Social Technology at the Oscars
The Academy Awards, the world’s most prestigious awards ceremony for the film industry, is also one of the most popular television events of the year. In 2011, the ceremony enjoyed a technological makeover.
The 83rd annual Academy Awards was supercharged with technology, making it much more accessible in many extra ways. Not only do fans want to see more from the red carpet, but also backstage, and even after the ceremony.
Oscars.org, for example, provided a backstage pass online that would allow viewers to see what was going on behind the scenes. For $.99, fans gained access to backstage… Continue reading
Has Angry Birds Really Gotten This Popular?
In a video filmed by Electric Pig’s Mike Cooper, a real-life Angry Birds is enjoyed on his son’s birthday. Remember, it’s just a cake.
Angry Birds is one of the most popular smartphone and tablet games around. Basically, you use a slingshot to send “angry birds” across the screen at green pigs. As the story goes, the pigs stole eggs from the birds’ nest, and so the fight begins. You need to break down destructible structures to destroy some of the pigs, and the overall gameplay turns out to be very puzzle-like in the end.
But are smartphone and tablet… Continue reading
Goodbye to The Streets with Computers and Blues
This is not an album review, but a farewell.
Specific musicians and music has mold my brain through the first 26 years of my life, but none more than Mike Skinner and The Streets.
It’s funny, considering how much music surrounds us in the US, that I would be most influenced by a British musician, MC, and poet.
I connected with his observations of life and the chaos and joys within it, but the biggest realization he gave me was the similarity of people around the world. It surprised me at how closely his commentary related to my friends and… Continue reading
LiveFootballChat.com for Live Super Bowl Conversation
One of the best parts about watching sports is talking about them with your friends, but sometimes you find yourself either sitting alone in your living room with nobody to talk to or talking back and forth with one, maybe two, of your close buddies in a chatroom, Skype, or on your phone.
With LiveFootballChat.com, you have the chance to discuss NFL games live, while they are happening, with fellow fans and random rivals.
LiveFootballChat.com comes from the same guys who gave you LiveBaseballChat.com. Dean Collins got tired of chatting only with a friend or two during games. He… Continue reading
For Fun Only: A Water-Propelled Jet Pack, JetLev Flyer
Chances are you will never try what we are discussing today on 1stWorldView, but it’s so cool we have to talk about it: a water jetpack.
If you ever played GameCube’s Mario, you probably remember the water jetpack/blaster, allow you to wreck enemies while floating around wherever you pleased – as long as you had water for it to function.
Well now, thanks to Raymond Li, you can try one out for yourself.
If you want to fork out around $100,000 in March, which most of you won’t, you can enjoy your very own water jetpack. The device works while… Continue reading
