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  • Andy McCaskey talked with Lauren Offers from Aurasma at NAB 2013 about the newest mobile Augmented reality platform. Adding a visual search, you can point your phone at an item and get video, audio and more. You can even create your own Auras to bridge the physical world with the digital. For example, you could point your mobile device as Carrie Underwood and you...

    Aurasma: Augmented Reality Through Mobile Devices – NAB 2013

    Posted on April 29, 2013 | No Comments
    Andy McCaskey talked with Lauren Offers from Aurasma at NAB 2013 about the newest mobile Augmented reality platform. Adding a visual search, you can point your phone at an item and get video, audio and more. You can even create your own Auras to bridge the physical world with the digital. For example, you could point your mobile device as Carrie Underwood and you...

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  • Gearing up for the third installment of the Iron Man movie series, Iron Man 3 – The Official Game by Gameloft was released. The game, a coin collecting, drone destroying, plane avoiding game follows Tony Stark as Iron Man going after the bad guys. He must collect Stark coins for upgrades and fend off the evil Crimson Dynamo and other super villains. The game uses swipe...

    Official Iron Man 3 Game for iPad

    Posted on April 28, 2013 | No Comments
    Gearing up for the third installment of the Iron Man movie series, Iron Man 3 – The Official Game by Gameloft was released. The game, a coin collecting, drone destroying, plane avoiding game follows Tony Stark as Iron Man going after the bad guys. He must collect Stark coins for upgrades and fend off the evil Crimson Dynamo and other super villains. The game uses swipe...

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  • They gave away $150,000 at MashBash and another $250,000 after the event. YappEm is a app that lets you earn coins that turn into gift cards. You can get cards from any of the major brands. To find out more go to Yappem.com I also walk around MashBash – Mashable’s yearly SXSW event. This year it was at Speakeasy. 3 levels of bands, DJ’s...

    YappEm at MashBash SXSW 2013 Giving Away $150,000

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
    They gave away $150,000 at MashBash and another $250,000 after the event. YappEm is a app that lets you earn coins that turn into gift cards. You can get cards from any of the major brands. To find out more go to Yappem.com I also walk around MashBash – Mashable’s yearly SXSW event. This year it was at Speakeasy. 3 levels of bands, DJ’s...

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  • Augmented reality is where you look at something through a mobile device and get a different response. Maybe a logo that pops out on the screen or information on what you are seeing. Blippar by blippar.com is one of those programs. Blippar has a client list that uses the software to enhance a logo. Their packaging will have “Blipper enabled” on the side. Point your...

    Blippar Turns iPad into Augmented Reality

    Posted on February 19, 2013 | No Comments
    Augmented reality is where you look at something through a mobile device and get a different response. Maybe a logo that pops out on the screen or information on what you are seeing. Blippar by blippar.com is one of those programs. Blippar has a client list that uses the software to enhance a logo. Their packaging will have “Blipper enabled” on the side. Point your...

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  • Todd talks with LG about how NFC is being used to send smartphone signals to TVs. With this technology you can pair your TV with mobile device for an eaiser connection. NFC eliminates wires needed so you can be across the room with your phone controlling the video, audio or game. Best part of LG NFC technology is it’s reversible - Watch video from TV on...

    LG NFC: Connect Smartphones to TVs and Vise-Versa – CES 2013

    Posted on February 6, 2013 | No Comments
    Todd talks with LG about how NFC is being used to send smartphone signals to TVs. With this technology you can pair your TV with mobile device for an eaiser connection. NFC eliminates wires needed so you can be across the room with your phone controlling the video, audio or game. Best part of LG NFC technology is it’s reversible - Watch video from TV on...

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  • If you are looking for that realistic feel of pinball then Pinball Arcade by FarSight Studios might be for you. It gets as close as it can to playing the pinball games you might have grown up with. Star Trek, Bride of Pinbot and more – you can choose from 3 table views. You can even tilt the machine. By not designating where the...

    Pinball Arcade for iPad – When iPad Games Shut Down

    Posted on January 31, 2013 | No Comments
    If you are looking for that realistic feel of pinball then Pinball Arcade by FarSight Studios might be for you. It gets as close as it can to playing the pinball games you might have grown up with. Star Trek, Bride of Pinbot and more – you can choose from 3 table views. You can even tilt the machine. By not designating where the...

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  • It’s not going to teach you how to play piano but it might teach you about timing and coordinating the fingers. The app is called Magic Piano by smule. It’s similar to any Rock game app where you have to press the button at the right time in the right spot. Each dot will indicate a musical note. Songs like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”...

    Magic Piano for iPad

    Posted on November 6, 2012 | No Comments
    It’s not going to teach you how to play piano but it might teach you about timing and coordinating the fingers. The app is called Magic Piano by smule. It’s similar to any Rock game app where you have to press the button at the right time in the right spot. Each dot will indicate a musical note. Songs like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”...

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  • While at TechCrunch Disrupt this week, I talked with Hex3, a company that is developing jaja – a pressure sensitive stylus for iPad. This is a stylus that doesn’t run on Bluetooth – it uses high frequency sound to tell the iPad how to interpret the pen strokes. This allows you to use the pen in areas that bluetooth and wifi are not available,...

    Hex3 jaja Pressurized iPad Stylus, App Tag Laser Tag Gun

    Posted on September 10, 2012 | No Comments
    While at TechCrunch Disrupt this week, I talked with Hex3, a company that is developing jaja – a pressure sensitive stylus for iPad. This is a stylus that doesn’t run on Bluetooth – it uses high frequency sound to tell the iPad how to interpret the pen strokes. This allows you to use the pen in areas that bluetooth and wifi are not available,...

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