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11/03/2009

The 4G Connected Car Prototype

Today Alcatel-Lucent and QNX announced the 4G connected car prototype in New York. As part of the NG Connect program (an ecosystem built around 4G connectivity) Atlantic Records was proud to create a version of our award winning Fanbase platform for the music fan on the road. The car contains 4 internet connected screens allowing [...]

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10/15/2009

Designing iPhone apps using Adobe Flash CS5 and AIR

Arguably the biggest announcement from Adobe’s MAX conference last week was the (future) ability to create iPhone applications using Flash CS5. There were several sessions that materialized shortly after the announcement, but this session by Arno Gourdol was by far the most useful and practical. Check out the video below.

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09/12/2009

2009 Mobile Excellence Awards – Finalist

Fanbase Mobile is now a finalist for the 2009 Mobile Excellence Awards. We’ve been included in the Best Adapted or Companion Program category along with DirectTV and Zannel. Congrats to our partners at Agency.net who built the Flash Lite app for us. Check out our nomination here.

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08/31/2009

Incredible Mobile Interfaces

Some pretty amazing mobile interfaces from UI and graphics studio TAT (The Astonishing Tribe). They are a Swedish firm that already has work on 270 million devices. If you think the panacea for mobile design is located in Cupertino, these videos may make you think different. TAT Augmented ID Augmented ID is a TAT concept [...]

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08/21/2009

The CD case as musical instrument

A pretty interesting marketing idea from musician Moldover, a San Francisco based artist who has made his CD case just as desirable as the music itself. Using knowledge of custom circuits, he made the case for his CD into a crude theremin. Check out the YouTube video below.

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03/31/2009

Fanbase Mobile launches at CTIA with CNBC Interview

Today AgencyNet and Atlantic Records launched Fanbase Mobile, a version of Atlantic’s award winning Fanbase application for Flash Lite enabled handsets. As part of the launch Rob Thomas is showcasing the app during the Billboard Music Keynote at CTIA and he was interviewed about the app by CNBC. “It is really about you and your [...]

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03/20/2009

iPhone drunk dialing prevention

A funny post from Techcrunch today about two applications that prevent you from drunk dialing from the iPhone. Both apps block certain contacts for a set period of time, but one encourages drunk calling by randomly dialing people for you. Click here to find out more about the apps we’ve all wished we had at [...]

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03/19/2009

Mobile Operating System Recap

An interesting wrap up comparing 6 smart phone operating systems – symbian, windows mobile, iPhone, android, blackberry, palm webos. Nothing terribly surprising here, but a nice overview for people looking into potentional platforms for application development.  Mobile OS Shootout.

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12/06/2008

Connecting Fans with Bands

I was invited by Adobe to talk at their 2008 Max designer/developer conference as part of a new track of sessions geared towards business and strategy. My presentation was entitled “Connecting Fans with Bands” and is now available on Adobe TV. The video has the audio from the presentation overlaid on top of my Powerpoint [...]

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