Old Spice’s social media campaign exploded late this week and, unsurprisingly, what readers really wanted to know about was how the videos were being made. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: the Internet of Things swaddles you in cloth that listens; I scream, you scream, we all scream for augmented reality-flavored ice cream; and there’s now a real-time, Facebook-like chat room for your site. Read on for more.
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Real-Time Web
- Envolve: A Facebook-Like Chat Room for Your Site
- Echo Unleashes the Masses with Real-Time Comment Widget
Augmented Reality
- Augmented Reality Becoming More Like the Read/Write Web
- Ben & Jerry’s: How a Big Brand Explores Augmented Reality
More Augmented Reality coverage
Internet of Things
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Mobile Web
- MasterCard Launches Woot-Like iPhone App for Daily Deals
- Survey: Over Half of Location-Based Services Users Fear Loss of Privacy
- Facebook’s OpenGraph is Coming to the Mobile Web
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