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I Smell Brains

I Smell Brains a fun, fast-paced, bizarrely addictive little game. It’s been getting some rave reviews and ratings, a 4.75 out of 5, not too shabby for an internal Phenomblue proof of concept. Oh, did I mention it’s free? So what does this little guy prove? The original announcement goes over it pretty well but [...]

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Word Lens, Translation For Dummies

Word Lens is the best Augmented Reality and iPhone app hands down. It represents purest forms of simplicity, utility and AR. See something that you need translated? Point your iPhone at it. BOOM! Translated in real-time on your screen. Don’t believe me? Check out the video, it’s almost too good to be true. This beauty [...]

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Mobile Web Design: A Crash Course

The world of mobile devices is a torrential down-pour of changing features, costs, form-factors, popularity, software… everything. Designing websites for this constantly changing market is akin to the early 2000′s when new, feature-rich, standards-compliant web browsers were all the rage but you still had to support the older, market-hungry, feature-dumb, standards-ignorant browsers. Fortunately, todays mobile [...]

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Mobile Commerce, Thanks Japan!

What is the future of mobile? Where is mobile going? What are it’s fledgling markets? This article, Teens and Their Mobile Phones, had these questions rampaging through my skull. Those are some pretty heavy questions expected of a simple infographic. I wouldn’t be taking such an interest in it if I didn’t believe that todays [...]

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Esquire’s AR Attempt Falls Short

Augmented reality (AR) has finally been brought to mainstream, albeit dated, print media. Esquire showcased AR in the December 2009 issue of their high-profile magazine — but that’s really all that happened. Anyone with the issue of the magazine and a webcam can experience Esquire’s AR goodness. They’ve littered the issue with AR markers, so [...]

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