Archive for October, 2008

I told you October 14 about the first-ever case where a political ad was placed inside a console game. The Obama campaign placed a billboard ad inside the Xbox game Burnout Paradise. It emerged today that the ad cost $44,000. The question is: Was it worth it? After all, how many Burnout Paradise players are voters — and how many are making voting decisions while racing? What did they get for $44,000? The reply: MASSIVE PRESS (according to Google as of that posting, more than a quarter of a million pages of publicity). (props to GamePolitics.com)

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In the past month or two, I’ve noticed a new addiction arise, one that’s more vigorous and widespread than any other: ELECTION ADDICTION. public are compulsively spending huge chunks of moment surfing political sites and video sharing sites, social bookmarking services and news sites. They’re looking for composition that supports their political opinions and candidates, next e-mailing urls to folks who disagree. A heated conversation ensues, often with distant diatribes, rising frustration and anger, peppered with hyperlinks to still more online substance. Election Addiction is virulent, and unlike other Internet-enabled addictions. Are YOU addicted?

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AT&T has officially started providing iPhone owners with free Wi-Fi. Apple sent out a text info today to iPhone owners informing them that the service is now available. The process is really very simple.

At participating locating, Starbucks for example,  go into your settings menu and switch on Wi-Fi , next choose the AT&T Wi-Fi network. When you open Safari you will see a “Get Connected Now” screen that prompts for your 10-digit mobile number. Just enter in your phone number and agree to the terms of service and your well on your way.

After just a moment another text notice will seem giving you a personal link that will take you to a free Wi-Fi access screen. It is about duration that AT&T gives iPhone users what they have been asking for. Now all we need is a teathering plan for the iPhone. The text data AT&T sends out has a line – “Free access is renewable every 24 hours. “ – that is not quite clear as to what precisely it means. Unlimited free access does not often need a renewal.

[Via SlashGear]

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Looks like the decision to hold onto the original iPhone has finally paid off. OrangeGadgets has just announced that they will be releasing a GPS device, the iGPS360 iPhone/iPod Touch Module.

This device will give GPS functionality to those who have gone without for so lengthy. The iGPS360 will plug into the bottom of your iPhone 2G/iPod Touch making it a bit longer than most would like. The drawback is that your iPhone or iPod Touch must first be jailbroken in order for that to work considering Apple has not given the OK for any device to access the OS though the dock connecter.

The device has an on-board back-up battery that will store GPS knowledge allowing for a quick GPS lock-on after the device itself has been switched off. You can plus charge both your iPhone/iPod Touch and the GPS device at the same date through a micro USB cable that comes with the GPS device. You can pre-order the iGPS360 right now but act quick, by the looks of things they will only manufacture 1000 units.

[Via BuyMeAniPhone]

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Japan’s Thanko sells a keyboard with bowling-alley style air blowers for keeping your hands cooler. But just in moment for winter, they’ve added a BUILT-IN HEATER! The same air blower (through three vents in the keyboard) now produces warm air to heat your hands (as whether my keyboard doesn’t produce ample hot air already…)

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A new software application and subscription service called TextGuard (now in beta) lets you snoop on someone else’s cell phone, reading all their text messages. You install software on both the BlackBerry or Windows Mobile target phone, plus another application on your desktop. What’s different about TextGuard is that you can BLOCK INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE from chatting on the target phone. So, for example, you can monitor your child’s texting, and, whether you don’t like one of their friends, block just that one friend from being able to chat your kid. The service is free for two months. After that, it’s $11.95 a month.

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