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The Pepper Zoo showcases all of the most cutting-edge digital innovations at Digital Zoo 

The Future of Touch Screen Technology

If you don't have a touch screen phone or iPad yet, it is most likely that there is one in your near future. The evolution of technology is moving at a fast pace, and The Astonishing Tribe wants "in" on it. The recent concept development of openinnovation combines touch screen technology with stretchable screens, transparent screens, and other sharing integrations in our daily lives. Is this what the future holds?

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Brail-Inspired Texting - Tactile Texting for the Blind

Although it may be difficult for the blind to see their cell phones, this "Tactile Texting" gadget has helped transform the average device. Using specific grooves within the device, users can text sentences through pattern-recognition technology. Check out the video and get a real feel for what this gadget does.

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How Social Media is Making Public-Relations Sector Boom

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PR agencies are taking full advantage of the benefits that social media brings to the digital table. Katie O'Brien, Global Digital Marketing Manager at Ben & Jerry's, was searching for an agency to develop a joint digital effort. She briefed a traditional PR agency and a traditional digital shop. According to O'Brien, "the plans they brought back were...night and day."

The most significant difference between the plans were that one exercised the importance of social media better than the other - and it just so happened to be the PR agency. Although the PR sector took a downfall in 2009, it is coming back with a vengeance. According to Tom Harrison, chairman and CEO of Omnicom Group's Diversified Agency Services,

"PR can prepare a brand or product for its target market while also preparing the market for that new brand or product. There isn't another discipline in all of communications services that can do that for a brand."

According to AdAge, spending on PR will hit $3.4 billion in 2010, an increase of 3% over 2009, according to Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private-equity firm that publishes annual reports on the state of the PR industry. It expects that number to hit $4.4 billion by 2014. PR agencies have the upper hand in social media because they understand the fundamental structure of it. They realize that the social network space is helpful as long as companies listen and understand what impacts consumers. Social networking is like one continuous conversation with each client; therefore, it is simpler to assess what evokes positive reactions out of those clients through social media.

Here are my Top 5 Social Networks that are beneficial to Businesses:

1) FACEBOOK - Great for building a large network and receiving honest feedback

2) TWITTER - Ideal for sending out quick blasts and getting immediate responses

3) LINKEDIN - The social network for making business contacts and keeping in contact with colleagues (very professional)

4) FOURSQUARE - This is a great networking tool for retail, hospitality, or restaurants. It's not as beneficial for service-related businesses

5) ENTREPRENEUR CONNECT - A network for connecting with other professionals, vendors, colleagues, and advisers

Filed under  //   advertising   branding   business   entrepreneuer   entrepreneur connect   facebook   foursquare   linkedin   marketing   public relations   social media   social networking   social networks   tips   twitter  

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You've Got Mail, Revamped

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The Gadget Gods have done it again. The USB mail notifier is a small object in the form of an envelope, which contains a built-in LED light that notifies its user when incoming mail has been received. It supports Skype, MSN, and E-mail/POP3. It is simply plugged into a computer or laptop, and lights up when new mail has been received. It also lights up according to the information that has been received (in three different colors). The Pepper Zoo gives this handy device the TIPPI APPROVAL stamp.

 

 

 

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The Orkin Design Rolltop Laptop is Ultra-Portable

This Orkin Design lets you roll up your lab top as if it was a yoga mat! How Tippi is that? Hands down, I'd take one of these before an iPad any day. The Rolltop laptop incorporates energy-efficient flexible OLED technology and a multi-touch screen. As you unroll it, you get a laptop with a 13-inch screen. Flattened out, it becomes a graphics tablet for use with the enclosed stylus pen. On the back the Rolltop laptop, is a stand that can be pulled out into a 17-inch display for viewing videos. A webcam, loudspeaker and power/data supply are included in the core cylinder.

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BMW X9 Concept

This bad boy was developed by 18-year old designer Khalfi Oussama from Tunisia as a 4x4 BMW concept for 2011. Could it be the next bat mobile?

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Who's Copping the iPhone 4?

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After Apple's founder Steve Jobs' WWDC Conference, the Apple heads out there have made up their minds: It is time for the launch of iPhone 4. I don't know about you, but the thin shape and HD camera capabilities seem to be enough for Apple fans to get hooked. If that's not enough, it has a 960 x 640 IPS screen and video chat as well. 

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Behind the Scenes of "Married on Myspace" Show

If you don't know by now, a reality show entitled "Married on Myspace" takes viewers into the world of a couple's wedding ceremony planning and preparation with the help of Myspace. With the success of the first season (1 million views per episode), the show has been renewed for another season.

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Find Out How Many Calories You Burn By Tweeting

Did you know that tweeting can help burn calories? TweetCalories is a novelty web app that displays how many calories you have burned over the last 24 hours of tweeting. Assuming that the average person's typing speed if 60 words per minute, the app figures that it takes 23 seconds to write and send a tweet of 140 characters. From there, the app's creators found that sending a tweet burns about 1.03 calories.

Check out the difference between calories burned by a more frequent tweeter versus one who tweets less often, here:

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Comcast Turns iPad Into One Giant Remote for Your Living Room

Comcast has introduced a new app for the iPad that serves as a remote for your living room. Also deemed a "social remote," it allows you to chat with friends and invite others to watch their favorite shows as well. It introduces a whole new social experience to the television.

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