Written By Paula Cizek on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 12:16 AM | In Events, General, Lifestyle, Technology, USA | Please Comment
Last week, we attended Ignite NYC, an event in which speakers have five minutes to present on anything in the world of “geek culture.” Even though Ignite sets no overarching theme, one topic seemed to run through most of the presentations: the trend towards shared digital experiences that benefit the public.
In fact, Andy Carvin’s presentation [...]
Written By CScout Japan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 10:24 PM | In General, Japan, Lifestyle, Technology | Please Comment
Karaoke rooms are about much more than simply singing with friends — they are multimedia entertainment centers. Karaoke centers have been pushing more digital features by enhancing the capabilities of the touchscreen tablets available in each room. Daiichikosho, the maker of the popular Dam Station karaoke system, integrates the RFID Edy payment card into its [...]
Written By Paula Cizek on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:50 PM | In General, Lifestyle, Technology, USA | Please Comment
Gone are the days of your typical tourism center, littered with out-of-date brochures and cumbersome fold-out maps: the NYC tourist center was renovated in 2009 with the needs of the modern traveler in mind. Even the center itself boasts a modern aesthetic, with huge glass windows looking in on a minimalistic interior. The space centers [...]
Written By Paula Cizek on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 5:33 PM | In General, Lifestyle, Marketing | Please Comment
New beauty apps are letting consumers experience virtual makeovers right on their smartphones. App developer ModiFace, for instance, has released a line of apps that lets users take a picture of themselves and envision a new look: they can apply make up, try a new hair color, or even see their body shape after weight [...]
Written By Paula Cizek on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM | In General, Lifestyle, Marketing, USA | Please Comment
Recession is the mother of invention these days, and new businesses are developing to fill market niches. In the case of pop-up stores like Organicoa, it’s a physical niche: the hot chocolate vendor has set up shop in an otherwise empty storefront. (In fact, signs advertising the space for lease are still in the windows.) [...]
Written By CScout Japan on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 12:51 AM | In General, Japan, Lifestyle | Please Comment
Epson has launched a campaign called “3D Nen-ga-jo”, bringing augmented reality to Japanese ??? (”Nen-ga-jo” or New Year Cards), traditionally small postcards hand-written and sent to different people at New Year.
Epson has long been campaigning for people to use their services for printing and making New Year Cards quickly and efficiently. Hand-writing a large pile [...]
Written By Florian Peter on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 5:39 PM | In General, Lifestyle, Marketing, USA | Please Comment
The VooDoo Music Experience is one of Louisiana’s most popular festivals, so an app that helps visitors navigate the grounds is more than welcome. The VooDoo Experience app uses augmented reality to overlay useful information over images taken with a mobile phone camera. Users simply activate the app, point it at what they’re interested in, [...]
Written By CScout Japan on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 7:19 PM | In General, Japan, Lifestyle | Please Comment
Willcom’s new Nico Heart mobile phone is designed to do only one thing: make phone calls. For that reason, it has received the National Tutoring School Association’s official recommendation. Tutoring schools, nicknamed “cram schools,” are after-school tutoring programs run by private organizations and a way of life for many Japanese kids. Citing the distraction of [...]
Written By CScout Japan on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 5:28 PM | In General, Japan, Lifestyle | Please Comment
The health market generated 80 billion yen of income through mobile phones in 2007. This is set to rise to 1600 billion yen by 2012. In Japan, where death-by-overwork (karoushi) is a reality, along with overtime and an aging population, the market is ever more concerned with their physical condition.
BO Studio’s “Sleep Log” (”Nemu rogu [...]
Written By Florian Peter on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 10:43 PM | In General, Lifestyle, Technology | Please Comment
The PicTranslator app translates foreign languages and alphabets into the user’s native language in a novel way: the user takes a photo of any text, whether it be a newspaper, menu, map, road sign, poster or otherwise. The user then crops the image to the text in question and selects its language. After a short [...]
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