Flash mobs are no new thing, and are a child of Web 2.0, however recently, brands have started using it to promote its own products and services. The most famous in the UK being the T-mobile advert in Liverpool Street.
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The TV Ad complimented the web aspect, but was really only a teaser for the full ... Read more
My colleague pointed out some interesting websites to me that she wanted a designers’ perspective on. No point just keeping this to ourselves so here’s what I thought about the most relevant ones. There’s so many sites these days that are trying too hard and failing and so many that ignore aesthetic design all together ... Read more
I recently stumbed upon a site that does one simple job – it takes an image and then produces a representation of this image by simply writing words on a page. My explanation is clearly rubbish, so here’s what it does, straight from the horses mouth:
Textorizer takes a raster image in a format such as ... Read more
TokBox, the web-based video chat tool is bringing video chat to Facebook via their TokBox Facebook application. TokBox’s current app is just like any other chat facility, but their new functionality takes them into a new league – enabling users to have a video chat within their Facebook chat.
TokBox’s web-based platform is a Flash-enabled browser ... Read more
A great article over at Venture Beat talking about Adobe’s plans to develop an Open Standards Flash Player for use across all digital media channels. This is a great development as by dropping certain license fees it ensures greater take up, which makes it easier to deliver brand experiences coherently across media channels. Shame there ... Read more
According to WSJ, Adobe are going to develop Flash for the iPhone. And they’re not just going to use the existing Flash Lite – they’re going to develop a new version (or tweak the existing one) especially for the iPhone.
Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen had said: “We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, ... Read more