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1) World Changing

www.worldchanging.com

While not specifically urban planning focused, WorldChanging.com is an excellent resource for cutting-edge news, commentary and resources on many important planning issues — including innovative housing design and construction technology, sustainable transportation, community development, and environmental justice. The site, which is supported by a small Seattle-based non-profit, has gathered a great deal of attention of late for its efforts to highlight the new technological trends and ideas holding extraordinary potential to create positive change in global society – and has even spawned a 600 book and 12-city tour.

2) StumbleUpon

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations. This is so great; it’s like having your very own pay per view on your desktop (of course you don’t pay for it)

3) MetaCafe

http://www.metacafe.com/

Sleeker, Faster and a super fast growing community when compared to Google’s very own YouTube. A great place to share videos and even get paid for it. MetaCafe also has a downloadable tool, which continuously downloads new videos based on your preferences.

4) Palma Research

http://palmaresearch.com

This is perhaps the only stocks research site that provides a vast coverage (over 250 stocks as per the website) which is published and updated everyday by real professionals. A great source for Research on tap – you get the view on a stock of your choice (within the coverage) on any day of your choice. They also have a Members Choice section where in members can request coverage of stocks of their choice. Palma Research is an independent investment research firm with a mission to become the world’s largest provider of research opinions based on technical analysis to self-directed investors. Founded in 2005, Palma Research has one of the largest teams of technical analysts in the world and publishes daily research on over 250 US stocks.

5) Logoworks

www.logoworks.com

A great startup that’s making small companies looks good! Logoworks’ mission is to make small businesses look great. They do this by providing small businesses with graphic design services that are inspiring, fresh and clean! With over 45,000 clients having chosen Logoworks to design their logo they are one of the largest logo design firms in the world. They’ve created a unique business model designed to eliminate the hassles and uncertainty of traditional logo design.

6) Amie Street

http://amie.st

Amie Street, which launched in July, has a brilliant DRM-free music sales model. Bands upload music, which can then be downloaded for free by users. As songs become popular, the site starts to charge for it. They start at $0.01 and go up to $0.99. Users looking for popular new stuff go right to the more expensive songs. More adventurous types try out lots of new music. I’m somewhere in the middle. This free-market place to set the value of DRM-free digital music could be the future.

7) Loopt

http://loopt.com

Loopt is an awesome concept that integrates the GPS and Web with your cell phone.

They have built a revolutionary “social mapping” service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. Loopt uses GPS (and other location technology) to show you where your friends are by automatically updating maps on your mobile handset. loopt also lets you send messages to nearby friends or receive automatic alerts when they’re nearby so that you never miss an opportunity to meet, and to journal your life with our geo-blogging feature.

Revision 3

http://revision3.com/

Revision3 is the first media company that gets it right. Unlike aggregators, mash-ups, clients and web sites, Revision3 is an actual TV network for the web, creating, producing its own original entertainment and content.

The content is designed for a new audience. This audience, like television, expects dependability and quality, but unlike television, wants a more gritty, edgy, highly-targeted and in-depth form of entertainment. With the proliferation of mobile video, iPods, Tivo and other Internet-connected set-top-boxes, video that is both on-demand and tailored to suit is Revision3’s specialty. Revision3 delivers technology, comedy, music, cooking, and more, all with the familiar faces you all know with years of experience.

Finally, Revision3’s philosophy on content is neutral to how it is distributed. We will work with almost any distribution platform; iTunes, Odeo, Bittorrent, Palm, you name it…and using every video encoding format available, including flash, making our content accessible to the greatest possible audience.

9) Biz Wire

http://bizwire.in

A very cool site that provides you with the daily news, but with a dash of humor!

A new concept in staying informed and starting your day with a laugh. It’s presently related to only India.

10) AdMob

http://admob.com

AdMob is the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace. Founded in 2006, AdMob allows advertisers to reach their customers on the mobile Web and publishers to increase the value of their mobile sites. AdMob offers both advertisers and publishers the ability to target and personalize advertising to their customers in 150 countries. A very niche and cool concept!

Kiran Pk
http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/top-10-sites-to-watch-out-for-in-2007-133406.html

Overview

Anticipation has been high for the Nokia N82, ever since it was announced. Here, finally, would be the phone to end all phones, the phone that does everything. It would be packed with features, look beautiful and essentially, it would do anything.

All along, this was to be Nokia’s big shot at utter genius; the phone that does everything right, that everyone loves and adores. Nothing but perfection is acceptable. It’s curious, as well, that during the run up to Christmas, and into this new year, the news of the Nokia N82 has been more or less overshadowed by the news of its elder brother, the N95 8Gb. Why is it curious? Because this is easily the more capable phone of the two.

As the evolution of Nokia’s famous Nseries of mobile phones, the N82 was always destined to follow a certain design ethos, specifically that of the Nseries as a whole: “discover, capture, share”. As a design ethos, it reflects the goals of the N-phones, but it focuses specifically on the later models, such as the N95, N95 8Gb and N82.

It’s a very enticing slogan, as well. being deliberately evocative, but without really telling you anything about what the phone actually does. We’ll come back to this notion of discover, capture, share later in this review, but first of all, let’s take a look at the Nokia N82 as a whole.

Design & Construction

Nokia, in their Nseries range, have always made very striking handsets. It’s been a feature of the range since the very first models in the range. Think back to some of the other N-phones, like the N91, the N80 or the N95. Very handsome phones, to be sure, and the same tradition has carried through into the N82.

The look of the phone, and the build quality, are undeniably well pulled off. It’s a very pretty phone, with the softkeys almost flowing round to the sides, and the back of the phone, as is de rigueur nowadays, being rotated 90 degrees to make it look like a digital camera (which is an obvious move to make, as it has a xenon flash – see later – so making the side that actually faces people LOOK like a digital camera is a natural thing to do)

However, it should be noted that the Nokia N82 also retains one of the less desirable attributes of the earlier Nseries phones. There’s no getting away from the size of the phone. For a smart phone, it’s not THAT big, but it is certainly bigger (roughly the same size as its predecessor, the N73) than its main rivals, phones like the Samsung G800.

First Thoughts On Using The Phone

From the second the Nokia N82 is turned on, it’s immediately apparent this is a Nokia phone, with the trademark startup animation and music signalling the phone powered up and ready to use. In terms of menu layout, if you’ve ever used an Nseries phone, you’ll be right at home here. The icons are laid out almost exactly as you would find in an early Nseries phone, and it’s, once again, very intuitive to use.

However, there has been some controversy over the keypad design, built as it is with small keys, and set very low down on the body of the phone, making one-handed usage more difficult than it is on some other phones. In fact, in terms of user friendliness, the keypad is alongside the N91, which isn’t a glowing reference, as that phone was fiddly to use. The low-slung keypad also makes the phone top-heavy, given its size, which make it not sit properly in your hand, until you get used to the keypad position.

However, the N82 more than makes it up for its shortcomings in the design, when you consider its powerful feature set.

Discover

Ah yes, the advertising slogan: “discover, capture, share.” With the first part, “discover”, we’re into the territory of the Nokia N82’s big feature: built-in GPS. This exceptionally useful feature adds not just a GPS receiver to your phone, but also Nokia Maps. For the first time on an Nseries phone, as well, this feature is completely free. All you will pay, for any access of the GPS and maps, is your data rates on whichever tariff you go for.

The implications of this are obvious, as it makes the N82 the first mobile phone in the current era to give you full GPS navigation for absolutely no cost (aside from your network’s data charges). The key thing, though, is that Nokia provision of their part of the system for free further develops GPS’s big push into the mainstream phone marketplace.

But, of course, the question is whether the GPS is actually useful, and whether it works as described. The answer is a resounding yes, with the simple input and navigation system directing you to your destination with ease. I really cannot find anything to fault with this particular area of the Nokia N82.

Capture

Once you’ve reached your destination, using the built-in GPS, the Nokia N82 can seamlessly shift into “capture” mode. This is where the 5 megapixel camera comes into play.

There has been a glut of 5 megapixel mobile phones recently, as all of the big handset makers have scrambled to bring their own into production and to the masses of customers waiting for one. Phones like the Nokia N95, the Samsung G800, the Sony Ericsson K850i… they all have their merits, and they all have their foibles. But it’s very clear that, entering into this cutthroat market, the Nokia N82 has its work cut out for it.

Once you have actually experienced the N82’s camera, though, you’ll realise it accomplishes its goals with aplomb. I have absolutely no hesitation in saying that this is simply the best camera phone on the market today. It manages that feat by having the aforementioned 5 megapixels, but tying those in with Vario Tessar lenses from Carl Zeiss (the premium lens maker), a whole raft of top-end software, and most importantly, the best flash I’ve seen on any mobile phone. It makes shooting photos in low light a joy, and easily outclasses every other camera phone I’ve seen.

As with the GPS, I really can’t find ANY flaws in this particular feature of the Nokia N82.

Of course, it can also record video through that amazing camera, and once again, it performs very well, with a very high frame rate, and significantly higher quality videos than you’re likely to see from its nearest rival, the Sony Ericsson K850i.

You can, of course, view any media you capture, be it photos, videos or even sound, through the N82’s amazingly capable media player. And as another bonus, it shares the similar auto-rotation feature, seen in the K850i, whereby the screen switches to portrait or landscape mode, depending on how you hold the phone.

Share

Once you’ve discovered something, then captured say, an image of it, the final step is to “share”. With the Nokia N82, there are a huge range of options to do that.

As with nearly every phone nowadays, you would expect to get Bluetooth, and indeed you do get it. What you get in the N82 is the faster Bluetooth 2.0 standard, complete with support for stereo Bluetooth headphones. In other words, you can also double your phone up as a music player, and listen to music wirelessly, with Bluetooth headphones.

Also, the phone supports just about every data standard you could think of, from GPRS, through EDGE (although, that’s not an issue over here in the UK), to 3G and the fastest standard of them all, HSDPA, which can run at speeds of up to 3.6Mbps. By comparison, the broadband connection I most commonly use runs at 1Mbps. The difference in figures is made very real when you se the performance of the N82’s HSDPA connection, and see for yourself how fast it is. You also have WiFi built in, providing yet another option for connecting to the net.

Once you’re connected, there are a number of options for sharing, be it by email, or MMS, or even by automatic blogging of your photos. To put it simply, the Nokia N82 makes it VERY easy to share what’s on your mind and on your phone.

Telephony/Messaging

As you would expect from a Nokia, the call quality of the N82 is superb, with crystal clear audio in every test condition I tried. The earpiece was loud and clear, and never once left me feeling that I’d run the risk of not hearing the other end of the conversation. As for messaging, once again, if you’ve used a Nokia, you’ll be right at home here.

The only downside in this area goes back to my original complaint about the keypad: it’s simply too small, and set too low on the phone, to be instantly intuitive. I found that dialling numbers and texting were hampered by the small keys. It IS useable, and you WILL get used to it, but it takes longer to get used to than it should.

Other Applications & Games

As has been noted in my previous reviews, games aren’t really my area of expertise, so I tend not to get too excited about them. However, there is one thing of note in the Nokia N82’s gaming setup, which may make some prospective customers of the phone very happy.

Basically, the N82 has inherited the N-gage gaming system, along with its sliding sibling, the N81. As a mobile games platform, the original N-gage did set a new benchmark in games, with 3D graphics and impressive sound. That legacy carries on to the N82, so if you ARE a gamer, you’re going to find the N82 particularly fun to play on.

Conclusion

As you’ve probably worked out by now, I like the Nokia N82. I like it a lot. It has an impressive, nay phenomenal, array of features, and each feature is pulled off with panache. It’s not without its fault, though. To summarise:

Pros

Gorgeous design and typical Nokia build quality

Simply the best camera phone ever

Intuitive menus

The auto-rotation of the screen is wonderfully well executed

The built in GPS is a joy to use, and absolutely free

Massive choice of connection options, from GPRS to 3G, HSDPA and WiFi

Cons

Keypad is very small and set too far down the phone’s body to be comfortable

Despite being a smart phone, and packing so much in, I still feel it’s a bit big

At worst, you can call the Nokia N82 a flawed genius. But the flaws are tiny, compared to what you can do with the phone, what the phone can do FOR you. To put it simply, it is very rare in the world of mobile phones to see a feature-set as rich as this, and handled so well (particularly the camera, which is hands-down the best camera on any mobile phone). It may not be perfect, but it comes very, very close. And if you buy one of these, you will have made a VERY smart choice.

Overall Score: 9.5 / 10

Matt Sharp
http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/indepth-review-nokia-n82-307639.html

Contest4UAE – Platform for your brands

About UAE

The UAE has a well developed and technologically advanced telecommunications infrastucture and has high mobile and internet penetration.With the introduction of several scheames and development programmes introduced by the government for the local community the internet is now fast becoming well accepted tool of communication , reasearch or entertainment among the locals of uae. Among expats the internet is a basic must use communication medium inorder to keep in touch with relatives / family / friends overseas either at home or the internet café’s besides using it as a source of entertainment and research.

UAE Population – 3,750,000 approximately AGE GROUPS 0-15 — 24.6 %

Internet users – 1,321,250 15 — 50 — 72 %

Percentage – 34.7 % of the population >50 — 3.4 %

Contest4uae has been customised to address the entertainment needs of this ever growing internet community.

About Contest4UAE

A strong brand can provide a competitive advantage in terms of customer satisfaction, profit and customer loyalty.

On the web, brand power is measured on how you collaborate with the customers and provide value. Value can be provided by providing a customer the ‘Brand Experience’ – an experience that adds value to the brand and strengthens the bond.Such a ‘Brand Experience’ can be employed in different degrees for desired results. Such a ‘Brand Experience’ is provided by Contest4UAE — the only online contest and gaming portal available in English & Arabic

Marketing Solutions

The entire brand world is everchanging with new technology bringing about new opportunities to present and use in a different ways inorder to create an enriching experience which builds value among people ‘Your customers’.

We offer an excellet platform to answer the very questions which Marketing experts are faced with ..

Q. ” How do I get the attention of the young and trendy ?”

Q. ” Are there any new and improved ways of rewarding my loyal customers” ?

Q. ” We are spending dhs 30000 on magazine advertisement per month but are they even reaching an audience of 3000 actual readers How can we check actual readership or usage? ”

Q. “Is there a way to penetrate my brand into the consumers mind at a convinient time and place of the consumer” ?

Q. ” My brand is not strongly associated with innovation, how can I change this perception especially among the younger Technology savy Generation”

Q. “How to use the power of the internet and its cost effectiveness to maximise my ROI”

Q. “English and Arabic are the main languages of your customers how to get close to them providing the same experience in their own language?”…….and more.

Online Contest (English & Arabic)

In this tech savy age where a consumer looks for the new and innovative, it is essential to create a relationship with them in a way of interest to them – new and innovative. Contest are an effective tool to add value to the relationshipand keep it going Online contest increase brand awareness and provides an opportunity to educate customers about brand values, product range and features etc..

Contest4uae with experience of doing contest designs for leading brands offers flexibility in the design of the contest.The results are tracked and creative mix is changed appropriately.The winner is arrived at either inhouse methods or as required by the client..

CUSTOMISED Brand Centric Games (English & Arabic)

Its well known, the mantra for success in the online world is interactivity. Games with the inherent interactivity grab the attention of the visitors and hook them to stay online.

Branded games, by involving product in the story leverage the interactivity of the games for the brand. The rare synergy developed between the game situation and the brand, enable branded games to develop a bond beteen the brand and the user.

The contest4uae team with experience in the interactive domain, design games that identifies the brand attributes and weave them in the story of the game. Such composite story enables the branded games to retain the internet users attention, accentuate the brand attributes and also extend brand reach via a possible viral component.

mobile marketing (English & Arabic) * Coming Soon

Why Contest4UAE ?

Contest4uae maintains a strong creative team with experience of creating compelling content to be hosted on the contest/ gamming portal in both english and arabic.
Contest can now reach the entire internet user pupulation of the GCC using the contest4uae portal to host the game/contest
Contest4uae will provide you its database of existing users to form the base of your promotion/ contest or you create a new one completely. Right from creating the game as per the clients brief, to developing and hosting and finally to providing feedback and statistic reports on users and other information can be done by our services.
No need for booking space in news papers for advertising winners repeatedly after the completion of the contest, all our contest users will receive winner updates via- email plus their names / pictures will be displayed on our winners section
Contest4uae is available in English and Arabic. · No need to hire flash designers / programmers etc or creative team / agency. No need to invest in creating your own website and then advertising for this website to get known, publishing the winners, contacting the winners and distributing the prizes contest4uae team can take care of all of this. The Contest4uae team is on the verge of completing its project for providing mobile marketing soulutions in the entire gcc which will be used as a tool for developing and hosting promotions / campaigns on the internet and mobile / Wireless Application Devices. Providing SMS Based promotions, MMS product launches, Wireless brand sites, Branded Gaming , Research and much more. The new worlds contesting habits have changed and even very busy people who never have the time to cut / paste / post / drop contest / questionaires find it easy at the click of the mouse taking part in contest at a time and place which is convinient to them.

In the U.A.E where besides the shopping malls people have very few options and prefer to stay and relax in the comforts of their home but get bored and ultimately look to the internet to provide entertainment / information etc….Contest4uae acts as a magnet for such users within the GCC providing quality entertainment and rewarding experiences.

Log on to www.contest4uaecom today !!! To preview a refreshing new exprerience launching in 2006 FEB for the Middle east .

Be part of the launch which will be supported by Advertising in Print/ Internet and promotions / events in 2006 Jan and take advantage of our special launch offers.

If you require more information or case study sample please contact us Contact our Team E-Mail info@contest4uae.com For advertising oppurtunities E-Mail advertise@contest4uae.com Call Mobile: +971 50 422 1769

Lenny
http://www.articlesbase.com/online-promotion-articles/the-place-where-the-best-companies-in-uae-host-their-games-and-contest-for-people-to-play-and-win-12554.html

Location-Based Marketing and Advertising: Targeting the Mobile Consumer

Location based advertising is a new, exciting mobile advertising opportunity with huge potential. Powering navigation devices, mapping and social networking applications with advertising enables advertisers to target consumers where they are and when they are looking for information and incentives. Consumers will thus receive enticing offers and promotions in an unobtrusive yet relevant manner.

See more videos of SXSW 2010 at http://YouTube.com/Miiacom

http://miia.com

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Technorati Tags: advertising, Garmin, iphone, location, Location-based, maps, marketing, mobile, NAVTEQ, network, Shawn Gunn, SXSW, SXSW 2010, SXSWi, TomTom

Duration : 0:0:32

Technorati Tags: advertising, marketing, messaging, MMS, mobile, Signs, SMS

Short Message Service or SMS, a part of the GSM specification, is also commonly referred to as text messaging or “texting” as well. SMS is a method by which messages can be sent to a cell phone via another cell phone, a computer connected to the Internet, a regular land line, or a handheld device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA).

New research from mobile Youth shows that mobile messaging is faster becoming an integral part of their lifestyle. Indian youth are currently sending around 40 text messages a day per cellular connection and this volume will grow by more than 200 percent.

According to the research the mobile market in India is expected to reach to 1.67 billion users in 2008 and the value of mobile commerce is expected to reach $88 billion by 2009. With the growth in the cellular market, the marketers have found a new way of advertising to reach the consumers. According to the GSM association, the cellular phone users send 10 millions or more SMS in a month. The addiction towards SMS and its popularity among youths has contributed to SMS advertising to emerge as the most suitable and effective medium for advertising.

The SMS has emerged as marketing communication phenomenon for the advertisers to reach their clients anywhere, anytime. One can use SMS gateways to generate the maximum awareness in client’s mind with the minimum possible costs. The SMS gateway can also be used for brand recalling. The SMS marketing provides a sure shot method for reaching a wide base of clients; more and more companies are using this method to reach out to their client base. According to the research the text message advertisements have found to boost the clients’ inclination to purchase by 36% which explains its popularity among marketers.

Short Message Service has the ability to send & receive text messages to and from mobile phones. Short message content is limited to 140 ASCII characters. SMS Gateways provide a way to send SMS to mobile phones and pagers. With the advances in SMS technology, it has become easy to send bulk sms around the world. Whether it will be a single message, or a multiple message i.e. the list containing millions of numbers.

By using a bulk sms gateway, we can deliver bulk sms’s worldwide quickly, cheaply and reliably. Exemplar e solutions is providing this service which helps other companies to deliver there SMS to there target market. A company just need few things to take maximum advantage of IT to enhance there productivity, an internet connection, PC software and bulk sms solution that plugs in to database.

Some Bulk sms gateway solutions include sending SMS via a web based interface or connecting your own application direct to their gateway via the internet. Depending on the requirement, company can select a sms solution.

Sumit Ranjan
http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/why-bulk-sms-543563.html

Duration : 0:5:26

Technorati Tags: bnetTV interviews, Emerging Economies, inmobi, James Lamberti, mobile advertising, mobile world congress, msearchgroove, MWC, Peggy Anne Salz

Everyone’s into mobile technology these days. The use of personal multimedia players, ultra-light digital cameras and cellular phones, to name only a few, have never been more prevalent until now. People just like gadgets that they can bring anywhere with them. Whether for entertainment or for business purposes, buying and using mobile technology is really on the rise and will continue to grow for years, or even decades to come.

When you click on your computer and log on to the Internet, chances are good that one of the top five websites you’ll see will be advertising one of the hundreds of mobile gadgets that are currently on hand for consumers. Not only that, but a lot of advertising is being made and viewed online for products that are only in the conceptual stages, not only for those that are already available. Mobile technology is indeed big business, and there is practically no end in sight.

Although there are myriads of gadgets catering to almost every function and purpose, I personally find the cellular phone to be the most useful and the most practical. Needless to say, I carry it around everywhere I go. My cellular phone has practically become an essential part of my personal and professional life ever since I bought my first one five years ago. To date, I have had six cellular phones, and I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t trade in my latest model for another, if the features and the functionality fit my lifestyle.

From teenagers to old-timers, almost everyone’s got a cellular phone. Even kids are getting in on the act! Lots of people get one for lots of reasons. Some buy one just to be cool and be part of the “in crowd”, while others get a mobile phone because their work requires it. With the varied assortment of available and amazing features in the latest models being produced, it seems that there’s always a reason to have your own cellular phone.

A cellular phone is first and foremost a tool for communication. You may have your Blackberries and your PDAs, but the cellular phone will still be the main tool for keeping in touch with your friends, family members, loved ones, business associates, contacts, and a lot more. In fact, a lot of new gadgets are being created with the purpose of merging the functionality of the common mobile phone with the entertainment features of digital audio and video players.

But just because the cellular phone is a serious communication tool doesn’t mean that it cannot be accessorized. There are dozens, probably even hundreds, of accessories and other gizmos available online and elsewhere that you can use to decorate the looks or to improve the functionality of your cellular phone. Teenagers are the main followers of this trend for personalizing their mobile phones, but lately, the practice has been observed in adults as well.

My Cellular Factory caters to the ever-growing demands among users for the latest in cellular phone accessories and personalization items. The online shop features one of the most extensive and complete line of accessories for every taste, from the serious to the funky. Browse the shop and you will find phone cases, earphones, Bluetooth devices, neckstraps, flashing keypads, chargers and holsters, to name only a few. The shop makes sure to stock the latest and the most fashionable devices and accessories to meet the needs of a wide range of customers.

Syahrul Azlan Idris
http://www.articlesbase.com/computers-articles/cellular-phones-and-accessories-120000.html