Location-based ad provider Navteq is doubling the reach of its LocationPoint network through partnerships with major handset manufacturers RIM and Samsung. It has also signed with location-based app providers Appello, CoPilot Live, Navigon, NDrive, Poynt, and Telmap.
A recent study published by AVG, an Internet security company, found that 92 percent of American children have an online presence by the time they are 2. One third of mothers in the United States said that they had posted pictures of their newborns online, and 34 percent of American mothers had posted sonograms of their babies in the womb. According to the AVG study, American mothers are more likely to post pictures of their children online than mothers in any other country.
Canon just launched a new campaign, Long Live Imagination, in collaboration with Ron Howard. On May 22nd, Ron Howard and Canon invited photographers to submit their "most imaginative" photographs based on movie themes for Project Imagin8ion, a user-generated photo contest aimed at inspiring a Hollywood short film.
interesting idea for L'Oreal- online location where people can tune in to watch celebs and makeup stars putting on makeup or applying it. could be integrated through an app that turns the screen into a mirror on a laptop with a webcam or iphone4, etc
Stats on console gaming as well as a look into Nintendo as a microcosm of challenges facing console makers. Nintendo isn't trying to win your living room or phone, and they are paying for that.