YouTube - One Hour Per Second. Holy Nyans! 60 hours per minute and 4 billion views a day on YouTube. Samsung's Transparent Smart Window at CES 2012 [Official] You Are Your Words - American Heritage Dictionary. Volkswagen Launches Augmented Reality Campaign In Your Daily Paper. When the new Legoland Windsor Resort Hotel opens in the UK in March, it will offer a fun, customized experience for the kids who stay there, by offering young concierges to help them plan their stay.
This “dream holiday job” is available to all 8-12 year olds through a Junior Concierge Competition currently being held by Legoland. The position requires “a passion for Lego, a fondness for theme parks and a curious and inquiring mind.” The resort is looking for a team of six boys and girls who will take up the post on a rotating basis. Each junior concierge will be rewarded with a free weekend at the resort with their family including a stay in a Lego-themed room, two days on park and lots of Lego to play with. Legoland. Frog's 2012 Technology Trend Predictions. By Kristina Loring - January 10, 2012 While the Internet is buzzing with ways to survive the last year of the world (according to the ancient Mayan Calendar), frogs are thinking of other things that will shape culture this year.
We asked frogs from across the globe to share their personal favorite tech trends that’ll crop up this year and what their impact would be on design, business, entertainment, and our daily routines. We had frogs from all disciplines—from strategy to engineering—draw from their passions and expertise to offer their input. Without doubt, 2012 is shaping up to be a year of hyper-connected, highly-personal, ultra-smart computing that, well, might just skip the computer altogether. Here’s what our tech forecasters predict for 2012. Click on any trend to jump to its description below or flip through the presentation. Connected Cities by Chief Creative Officer Mark Rolston A new pattern of computing is emerging where interactions with technology will be conversational. Facebook Sponsored Story Ads To Appear In The Web News Feed In 2012.
Starting in January 2012, Facebook will gradually begin showing Sponsored Stories social ads in the main news feed of the web version of the site, a representative of the company tells us. Facebook hasn’t shown ads in the news feed since 2008, so this has big ramifications for advertisers and the user experience. The ads will be marked “Sponsored” and a rate limit will ensure users see no more than 1 Sponsored Story in the news feed per day. They’ll only feature stories about friends or Pages that users already like.
Users won’t be able to opt out of seeing Sponsored Stories in the news feed or having their activity used in them, but they will be able to ‘x’ out individual ads. The ads won’t immediately appear in the mobile news feed, though Facebook is considering the idea as we discussed earlier this month. The screenshot above shows how the ads will look in the news feed. Starting in 2006, Facebook tested allowing advertisers to pay to show sponsored content in the news feed. Intel's New Shopping Experience. In Share Email is working with retailers such as HSN, Kraft Foods and Macy’s to apply technology in new and innovative ways. The company announced that it is to pilot a series of new retail solutions designed to deliver more relevant and entertaining experiences to shoppers.
By using Intel-based technologies, retailers are able to integrate the information-rich experience of online shopping with the advantages of physical locations. Built on 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors these solutions allow retailers to create visually stunning experiences that engage shoppers, deliver customized content and help them make better-informed purchases. For retailers, these solutions are easy to manage, cost-effective and can result in increased satisfaction, higher sales and fewer returns. In an effort to expand its reach and interaction with shoppers beyond TV and the Internet, Intel collaborated with HSN to develop a massive interactive touchwall.