11.23.2011
The American Music Awards wasn't just about product placement (J Lo driving a FIAT onstage anyone?) but also featured some worthy benefits.
Xbox sponsered The Give Back Hollywood Foundation "Night of Miracles" which supports Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and their Millions of Miracles Campaign which raises funds for over 170 children's hospitals across the nation.
Music stars and celebs came out for the cause and AMA Nominated Best New Artist Band Hot Chelle Rae rocked the crowd. The highlight of the evening had to be the presentation of the 2011 Miracle Award to Eileen Garrido, an 11 year old heart transplant recipient who now runs her own non-profit, The Beating Hearts Foundation, to help other young heart transplant recipients.
While party-goers played XBOX Kinect, Connor Cruise (yes, the son of) DJ'd a great set. Jojo and Perez Hilton were overheard saying :" I think Connor Cruise is going to be the next best thing."
Kevin Jonas, who hosted the event, played tennis on the XBOX Connect but Soulja boy stuck to playing skiing. We just thought you'd want to know.
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10. 3.2011
With all the noise surrounding every club/resturant opening in LA, it takes something special to stand-out. Which brings us to yesterday's public debut of Mercato di Vetro, the Italian restaurant, bar, and retail shop.
We received this video in the mail, as our invite: Take a look and tell us you don't want to immediately 1) Jump a plane to Rome or 2) Try out the new restaurant, or at the very least buy some Italian goodies.
Inspired by "An Italian Affair" the black and white film feels very Italian, but was actually shot in LA. Watch it here.
Part of the huge SBE company, which includes the most trendy and popular clubs in LA, they're using sbe corporate chef Danny Elmaleh for Mercato's menu which is simply divided into "Antipasti Bar," "Salads," "Wood Oven," "Meat," "Fish," "Raw," and "Pasta."
Open today in WeHo. We only can hope it lives up to the video.
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08.25.2011
Research in Motion (RIM) has already begun rolling out its highly anticipated music service called, you guessed it, BBM Music.
There are a range of interesting features set to be included in the new music service, such as personal music profiles of your 50 favourite songs, sharing and interacting with the rest of the BBM community and offline listening, as well as much, much more.
Many online commentators are already saying that the service is doomed, but as many of RIM's phones have such a dedicated following, it could well turn out to be an unexpected success, but of course only time will tell...
BBM Music has launched in BETA in the US, Canada and the UK.
Via ZDNet.
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08.25.2011
Sony UK is currently developing a pair of 'subtitle glasses' which could change the way deaf people watch movies.
At the moment there's currently a very limited choice if deaf movie fans want to watch the latest blockbusters. They can often only see certain movies at really awkward times with subtitles and that's if it's a large movie theater, it sometimes doesn't make financial sense for smaller venues to show them at all. So, hard of hearing or deaf movie fans would have to presumably wait until it's available on DVD before they can watch it, which I'm sure you'll agree just doesn't seem fair, especially considering a fairly large proportion of the population have some level of deafness.
Sony UK is hoping to combat this problem by building a pair of glasses which will display subtitles on the inside of the lenses, making it look like they're on the actual screen. Not only will this make any kind of movie accessible for deaf people, it also won't be distracting for whoever else happens to be in the cinema at the same time.
According to the article in Digital Trends, the glasses should be available in movie theaters as early as next year.
Via Digital Trends.
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07.15.2011
More and more aspects of our lives are being turned into games with the use of technology, look at Foursquare and SCVNGR, simple location-based mobile apps which reward you for checking-in or completing tasks.
However, it now seems as if mobile gaming could be taken to a whole new level by GreenGoose, which aims to turn every aspect of your life into a game!
Continue reading "GreenGoose turns everyday tasks into a game"
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06.10.2011
Have you ever been in a 3D movie and taken your glasses off, looked behind you into the rest of the audience and thought, 'wow everyone looks ridiculous'? Well, you're not alone. As great as the 3D technology may be in our movie theaters, it does make us all look a bit silly in the process.
But, there really isn't any reason why 3D glasses have to look so big and hideous as Norwegian twins Kine and Einy Paulsen discovered when they created some alternative frames.
Continue reading "3D glasses get stylish"
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06. 8.2011
Sony's latest addition to the VAIO L all-in-one line does pretty everything you could ever ask from any kind of screen, it plays regular TV, features a 3D multitouch display, a blu-ray player, 1080p HD playback, USB 3.0, HDMI port, oh and it comes with a wireless keyboard, mouse and 3D glasses.
We like our gadgets to be multifunctional and imagine this would be ideal for those who love simplicity or only have limited space, but does Sony's latest offering seem a little too good to be true?
Via Engadget.
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05.27.2011
Some movies may seem scary enough, but how much more intense would the fear be if you suddenly felt something brush past you?
Enhancing the intensity of films and games is something Disney researchers have been working on recently and they've created something that's been dubbed a "tactile brush" in order to bring your senses into play more than ever before.
Continue reading "Disney develops sensory devices for films and games"
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04. 7.2011
The "checking-in" phenomenon created by FourSquare has since spread into entertainment and now applications like Miso and GetGlue allow users to check-in to things like TV shows, films, sporting events and books.
Like all good ideas that seem to be gaining traction online, Facebook is already allegedly looking to stake its claim on the entertainment check-in.
Over the past few weeks, Facebook has introduced check-in functionality to not only specific locations, but specific events and is now looking at more ways to exploit it. According to Tech Radar, Facebook is looking to team up with broadcasters so that each TV show has its own event on Facebook that users can then check-in to, which enables them to interact with other users whilst they're watching the same show.
Social networks have certainly become a key destination when it comes to talking about shows and live events as they happen, just look at Twitter when a big reality show or sporting event is taking place and it's all anyone seems to be discussing with one another!
Via Tech Radar. Image via Reid.
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03.28.2011
Warner Bros is set to release five more movies on Facebook after it successfully released Batman: The Dark Knight via the social network earlier this month.
There are such huge volumes of people streaming or downloading video content straight from the Internet, it's about time the movie industry realized the potential of releasing films online, and what better platform to partner up with than Facebook.
According to Venture Beat, Facebook users in the US will soon be able to watch films by pressing a "watch now" icon which they can then pay for with Facebook Credits - Facebook's new social currency. They will then be able to "rent" the movie for up to 488 hours and are able to have full control during that time, pausing, rewinding and resuming when they like.
The movies that are being released include Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Inception and Yogi Bear.
Via Venture Beat.
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