BritCrit's Media Diet
Thoughts from a British born American raised media junkie.
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Chevy Sonic: Claw Game promotion
Chevrolet took over Hollywood Boulevard last week, re-creating a giant-sized, 3D version of the old-school claw game in front of the famous Roosevelt Hotel.
Passers-by lined up for a chance to use a human-sized joystick to direct the claw- – which was projected onto the side of a building–to pick up an array of prizes including a $4,000 vacation, a Burton snowboard, and one for lucky person, a 2012 Chevy Sonic.
Chevy has been big on leveraging outdoor stunts; recently it created a social- media powered bungee jump, also to promote the Sonic.
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review
See how the World Searched with Google’s 2011 Zeitgeist:
http://googlezeitgeist.com
Music: “Sooner or Later” by Mat Kearney
Produced by Whirled Creative with Director Scott Chan
“Soldier surprises mom” clip courtesy of the National Geographic Channel, Siskell/Jacobs Productions and Joseph Desira.
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Jesus Toast
Nick witnesses a breakfast miracle.
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Clark Olson Media (kbb.com Video Car Review Contest)
kbb.com Video Car Review Contest
http://neilarsenty.com/
http://www.clarkolson.com/
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Word as Image
Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself.
Rule: Use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside parts.
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ballcamera
We present the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera which captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an accelerometer, a full panoramic image is captured by 36 mobile phone camera modules.
Patent pending. More info: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera
Please check our Frequently Asked Questions: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera/faq
A project of the Computer Graphics Group, TU Berlin.
To be presented as an Emerging Technologies demonstration at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011: Jonas Pfeil, Kristian Hildebrand, Carsten Gremzow, Bernd Bickel, Marc Alexa
Diploma thesis ‘Throwable Camera Array for Capturing Spherical Panoramas’:
Jonas Pfeil. Advisors: Marc Alexa, Carsten Gremzow
Video: Jonas Pfeil, Junny Chen, Qian Qin, Björn Bollensdorff
Voice: Hugh Jeremy
Music: ADO and Wonderland by IZCY
Video licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0
We would like to thank Axel Kretzschmann for helpful tips on high speed electronics, Analog Devices, Inc., for providing parts and STMicroelectronics for helpful information regarding the camera module.
Thanks to Hugh Jeremy for providing the voice-over. Check out his awesome channel on Natural Selection 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgztfuij2w
Patent pending, http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Adobe MAX 2011 – Photoshop Image Deblurring sneak
more Adobe MAX 2011 sneak peeks here: http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2011/10/11/adobe-max-sneak-peek-videos/
New Favorite Video on Youtube: Carlsberg stunts with bikers in cinema
Carlsberg stunts in Belgium with 148 bikers in a movie theatre.
Some innocent couples want to take their seat, but the room is filled with not-so- friendly gentlemen… How will they react?
www.carlsberg.be
Android Taking Apple to the Cleaners – Top OS in August with Nearly Twice Apple’s Marketshare – Millennial
For nine consecutive months Android has topped the charts in Millennial Media’s “Mobile Mix” mobile device usage share report. Based on the traffic Millenial monitors on its mobile ad network, they continued to confirm that Android continues to make inroads into the pockets of consumers all around the world.
Furthermore, they actually found that Android’s share of the mobile OS market came in at 54% for the month of August, which is quite stunning – and almost double that of the nearest competing platform. Apple’s iOS is now resting quite happily in the high twenties, at 28% in second place, followed by RIM’s BlackBerry OS at 13%.
What is important to remember however is that iOS is essentially just a few devices, while Android is nearly 90, at last count, not counting all the Chinese based OEM’s flooding the market abroad.
Additionally, Apple has done an excellent job remaining in the top spot as manufacturer by usage in August with a 23.19% share, with HTC reclaiming its No. 2 position with 16.33%. Samsung slid to the no. 3 spot with 14.55%, followed by Motorola with 11.37% and RIM slid into the No. 5 position with 11.06%. Additional charts from their August report are below.
Are you surprised?
Related posts:
- Android Now Owns 42% of Smartphone Marketshare – comScore
- Android Still Tops iOS in U.S. Smartphone Market Share and Data Usage
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Release Date Reset to August
from Android Authority http://www.androidauthority.com/android-taking-apple-to-the-cleaners-top-os-in-august-with-nearly-twice-apple%e2%80%99s-marketshare-millennial-25344/
Ian Cunningham
Let me start with saying this is a personal blog. That said, I'm an admitted news junkie. If it has anything to do with Ads, Marketing, Politics, Causes or Cars I'm interested. When I find something interesting that might be worth a glance, I'll tweet it and link it.
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- I can literally see my house my house from here (@ Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck w/ 2 others) [pic]: http://t.co/1Kkk3K6l 1 week ago
- Reading: CES 2012 - Samsung's Smart Window is pretty amazing http://t.co/AXCC3Vrt 2 weeks ago
- Reading: Apple stops selling iPhone 4S in China to protect its staff http://t.co/ijyvIa9U 2 weeks ago
- Reading: Snaptronics announces new partnerships for distribution of Tagg - The Pet Tracker http://t.co/VcmCh5K4 2 weeks ago
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Latest Shared Articles
- Global Microbe Study Finds 'Black Market' of Superbug Genes November 1, 2011Researchers have discovered an underworld of genetic exchange among bacteria, one more vast than previously imagined.Dave Mosher
- Daily Deals: Beloved by Consumers, Less So by Merchants [INFOGRAPHIC] October 31, 2011There are few things U.S. consumers love more than a bargain, and the spread of daily deals sites has given them plenty of their beloved and then some. Americans will spend an estimated $2 billion on daily deal sites this year alone — a figure that’s expected to double by 2015. Merchants, however, are telling a different story. While daily deals sites are he […]Lauren Indvik
- Climate Change Skeptic Results Released Today October 31, 2011Irishman writes "A leading climate change skeptic, Richard Muller, will release results today showing that global warming is indeed happening. He has shown that two items skeptics look to, urban heat islands and unreliable weather stations, do not skew the data. The amazing part is that this research is funded by the Koch brothers, two investors who fun […]samzenpus
- Nokia Shows Off “Bendy” Phone With Bendy Interaction [Video Hands-On] October 29, 2011Recently, manufacturers have been starting rumors about creating bendable phones. However, rumors and proof-of-concepts were the closest that anyone has gotten, so far. Contour displays are starting to gain a bit of a foothold in the market, but this takes contour-ability to a whole new level.Thankfully, Nokia has come to our rescue, and demonstrated that we […]Matthew Sabatini
- Carrier IQ named 'company under $100M to watch' -- and users don't even get a thank-you October 27, 2011Market research firm IDC has named Carrier IQ -- a name that provokes a cringe or two -- one of the "companies to watch" for analytics groups under $100 million in revenue. Because it sells away data about your phone use -- telling your carrier what apps you use, how you use them, and when you use them -- we don't like it much around these pa […]Jerry Hildenbrand
- What Microsoft Thinks the Future Will Look Like [Video] October 27, 2011Two things. One, we're going to need a lot of hand sanitizer if Microsoft is right about the all-touch-everything future. Two, I'm surprised how much I like Microsoft's vision—it's futuristic, natural and metro-y. More »Casey Chan
- Google gearing up original YouTube programming October 27, 2011The Web giant will announce as early as next week that it has inked deals with several content creators, a new report claims.(author unknown)
- How Much do America’s Big Corporations Pay in Taxes? October 26, 2011Taxes. If the word makes you wince, you’re not alone – even America’s biggest corporations have to pay them. Still, some corporations (like Conoco-Phillips) pay a whopping 42% effective tax rate, while others (like GE) pay a rate in the single digits. Click on the infographic above to expand it and learn who’s paying what.Ross Crooks
- More trouble for Android, Apple granted Slide to Unlock patent October 25, 2011Today we have more news regarding some of those Apple patents. This morning after being filed way back in December of 2005, The US Patent & Trademark Office issued a patent grant to Apple regarding their familiar Slide to Unlock gesture. This has actually been officially granted to Apple, no longer is this pending, the deed is done. We have seen plenty o […]Cory Gunther
- Genius Fruit Label Turns into Soap When Wet [Desired] October 25, 2011I want to buy and wash a bushel of apples just to show everyone how ingenious this is. Instead of peeling off the produce label and wondering if you're supposed to use soap to wash off your carefully chosen produce items, you can kill two birds with one dissolving-label stone. More » […]Roberto Baldwin
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