NYT Embed Ads In User-Generated Videos With ZunaVision During the U.S. presidential elections, one of the campaigning methods which got a lot of attention was President-Elect Obama's in-game billboard ad inserted into the Xbox 360 racing game, Burnout Paradise. Now a similar technology for embedding images is making its way into online, user-gen video. Instead of pre-rolls, post-rolls, or overlays… Sarah Perez View comments
Product Reviews Feel Your Way Through NY, London If there's one thing city search sites have in common it's their predictability. Looking for something to do? You can plow through the various categories: movies, theater, dining, concerts, museums,...yawn. It's always the same. And heck, if you knew what you wanted to do, you won't be bothering with a city search site in the first place, would… Sarah Perez View comments
Search PicClick: Look for What You're Looking for We all use search engines day in and day out to find things that we're seeking. And while traditional searching techniques are great, sometimes you can't quite put what you want into words. But you're sure that you'll know it when you see it. At those times, a picture is worth a thousand word-based searches. If this sounds familiar, PicClick - a… Rick Turoczy View comments
Features Your Favorite Mobile Web Apps & Sites One year ago we ran a contest asking you to tell us your favorite Mobile Web apps. From the resulting comments there were 5 Mobile Web apps that clearly stood out, with multiple mentions: Gmail Java app for mobile phone, Google Maps for Mobile, Opera Mini, Fring, Shozu. Well, a lot has changed in the Mobile Web application world since then. The… Mobile Richard MacManus View comments
NYT Google Maps and Street View Undergo Awesome Redesign Google Maps underwent a major redesign today and the new street view is pretty fantastic. Now users can drag a little human figure named "Pegman" over any streets that light up blue and get a preview of Street View for that location. When Pegman lands, the whole map view turns into a Street View viewer and there's a button to expand that view… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments