Archive for 'Technology'
Square Up – A great iPhone App
Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Nikos.
Last Sunday evening I met an engineer of Square Up, an iPhone Application that will be out at the end of October. Although we were in a bar, I had the chance to see how Square Up works.
With Square Up application you can have paperless iphone-based transactions. An iPhone user can easily receive a credit/debit [...]
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Yahoo Brands, Logos and Services
Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Nikos.
I guess that most of you have noticed or read about the change in Flickr’s logo.. Yahoo recently added “from Yahoo!” next to Flickr logo in order to enhance its brand through this very successful image and video hosting service. What yahoo did is very reasonable and it might help the company’s brand. Apparently this [...]
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Take advantage of your ‘404-Not Found’ page
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Nikos.
There are so many reasons to visit a ‘404-Not found’ page: a wrong or expired link, a misspelling etc. How companies use this ‘opportunity’ to contact their website’s visitor. When someone lands on a 404-Not Found pages expects to find content. Is it logical to serve him one sentence that says: “Sorry, the page you [...]
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Is this the right way to say it?
Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by Nikos.
Dear Kodak,
You made a mistake and you named your camera Zi8. It’s ok.. Everybody does mistakes but is this the right way to say it?
Kodak Zi8 is a competitor of the very successful Flip camera and Creative Vado. Boston Globe didn’t like the Kodak’s name and they said:
When Kodak needed a name for its new [...]
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Cool Product Expo 2009 – Stanford University
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Nikos.
Yesterday I visited the Cool Product Expo 2009 in Stanford University. I saw several new ideas.. Some of them were quite complicated and some others were too simple. Most of them were interesting though. Some of the interesting products were the new Yahoo Service “Search Pad”, Cooliris browser add-on, the Hot Topper, NeuroSky and many [...]
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Our lives in 10 years according to Microsoft
Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Nikos.
This is how Microsoft sees the future.. Everything will be digital, everywhere touch screens and huge connectivity! It is interesting and scaring too!
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A new ad for Blackberry Touch
Posted on 27. Feb, 2009 by Nikos.
Although I love my iPhone and almost everything that has the Apple logo on it, I have to admit that I liked this ad. Ok, it is not a unique idea but the two fruits and the message is clever..
And of course here comes the answer (from the Apple fans!)
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The Pencil Rebel
Posted on 15. Feb, 2009 by Nikos.
This is an awesome job by the designer and art director, Grzegorz Kozakiewicz! He created this interactive game with materials as vegetables, paper and many others. This is a great website that all of you have to visit.. These are some of the screenshots.
Since I can remember I have always been amused by all forms [...]
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Pomegranate Phone – Is it real?
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Nikos.
This is not just mobile phone.. It is everything that you ever wanted!
It really sounds like fiction, but can you imagine a phone that goes beyond everything you already know about phones? Wi-Fi, Internet browsing, GPS, Cameras… are very simple! Those are all mainstream, and you’d expect to see them on a phone. In fact, [...]
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The Geek test!
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Nikos.
I just saw a quite funny test on Gizmodo.. Do you want to see how much Geek you are? Take the test.. I scored 29.. Is this good?
Taking the test is simple. There are 50 statements. Mark down one point for yourself for every one that applies to you. At the end, score yourself. We [...]
