The latest in the growing trends of wearable technology comes from Google’s Project Jacquard. Project Jacquard makes it possible to weave touch and gesture interactivity into any textile using standard, industrial looms. Levi Strauss is the first fashion brand to partner with Project Jacquard towards creating new interactive touch-sensitive surfaces. “Levi’s has always stayed true […]
In a very fitting tribute to TED’s 30th anniversary celebration in Vancouver, Canada, artists Janet Echelman and Google’s Creative Director Aaron Koblin collaborated to create Unnumbered Sparks. This is an enormous textured sky sculpture, 745 feet long hoisted between two buildings that allow participants to paint the sky via a mobile phone app. At night, […]
Fashion X Technology continues to move forward not only with fashion brands communicating better view social media and video vignettes, but also mobile apps for shopping and on-site demand. Last week at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt SF hackathon, Google Glass was back in the foreground via Glashion–the Glass that allows wearers to immediately find the fashion […]
It sounds like an old AOL story, but Google, owners of YouTube, have announced that they’re enlisting “Hollywood” to generate more views by creating another 25 hours of programming with topdogs in TV spending a $100 million “seed” money. This is YouTube’s largest spending commitment on content so far. The question is, why? At least […]
Partnering with Topspin, Songkick, iTunes, and Amazon, Google’s YouTube Merch Store will pack it in for musicians and fans.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage today at WWDC and announced a new cloud-based service that does a multiple of things, including changing the music industry.
Fresh data from Label Networks’ Spring Youth Culture Study 2011 reveals what’s re-shaping mobile strategies and how best to reach today’s new target market.