Posts Tagged ‘mobile’

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Curled Up Experience

Jason Calacanis recently wrote about the "Curled Up" experience after watching people consume content on tablets compared to other consumption experiences such as "lean back" or "lean forward". With Mahalo's focus on video and iPad applications, this is a very pertinent observation.

by Eric Fader on January 5th, 2012
No Comments  Design

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60beat GamePad for iPad

60beat created GamePad which adds an Xbox like controller to your iPad to play games.

by Eric Fader on January 1st, 2012
No Comments  Mobile

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Microsoft Adopts NFC and QR

A growing concern of connecting offline campaigns with online counterparts is the fragmentation of devices, apps, and methods.

by Eric Fader on December 19th, 2011
No Comments  Mobile

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Touchscreen Texture on Tablets

Typically when people interact with touch screens on an iPhone, iPad, or Android device they can interact with the content but not truly experience the true texture of what is digitally displayed.

by Eric Fader on December 17th, 2011
No Comments  Design

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Staples Easy Mobile Commerce

Staples, the multichannel retailer of office supplies, just relaunched its mobile app and truly makes it easy to shop via mobile. The interface is clearly geared towards the mobile consumer and the company’s core consumer. Key features include the ability to easy order, re-order, and...

by Eric Fader on December 5th, 2011
1 Comment  Mobile

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Design for Location

Interesting presentation by Farrah Bostic, a strategist, thinker and maker from Brooklyn, NY. Location Based Services: Not Just GPS & Foursquare View more presentations from Farrah Bostic Tweet

by Eric Fader on December 5th, 2011
No Comments  Design, Mobile

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QRadio Street Art by Sweza

What happens when you combine street art, music, and QR codes? Well street artist Sweza, based in Berlin, is taking full advantage of this in his street art throughout Europe. His art entitled “QRadio” is an homage to the old school boom boxes and mix...

by Eric Fader on December 5th, 2011
2 Comments   Content, Design

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Mingle with Professionals

Trendslate recently sat down with Andy Kim, co-founder of Los Angeles based Mingle . This interview covers the inspiration behind the company to the challenges faced by LA startups. Trendslate: What was your inspiration behind Mingle? Andy Kim, Mingle: This past April, I was standing...

by Eric Fader on November 27th, 2011
No Comments  Mobile

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Tesco Brings QR Codes to Market in Korea

After conducting in depth ethnographic research, Tesco realized that Koreans are one of the hardest working people in the World. Time is precious and after the work day is over, shopping is not something people want to do. Typically people would have to go to the store to purchase the groceries.

by Eric Fader on July 20th, 2011
1 Comment  Featured, Technology

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Former MySpace Director Ulf Waschbusch Becomes Chief Product Officer at Gaming Startup ‘Garena’

Ulf Waschbusch will become the new Chief Product Officer at Garena, a Singapore-based gaming software company with over 25 million users worldwide.

by Tim Schulz on February 24th, 2010
16 Comments   Business