JAY-Z DECODED: NEW YORK TIMES
The New York Times wrote an article for the kickoff of Jay-Z Decoded, Droga5’s project done in conjunction with Bing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/business/media/18adco.html?scp=2&sq=jay%20z&st=cse
Kondis, Ikea’s cookbook iPhone app, delivers all the staggeringly cool ingredient photography of the original cookbook — plus the recipes — with the brilliant addition of an exercise component. Just pick which dessert you’re going to make, then select whether you prefer walking, jogging, or biking; then you have to work off the calories in a serving of your Kanelbulle or Prinsesstårta, while a helpful voice informs you exactly how many miles you have to go until you’ve earned that slice of cake.
(via Grub Street New York)
Dennis Crowley, co-founder of location based social network Foursquare, told attendees of the Picnic conference in Amsterdam today that the company has built a feature that recommends new locations users ought to visit, based on their past activity, their to-do lists and what’s popular at the moment.
PLANE FINDER AR
The new augmented reality function of Plane Finder, an iPhone application, allows users to view data about planes in the sky by pointing their phone upward. If the spotted planes carry ADS-B data, the app can read and display information such as destination and speed.
http://gizmodo.com/5642578/point-an-iphone-at-the-sky-see-augmented-reality-info-as-planes-fly
New “add to my foursquare” button that can be embedded on any website. (via Foursquare Launching New Must-Have Button for Websites)
Layar, the most widely used mobile AR browser, is looking to fulfill this need with the release of Layar Player - a few lines of code iPhone developers can use to embed full AR Layar content in their apps.
"Dennis Crowley, co-founder of location based social network Foursquare, told attendees of the Picnic conference in Amsterdam today that the company has built a feature that recommends new locations users ought to visit, based on their past activity, their to-do lists and what’s popular at the moment."
"Layar, the most widely used mobile AR browser, is looking to fulfill this need with the release of Layar Player - a few lines of code iPhone developers can use to embed full AR Layar content in their apps."
