Kooaba image recognition for mobile.
My name is Conrad Lisco, and this is where I keep odds and ends, things and thoughts.
I work at R/GA in the Mobile & Emerging Platforms group. I'm most interested in the intersection of technology and culture. Addicted to location-based services. Live in Chinatown and love sneakers and street art.
Opinions are my own.
Mag+, a joint project by Bonnier and BERG, is a digital magazine concept and represents what magazines could be like in the future. The concept focuses on the essence of story-telling -- “high-quality” writing and “stunning imagery.” As the Kindle continues to gain momentum and Apple prepares to launch some tablet-like object, this prototype is very timely.
Wired Magazine is also thinking about the future of print media, and created this iTablet concept.
Every year, Contagious Magazine creates this report featuring the most talked about trends and technologies that influenced marketing in the past 12 months. Categories include things like apps, online, design, gaming and more. It's a great read and worthy of a bookmark...
Live on 11.14.09, Apple uses the various banner units very well. It's simple. Fun. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com
Over 3,000 apps - and growing - are downloaded every minute from the App Store. This is a live feed showing the activity of 20,000 popular apps currently in iTunes. Every time a customer downloads an app, its icon lights up (5-min. delay).
The reason is simple—but not simple enough apparently for most managers in most global companies to comprehend. Apple and Amazon have created disruptive platform innovations that change the game for consumers. And they have done it within a price range ($300 to $400) that reduces the cost and risks to people even in a recession.
Let’s take this strategy apart. First, a game-changing BIG innovation—a platform innovation. Second, a price for consumers that is low enough to entice them to take the leap into the new, disruptive innovation. Third, a multitude of applications and “stuff” (products, services, experiences) on the platform that provide value (information, insight,entertainment) to people.
