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Earn yourself some bubblegum with every new Twitter follower [Video]

Steven — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:36:09 +0000

While one might question the practicality of this, especially if you are someone like Robert Scoble, you got to admit the idea is pretty cute.

You see Uniform, a U.K. company, thinks that you should be rewarded whenever someone follows you on Twitter and what better way that with a nice piece of bubblegum. The idea is that the cuckoo clock toost when someone follows you on Twitter which then releases the bubblegum to travel a Rube Goldberg type of contraption that looks like it is made out of Post-it paper.

Here is a video of the contraption at work:

And this is the “behind-the-scenes” video for it.

via Bit Rebels

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Kanye West gems of wisdom capture in hand-stitched glory

Steven — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:18:30 +0000

Kayne West's tweet in hand-stitched glory

I don’t get this fascination with anything that Kanye West does since I think he is pretty much an idiot no matter what he does but that hasn’t stopped people from thinking he is the cat’s meow.

For those people Amy Sheridan has come up with the ultimate gift that you can buy them for Christmas. Yes I am referring to the image of one of Kanye West’s tweets on Twitter turned into a framed hand-stitched work of art.

From her Etsy page:

Really, though, Kanye’s just saying what we’re all thinking – who amongst us hasn’t lamented the inability to procure a decent cherub-decorated rug or, at one time or another, needed to apologize to Taylor Swift?
I decided that my favorite Kanye tweet needed to be immortalized in thread.
The original piece was Kanye’s airline water bottle complaint – http://supervelma.tumblr.com/post/11141991734/of-course-i-decided-to-embroider-my-favorite-kanye- (the pieces pictured are sold, you’ll be getting a brand new one, made just for you), but if there’s one you like more than that, I’m happy to make that – just include a link to the tweet, or the text of the tweet in the “Notes to Seller” at checkout, or include it with your paypal payment, or email me at supervelma [!at] gmail.com

Now should you want to get that Kanye West obsessed friend a present, other than a gift certificate to a psychiatrist that is, you can order their favorite Kanye West Tweet as a hand-stitched plaque. It will cost you $6 in the US and $10 elsewhere and will ship it to you within two weeks, so if you want this for a Christmas present you might want to hurry.

Here’s a few more samples.

via Mike Elgan on G+ and Webpronews

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So what did Twitterland have to say about Windows 8 following Developer Preview? [Infographic]

Steven — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:28:54 +0000

Thanks to the good folks at Mashworks we now have a handy dandy, and very Metro’fied infographic stats regarding what was being said on Twitter following the availability of the Developer Preview of Windows 8.

via VentureBeat

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Looks like we might be hearing some pretty interesting news from Twitter and Bing

Steven — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:34:09 +0000

Just ran across this conversation between the @Bing and @Twitter account on Twitter

Hmmm .. wonder what’s up?

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Tech company Starcraft 2 competition has Microsoft in first place

Steven — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:33:12 +0000

What’s a little competition between rival tech companies to keep the blood rushing, Red Bull flowing, and keyboards humming.

No we’re not talking about competitors rushing to get their products to market before the other guy but rather a little bit of Starcraft 2 fun all in the name of charity.

You are probably wonder exactly what Starcraft 2, tech companies, and charities have to do with each other. Well it seems that some folks at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and Zynga got together and created the After Hours Gaming League to compete against either other to see who the best Starcraft 2 team is.

The Microsoft team is made up of ten employees including those who work on Windows, Internet Explorer, Bing and Windows Azure. So far they’ve competed against Google, Yelp, Zynga and Amazon with a flawless 4 wins to 0 losses to take the first place rank in the league. With just three matches to go, they are in pretty good shape to win their charity, Amnesty International, the $5,000 prize pool.
via Long Zheng – istartedsomething.com

As they say “all work and no play makes the Microsoft boys a dull bunch”, or something along those lines.

Keep up the good gaming Microsoft, and for those of you curious to see how this works here’s a video of the last game (courtesy of Long Zheng).

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Daily Brief: Wii U – That Looks Suspiciously Like….

Steven — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:28:26 +0000

As most normal folks with regular day jobs get ready to head into the weekend Paul and I put together a good show full of interesting stuff to end off the week with.

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Show notes.

Socially engineered Firefox scareware impersonates Microsoft Update website - Microsoft Addict

Microsoft Analytics for Twitter – Windows Observer

Windows Phone developer certification exam on the way - Paul Thurrott

Nintendo admits its Wii U highlight reel was spiced up with PS3 and Xbox 360 footage – Engadget

Xbox LIVE to be the entertainment service for Windows 8 says Microsoft - Liveside

IDC: Windows Phone to surpass Apple’s iOS by 2015 – Cnet

Microsoft hopes to draw Android developers to Windows Phone – InfoWorld

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