Geekonomics

• 29Sep

  Sony Ericsson LiveView™ micro display with remote control functionality mirrors the activities of your mobile phone

  Android, Developers, Press Release, gadgets, geeked, mobile, news, toys 1 Comment

  This looks like a nifty gadget that might make a lot of sense for certain lifestyles. Earlier on, this geek was playing with the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro and it packed a lot of features in a little device providing a pretty nice experience on Andriod. Looks like Sony Ericsson is going for smaller devices with more modular extensions like the LiveView. I haven’t played with one myself but you can find out more from the press release below.

  Singapore, September 28th 2010 – Today sees the announcement of the Sony
  Ericsson LiveView™. This innovative accessory is another step in Sony Ericsson’s commitment to help consumers get the very best mobile phone experience through the open Android platform. The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ is part of the Sony Ericsson Extras portfolio – a division which offers a total product experience and enhanced mobile possibilities.

  The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ uses Bluetooth™ connectivity to wirelessly pair up to a compatible handset and allows consumers to control the phone without taking it out of their pocket or handbag. Read text messages, see incoming calls and keep up to date with the latest news
  on Facebook™ and Twitter™.

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• 23Sep

  Friendster to launch music and games portals in Asia

  Asia Tech, Developers, Digital music, Gaming, Internet, Press Release, Youth Culture, m&a, news 3 Comments

  More announcements from Friendster today. Is anybody still interested in Friendster? Maybe in S.E. Asia since MOL is more familiar with these markets. The numbers will show over time I guess. If this geek was running Friendster, I’d probably try to take on more niche but fast growing markets like mobile social networking, or privacy-enhanced social networking, basically hitting areas where Facebook will find hard to move into quickly for their sheer size and corporate direction.

  This announcement seems to coincide with Group CEO for MOL Global and Friendster Ganesh Kumar Bangah’s opening keynote presentation this morning at Singapore’s largest social media event: the Social Media World Forum Asia (This geek moderated the social gaming panel with RockYou, Zynga, CyWorld, and Plus8Star yesterday), in exactly an hour from now. Not at the conference? You can follow the tweets for more on his presentation which starts in about an hour from now.

  

  SINGAPORE, 23 September, 2010 – Friendster, a leading social networking site for young Asians, today announced that it is launching social media portals for music and social gaming fans in Asia.

  The portals are the latest ventures from Friendster which was acquired in December last year by MOL Global (www.molglobal.net), one of Asia’s leading online payment companies.

  “As a social networking site, Friendster has tremendous experience to make the Friendster Music and Friendster Games as socially connected portals for developers, artists and their fans. Friendster has a strong physical presence in Asia and now that it is part of MOL Global, we see huge opportunities to partner with developers and independent musicians to aid them in new ways of delivering and monetising their content to their fans,” said Ganesh Kumar Bangah, Friendster’s CEO and Group CEO for MOL Global.

  Friendster Music

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• 22Sep

  MOL to invest US$2MM to drive monetisation of social and gaming applications in Asia

  Asia Tech, Enterprise Tech, Gaming, Internet, Press Release, Social Media, news No Comments

  This geek used to cover friendster’s progress a fair bit, but less so when they got bought over by MOL. MOL has cleverly monetized their investment in friendster with a patent licensing deal with Facebook in exchange for a deal with Facebook Credits. Now let’s see how they get the ROI on this US$2MM investment!

  Campaign will drive consumers’ use of virtual currency for online goods

  SINGAPORE, 22 September, 2010 – MOL Global (www.molglobal.net), one of Asia’s biggest Internet companies, today announced that it will invest US$2 million to drive monetisation of social and gaming applications in Asia.

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• 16Sep

  Canon G12 arrives, brings HD video with it

  Europe, Imaging, Photography, Press Release, gadgets, geeked, news 3 Comments

  Looks like my favourite camera, the Canon PowerShot G11, just got better! I’m in cyberlust!

  

  London, UK, 14th September 2010 – Canon today announces the new PowerShot G12 – the latest model in the multi award-winning PowerShot G-series trusted by professional photographers the world over. The new model offers photographers best-in-class flexibility and all-round powerful performance, with professional levels of control and support for a wide range of accessories.

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• 15Sep

  DEMO Conference Kicks Off 20th Anniversary with DEMO Fall 2010 in Silicon Valley

  Android, Developers, Enterprise Tech, Press Release, SaaS, World, mobile, news 3 Comments

  It’s rare you hear about a developer conference that is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary which is DEMO. This geek is checking out parts of the conference online. Check it out.

  Enterprise, Mobile and Cloud Technologies Take the Stage; DEMO Hosts Fireside and Panel Conversations with Thought Leaders

  SANTA CLARA, CALIF., September 14, 2010 – Today, the world-renowned DEMO Conference officially kicked off 48 hours of exciting product launches featuring some of the most important new innovations in the areas of enterprise, mobile and cloud computing technologies.  Day Two will host disruptive technologies in the consumer, and social media technology space.  DEMO Fall 2010 officially marks the 20^th anniversary of the semi-annual event that brings together worldwide press, decision making investors and market-defining visionaries – all of whom attend DEMO to discover the next big killer app.

  In addition to the famous six minute demonstrations of cutting edge new technology products, DEMO executive producer and editor in chief of VentureBeat, Matt Marshall, sat down with industry luminaries like SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott for a one-on-one conversation to discuss how companies are consuming enterprise technologies.  Other featured speakers included top executives from The Clorox Company, Genworth Financial Wealth Management, Inc. and eHealth, Inc. who discussed strategies for how they seek out and discover best-of-breed emerging technologies for their organizations.

  DEMO also featured creator, co-founder and chairman of Twitter Inc., Jack Dorsey, for a discussion around mobile payments, while Microsoft’s general manager of developer and platform evangelism, Matt Thompson, discussed the future of cloud computing.

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• 15Sep

  Platform Wars Rage On at APPNATION Conference Day Two

  Android, Developers, Press Release, World, mobile, news, tech jobs No Comments

  Here’s a summary of the proceedings from day two of Appnation. Day one can be found here.

  Samsung also unveiled its new Android-based tablet “Samsung Galaxy Tab” onstage for first time in North America

  San Francisco - September 14, 2010 – On the second and final day of APPNATION, the first major conference focusing on the App Economy and ecosystem, the issue of open or closed, and fragmented or uniform smartphone OSes was the most hotly contested topic. Also, Samsung publicly displayed their unreleased Galaxy Tab for the first time in North America—both on the APPNATION stage, and in the hands-on DEVNATION area.

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• 15Sep

  Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Delivers Unprecedented New and Enhanced Features for Best Windows on Mac Experience Yet

  Enterprise Tech, PC, Press Release, Singapore Tech, mac, news No Comments

  For those interested in a Windows on Mac experiece, you might find this interesting, which by the way was just showcased at DEMO Fall 2010 in Silicon Valley today.

  Mobility, improved performance and visual capabilities plus immersive surround-sound and 3D graphics give customers an unmatched Windows experience on Mac and remotely via iPad and iPhone

  Singapore, September 15, 2010 – Parallels (www.parallels.com) today announced the availability of Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac, the fastest, smartest and most powerful version yet of the number one selling software for running Windows and Mac applications side-by-side on a Mac without rebooting. With more than 80 new and enhanced features, Parallels Desktop 6 delivers unprecedented advances in mobility, productivity, performance and graphics – the areas people care about most – including remote access to Windows on a Mac from Apple iPads and iPhones.

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• 15Sep

  US Technology Consortium Releases Fluid Heat Sink that Out-Performs Everything in its Class with Broad Micro to Macro Applications

  PC, Press Release, geeked, news No Comments

  This geek is not familiar with thermal management inside the PC although I’ve dabbled a little with over-clocking before. This sounds like a breakthrough and I wonder how does it compare with some of the other cooling methods the extreme over-clockers use.

  INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM 2010, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010– US Technology Consortium (USTC), the leading developer of Metrological Test Validation Tools for Debugging processors, today announced the achievement of the best cooling solution on the market.  This cooling solution utilizes interlocking longitudinal axis, opposing jet technology.  Called T-Collider Jet™ Cooling Technology, this technology comprises assets that are scalable, without inherent limitations of other fluid heat sinks, making it viable for applications from microprocessors, to servers,  rack systems, data centers, radar,  lasers, military and to aerospace and beyond.

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• 15Sep

  Asia “SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF THE YEAR” awarded at World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the new Champions 2010

  Press Release, World, news No Comments

  Obviously this geek is in San Francisco right now for the Intel Developer Forum and not Davos for the World Economic Forum. But Social Entrepreneurship should always be celebrated so I’m sharing this announcement with you:

  • The Schwab Foundation announces three winners of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Asia at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010 in Tianjin
  • Winners working in the Philippines, Laos and Afghanistan are among a group of 30 Social
    Entrepreneurs from around the world taking part in the Meeting – they provide an on-the-ground perspective to sustainability and social innovation

  Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 14 September 2010 –

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• 14Sep

  SocialSmack introduces mobile platform for andriod and iPhone at DEMO Fall 2010

  Developers, Press Release, Social Media, mobile, news No Comments

  This geek is in San Francisco and trying to catch some of the DEMO sessions online. Check out this announcement from SocialSmark.

  Users can now quickly and easily provide real-time feedback and reviews on products and services they interact with daily

  DEMO Fall 2010, Santa Clara, CA – September 14, 2010 – SocialSmack, Inc., a web and mobile reviews platform that brings together consumers and brands, today is debuting its SocialSmack Mobile for Android and iPhone users on the DEMO Fall stage.  Powered by a real-time social stream, SocialSmack enables the passionate consumer to easily share their brand interaction experience in an easy “props” or “drops” format, including genuine, specific feedback on why they voted as such, negating the discrepancies that inevitably occur with the outdated, traditional star ranking system.  SocialSmack is a platform that can be utilized in two ways – as a free service for consumers to share their brand reviews/experiences and as a subscription-based service for brands interested in gaining insight into consumer sentiment and trends data.

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