Lately I have started to notice an upsurge of augmented-reality apps (AR). AR is a type of technology that blurs the line between what is real and what is computer generated. The general type of apps I have seen implementing this technology are games. However, as a marketer, one app that has caught my eye [...]
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After my recent post regarding my excitement for Apple’s new digital voice assistant (Siri), I thought, after receiving my lovely new 4S through the post, that I should write a little mini review of the pros and cons of Siri. Now, I explained all about Siri in my last post, so I won’t go into all [...]
Continue ReadingiTunes Match, Apple’s cloud based music solution, was announced by Jobs at Apple’s WWDC 2011 event in June earlier this year. iTunes Match is a $24.95 a year service that scans your hard drive of music, and matches any songs with over 18 million official high quality songs on Apple’s iCloud servers. Any songs that [...]
Continue ReadingRecently I purchased an iPhone 4S, and the talk of my purchase sparked a debate in the office. With the main niche feature of the 4S over the iPhone 4 being the speech recognition software and personal assistant (Siri), it was clear that the questions “Is Siri worth upgrading?” and “Does it actually work?” would [...]
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t already heard about the new Facebook ‘Timeline’ coming soon, then you should check it out, it’s more than just the usual tweak that they do quite regularily. The new layout has a refreshing new design with a new focus towards sharing media such as Movies, TV, Books and Music. With it comes [...]
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