Many workplaces lock down what people can and can’t do from their computer – understandably so in most cases. However, when people aren’t at work they’re free to choose what browser they use. My personal favorite, Chrome, reached a milestone and surpassed IE as the most used browser in the world on Sunday, March 18, [...]
Is now finally the time? Can Hipstamatic capitalize on – what I feel like is – a deeper, more intriguing camera app? With all of the fuss about Facebook's $1B purchase of much-loved Instagram, could the stars have aligned? First Things First I think the Hipstamatic UI needs some improvement. While quaint, the rear-of-camera view [...]
All smartphone users have seen them – the annoying ads that clutter the apps we use. But with most smartphone ads being ignored by users, the ROI for advertisers isn’t great. When apps aren’t as interesting as they once were to the user, they stop using it altogether, then the ads are not being seen [...]
After a couple of years of working with footage shot on a Canon 5D Mark II, we here at CurrentMarketing have nailed down a workflow using Final Cut Pro (v.7, the REAL FCP, not the iMovie Pro being developed as we speak) and a toolset that has proven to be quite useful. One of the [...]
I’ve heard horror stories of co-workers iPhones falling into the toilet... I didn’t ask. Or dropping out of a shirt pocket and into the sink while washing their hands. It’s enough to give an iPhone user the cold willies. Internet remedies abound like placing a soggy iPhone into boxes of uncooked rice or in a [...]
"Wait a second," - we say that all the time, but according to a recent New York Times article, waiting a second for a web page to load is just too long. Subconsciously, human beings don’t like to wait and according to Google, load speeds longer than a blink of an eye – or 400 [...]
Brooke and I are deep in the PHP trenches these days, parsing our way through the ifs, elses and thens of C-based protocol. Being relative newbies to this particular domain, we’re learning that programming can be an unforgiving beast, and you confuse its symbology at your own peril. Here’s a guide to some of the [...]
We all know the alerts of social media use our eyes and ears, but soon you could add your nose to that list! A British research team is introducing "Olly," a small white device that will puff your favorite scent in line with tweets, comments, and pings! Although I wasn't around for the unsuccessful "Smell [...]
One of the greatest regrets I have from growing up is giving up guitar lessons when I was in fourth grade. I began taking them in the third grade and continued for over a year until practicing began to feel like homework and I ultimately gave it up. It wasn’t until later in grade school [...]
We see the use of QR codes more and more in advertising. They’re popping up in magazines, on public signs and on products. I even saw one on the door of the post office today. But are people really using them? A recent study says yes, especially as people are learning more about the new [...]
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