Following the launch of Angry Birds with Nokia of a NFC-based version with special unlockable content, Ninja Fruit announcements its version of an NFC enabled game. This continue the trend of looking beyond pure mobile transactions as the primary use of NFC technology.
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Reading Forrester: What the Post PC era really means
May 18, 2011 
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Forrester has a new report out today that maps out the post-PC era of computing. (Paid report here) Its written from a product development point of view and has some good information but leaves out one of the biggest and most interesting post-PC platforms: telematics.
Read more QR Code summer: its just a flesh wound
May 9, 2011 1 Comment
You know things are bad when a positive headline like “QR Codes Hope to Be This Summer’s Breakaway Hit” ends with the realization that its do or die for the 15 year old QR Code technology. QR Codes have been around for so long. In North America the strangle hold on consumer cell phones combined with the lack of adoption of a QR Code reader “on deck” (meaning on the software platform approved and provided by the carriers) has meant no QR Code adoption by anyone.
Read more Angry Bird: NFC 101
April 20, 2011 2 Comments
You may have seen companies like Apple, Google, VISA, Verifone, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and a whole host of other big companies are getting behind NFC as a payment transaction facilitator for mobile devices. But you know its real when Angry Bird enters the equation. Ryan Kim at GigaOm points to a recent version release of Angry Bird that requires NFC tagging to unlock levels.
Read more Pandora and the Connected Car
April 5, 2011 0 Comments
RWW is doing a series looking at how media consumption on non-computer devices is effecting user experience design and today they look at Pandora use in cars. Its been a long road (haha) but we are finally starting to see a general awareness of internet enable vehicles as being a good thing.
Read more Nokia kills Symbian, partners with Microsoft
February 11, 2011 0 Comments
In a not so surprising move, Nokia and Microsoft announced a partnership for making Windows Noika’s primary smartphone strategy. Nokia will phase out Symbian and move all of its platforms to Microsoft.
Read more NFC updates in Android Gingerbread 2.3.3
February 10, 2011 2 Comments
Google is rolling out additional NFC functionality in its Android APIs. It has not added the payment functions yet but apparently will soon.
Read more Orkin Bug Battle iPhone app
February 1, 2011 0 Comments
The Orkin Bug Battle iPhone game launched in the iTunes store today. I guess its ok to say that we developed the game at Think. Working with Orkin has been great and I think we really put something out that will be fun and entertaining while extending the Orkin brand into a new space and a new demographic.
Read more Electric vehicles and charging networks
January 17, 2011 1 Comment
EVs need to charge to run and home charging is only part of the solution. Charging networks like Blick represent a sea change in the American transportation and lifestyle fabric.
Read more Pandora CTO: cars need an internet connection
January 7, 2011 0 Comments
Techcrunch interviews Pandora CTO Tom Conrand at CES and he talks about the next big growth phase for Pandora, the car. Tom says that 50% of all music listening happens in the car. Right now they are leveraging smart phones because of connectivity but the future is automobiles having their own internet connection.
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