Good Vibe Recordings. Georgia Anne Muldrow is also associated with Stones Throw, and is their only female signing. Noticed early on by fellow LA hip hop trendsetters Sa Ra, as well as Detroit’s Platinum Pied Pipers, the buzz created saw her sound reach the airwaves of Worldwide with Gilles Peterson on the BBC, and to Peanut Butter Wolf, who signed her to a two-album deal on Stones Throw, where she recently released ‘Olesi: Fragments Of An Earth’. Originally known for his accolades in the DJ championship world, where he took home the title of UK DMC Team Champions in 2003 with his crew the Trusicians, 2tall has been making a name for himself as a producer over the past few years. ‘Beautiful Mindz’ is the first ever project from these three combined talents.

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Loud Graphix exhibition in Berlin, Germany

May 21

Posted by Richard Ting in Design, Sneaker Culture

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photo credit: Leon Kahane

Thanks to Thomas from Overkill in Berlin for sending over this info.

The “Loud Graphix” exhibition in Berlin, Germany is focused on European club culture for the last 20 years and highlights the tight bounds between music, graphic design and cultural expression. The exhibition features artists like Mode 2, Parra, Jutojo, Pfadfinderei, Shoe, Delta, Machine, Mitch, Swifty and others.

Check out some photos.
Read more about it here.

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Twittervision

May 16

Posted by Richard Ting in Interactive, Mobility

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Twittervision is a real-time geographic visualization of posts to Twitter. To get on Twittervision, first you’ll need to join Twitter and post. Next, you’ll need to have a location and an image defined to appear on the public feed and to be located on the map. Check out the Twittermap FAQ for acceptable location examples.

View the site.

Also, if you like twittervision, then check out flickrvision. Similar to twittervision, flickrvision is a real-time geographic visualization of posts to Flickr.

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Ben Gordon’s Air Force 25

May 11

Posted by Richard Ting in Sneaker Culture

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I just ripped this off of inside.nikebasketball.com. Thanks fellas! It was unfortunate to watch the Baby Bulls blow that 15+ point lead last night against the Pistons. I was really pulling for Ben Gordon and the Bulls to at least push the Pistons into a seven-game series. Now it’s just a matter of time before Detroit advances to the Eastern Conference finals.

Anyway, check out the home and away versions of Ben’s exclusive AF25 honoring his big breakout season. These are some hot kicks and big up to Ben Gordon who’s representing Money Earning Mount Vernon to the fullest.

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Google Analytics

May 10

Posted by Richard Ting in Advertising, Interactive

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Google Analytics is a next generation web analytics tool that shows you how people find your site, how they navigate through it, and how they become customers. The promise of Google Analytics is that it’s a tool that will allow you to focus your marketing resources on campaigns and initiatives that deliver results.

Learn how to improve your site via Google Analytics to convert more visitors to customers.
Go there now.

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Jump Off TV First Hip Hop Channel on Joost

May 7

Posted by Richard Ting in Interactive, Sneaker Culture

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Jump Off TV, a leading global Hip Hop Entertainment company, has become the first dedicated Hip Hop channel to join Joost, the world’s leading broadcast-quality Internet television service.

Jump Off TV initially will offer a total of 135 shows on Joost from its most popular formats:
World Rap Championships – a professional 2on2 rap battle league set across 8 international cities;
Stripes – up-close interviews with Hip Hops pioneers, icons and legends; and
Street Battles – where London and New York’s hardest underground rappers do battle in front of historic landmarks for cash.

“We’re very excited about extending our digital presence onto the Joost platform, and see it as a perfect fit for our demographic, providing our audience with a quality interactive experience, said Harold Anthony, Jump Off TVs CEO & Founder.

Currently available in an expanded beta, Joost combines the best of TV and the best of the Internet by offering viewers a unique, TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web 2.0. Joost is the first online, global TV distribution platform, bringing together advertisers, content owners and viewers in an interactive, community-driven environment. Joost can be accessed with a broadband Internet connection and offers broadcast-quality content to viewers for free. Adding Jump Off TV helps us increase our audience by bringing another genre to our robust slate of music programming, said Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, executive vice president, content strategy and acquisition, Joost.

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Sportsvite

May 7

Posted by Richard Ting in Interactive

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“Stop playing with yourself” is the tag line for Sportsvite which is a new social network that connects recreational athletes and helps them to organize their sports. It’s a living, breathing sports community designed for the post-college crowd.


Check it out.

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Advertising Now. Online

May 6

Posted by Richard Ting in Advertising

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I scooped this up off of Coolhunting’s daily newsletter. It’s the second installment of TASCHEN’s advertising series, Advertising Now! This case study-rich book features some of the best campaigns on the web today and how those ads are originating in cyberspace as opposed to traditional mediums like print and TV. The book explores work by some of the top award-winning agencies on the planet including DM9, Tribal DDB, OgilvyOne, LOWE Tesch, and 2020 London.


Read more about the book.

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