If you’re planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition,
it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges
of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to
2012 for extra inspiration:
To understand Jash, you need to know what the YouTube Channel Initiative
is all about. Funded by Google with the specific goal of bringing
innovative content to YouTube, it’s a 100 million dollar program that
kickstarted Google TV’s entree into original programming.
While still considered a punchline by many, for others that are happy to
receive the perk of free access to American Airlines Admirals Club, Klout
has been diligently trying to find ways to up its game. No longer
content in just assessing one’s social media score, Klout is morphing
into a social network of sorts.
While the "Party of No" desperately seeks something to say yes to, their
fight to rebrand themselves is met by aggressive social media
opposition by the Redditors. While bookmarking sites the likes of Digg
have withered on the digital vine over the past few years, Reddit seems
to be not only the one with staying power, but the one whose "up" or
"down" votes can sway public opinion quickly.
There’s still plenty of time to register a booth to showcase your latest
invention at the 2013 INPEX, as you’ll definitely want to impress the
various product manufacturing giants who will be combing the event for
superstar innovations…
Paint splatters and graffiti might look like accidents or vandalism to some people, but the eye-catching, genre-bending artwork of Rowena Martinich is redefining ideas of art and beauty, while answering one very important question; what would it look like if Warhol, Pollock, and Picasso got together and went wild on a wall?
It’s
that time again! Videogame enthusiasts from all over the world will be
tuning in to their favorite gaming websites and video portals from June
11th through the 13th for huge reveals of brand new videogames,
technology and other electronic entertainment related goodies. As
always, I can’t wait!
Most movie marketing is all about creating cool looking posters and teasing us with short trailers, but there is some clever marketing happening in Taiwan for Star Trek Into Darkness. Check out Benedict Cumberbatch locked in his cell in the Ximending Shopping District.
All of the passers-by are probably wondering why this guy was locked up and why an entire prison cell was transported off the Enterprise and back into time.
With this campaign they are really thinking outside of the box. Or maybe I should say cell.
[via Sketchlock via The Mary Sue]
What’s a $36 Million-Dollar
lady to do after bailing from the world’s largest search engine only to
join the ranks of a bit player the likes of Yahoo? A player that was
losing so much market share, it needed to enter a 10-year partnership agreement
with Microsoft’s Bing to stop the bleeding.
If you can solve a huge problem with the help of Verizon’s broadband
networking, cloud storage, wireless capabilities or other technology in
the fields of health care, education or sustainability, the
communications giant will give you up to 1 million dollars to develop
the idea.
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