Today the winner of the wireless icon design contest was announced at the One Web Day in New York. The main concept behind the proposed design is "the depiction of planet earth offering a wireless connection to those who need one".
The icon in eps format can be downloaded here.
Read more:
www.nextfest.net/promotions/wireless/
Arts+Science post
Apple Computer today previewed their upcoming media hub, a device looking like a thinner version of the Mac mini, cabable of streaming video and audio from a computer to a TV. The device, with working name iTV, will connect through a wireless network to computers and connects to a TV using HDMI/component video and optical audio cables.
Together with the launch of the new iTunes Store, with full length movie downloads in DVD quality (full VGA resolution, up from 320x240), Apple takes one step further into the living room, something we will see more of next year according to analysts.
At the same time, Apple also introduced the second generation iPod nano, upgrading the top model to 8 GB storage and adding color options, increased battery time to 24h, all in an even thinner anodized aluminum casing.
Other updates include a newly designed and much smaller iPod shuffle 1GB, and updates of the flagship iPod model with more storage and brighter screens.
www.apple.com
Wired magazine and Nextfest.net have created a contest for the first ever universal icon representing a wireless Internet hot spot. The idea is to create a standard sign that will make it easy to find a place to connect your laptop or wireless device wherever you might be.
The winning design will be produced and distributed throughout New York during the "NY is Wired" [sic] week in end of September.
I decided to give it a try myself, the result can be seen above. Going for simplicity and recognition, I choose the old and badly reputed at sign combined with stylized radio waves, presented here in a glossy web 2.0-ish package. Now I only need to make place for the obligatory "beta" text somewhere...
www.wired.com
www.nextfest.net/promotions/wireless
(note: submission period ended September 6th)
Google has release a new set of fetaures for their blog service Blogger, hosting thousands of weblogs including this one. Blogger is now linkd to a gmail account, and uses the same login for posting and editing.
New featuers inlude databased driven dynamic serving which speed up the publish process, access control, visual template design within dashboard and labels to tag posts. Other minor improvments includes cascading archive as seen in the side panel to the right of this blog.This outdoor ad series, seen on all sorts of vending machines, was created by an agency in Berlin for Jobsintown.com, a german job search site. A smart campaign that got viral fast.
Full story at:
http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/09/04/jobs-in-town/
tags:
advertising
Sony's online music store service Connect have been available for some time, and now sister company Sony Ericsson officially plans to go mobile with the store, according to an article in Wall Street Journal. Mobile phones have alredy been equiped with a download service for ring tones, Play Now, but so far no downloads of real music have been present.
Sony's music business and record labels combined with Sony Ericssons market share in music enabled walkman phones could give the mobile store a boost from start. At the same time, Nokia who recently bought out the joint music proposition Loudeye, and Apple, rumored to release a mobile phone enabled iPod device this fall, will likely add to the competition. The questions is now who gets first?
www.connect.com
www.sonyericsson.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115692781762949338.html (requires login)
tags:
apple,
mobile,
sony ericsson
