Sometimes the ideas we enjoy the most aren’t the ones that will change the world, but are smart, interesting and puts that clever smile on someone’s face. The Hi-Call is a one of those products – the full functioning Bluetooth handset camouflage’s itself as a glove you would wear for the upcoming winter season. With […]
Archives for September 2012
Wello: Get fit over video chat
There are many reasons to workout with a friend or a personal trainer – you’ll work harder, it’ll be more fun, you’ll be motivated, and you’ll be more fit in a quicker time. The benefits of working out with a friend are limitless, but they won’t have the experience of a personal trainer. At the […]
App discovery with an Ooomf
App discovery is a plague that doesn’t seem to have a solution in the craziness of what we call the App Store. Going to the App Store to find anything that isn’t in the top of the charts is not really an option, instead you have to be on top of app developers and their […]
Digital scrapbooking with Irrive
Preserving memories is a tradition everyone is familiar with, but the days of photo books or a library of video cassettes carrying on memorable moments seems like a fading memory in itself. Timelines and social feeds now capture and share our lives as digital scrapbooks. But that lies part of the problem – our memories […]
Blippar: Helping you high five Barack Obama through mobile augmented reality
Augmented Reality may be turning into a marketing gold rush. Everywhere you turn it seems some latest and greatest innovation has been deployed with the purpose of using mobile platforms and technology to create concepts and experiences that would have quite literally have been considered impossible say.. 15 years ago. The marketing implications and opportunities […]
Bookmarking real-world locations
Bookmarking doesn’t have to be just a Pin or Delicious link save – Grafetee, a new app from a Finland-based startup has developed a ‘world marking’ app. The app allows you to bookmark real-life locations or even locations within websites, which in turn willl allow for businesses to reach users and provide relevant information, such […]
Mr. Viral
As Toronto is fashioned with the glitz of the Toronto International Film Festival, Karim Kanji was able to sit down with Janine Short – Producer and Production Designer for the upcoming indie film, Mr. Viral and Alex Appel – a highly accomplished actress who stars as Stacy in film. In this interview Alex and Janine […]
Tunaspot shares playlists on Spotify by location
Swedish startup, Tunaspot, recently launched their new Spotify app that lets you tag a public playlist with a physical location. Once you add the app, you can navigate around your neighborhood or any other geolocation and find other playlists tagged by users to be discovered by business, homes, stadiums, and anything else you can think […]
A purse and iPhone charger
With rumors swirling before the expected announcement of the iPhone 5 today, one of many upgrades being discussed is a longer battery life for the popular device. It’s without question iPhone user’s squirm as 10% life notifications pop-up regularly unless the device is plugged in regularly. But according to the reports Apple will be adding […]
Crop photos with your hands with the Take Frame Camera
We first saw the innovations in camera technology coupled with gesture controls when the Air Clicker Camera made waves. The world’s first finger camera came with minimal elements, but its simple to use mechanics are still to be marveled from the mind of Yeon Su Kim. Today we found another innovation in the industry from […]