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Category Archives: Digital
SXSWe’ve Arrived
SXSW Interactive – we’re coming for ya. But don’t worry, we’re bringing the music. Yes, Upshot’s SXSW Interactive coverage team has arrived in Austin, and just like last year, we’ll be covering the town with our QR-coded stickers. (Unlike last … Continue reading
SXSWarmup
[UPDATE: For more information on the foursquare / American Express partnership mentioned at the bottom of this post, click here.] SXSW Interactive starts tomorrow, which means the battle for blogosphere buzz will be starting shortly… ah, hell, it’s already been … Continue reading
Upshot Presents the Air Presenter
In today’s post, we’re excited to share our exclusive coverage of the Air Presenter gesture-based presentation system, featuring the radarTOUCH. Upshot managed to get our hands on the first radarTOUCH shipped to the US, and we’ve already recognized a number … Continue reading
Be a Multilingual Tiger in Bed
Now there’s a headline that’ll get your attention! But, take it easy – the only naughtiness happening here is allowing so much time to elapse since our last augmented reality roundup! In the meantime, we’ve seen a ton of fantastic … Continue reading
Online Tricks and Treats
Following up on Monday’s clever YouTube tweak, we wanted to pass along a couple of other tricks and treats we’ve recently seen around the web. The first is an iPad ad for the USA Network’s show “White Collar,” which is … Continue reading
Dunk Data and Hoops Hype
There’s plenty of budding excitement about this weekend’s NBA Slam Dunk contest, thanks to a crop of extremely athletic youngsters who may or may not be mutants from another planet. But, while the league is building up hype about these … Continue reading
Tools for Celebrity Stalkers and Life Savers
Since our Find Your Place trend depends on real-time location data, many of our conversations have featured services and devices that broadcast this information, ranging from check-in apps to RFID-tagged items. Still, there are times when location data needs a … Continue reading
The Super Bowl’s Super Tweeters
I know, I know – many of our readers are still smarting, since their beloved Bears aren’t playing this weekend. Well, it probably won’t help to know that our neighbors to the North are already winning another battle: the ever-important … Continue reading
Google Gets an A+ on Its Art Project
I’m not sure what class Google is taking, but it’s definitely the star student. There was clearly some extra-curricular work behind their just-released Google Art Project, which delivers over a thousand works from 17 of the world’s finest museums right … Continue reading
Love the PLAYR, Love the Game
Well, this kind of blows my old Super Nintendo soccer game out of the water. Check out the trailer above for I AM PLAYR, a game that’s currently in development, but slated for a beta release this year. There’s a … Continue reading