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Article Excerpts (Click Title For Full Story), Product Information (Company Press Releases), Online Multimedia Reports and Commentary from high tech trade shows, conferences and the web.<br><br> <a href="http://digitalreporter.blogspot.com/rss/digitalreporter.xml">RSS Syndicate</a><br><br>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.comBlogger1652125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-65265686233428191232013-03-06T18:32:00.001-08:002013-03-06T18:32:11.273-08:00Letter: I-522 will correctly label food | The Columbian<a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/06/letter-i-522-will-correctly-label-food/#.UTf61_S2C4k.blogger">Letter: I-522 will correctly label food | The Columbian</a><br />
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<div class="story_body"> In 1965, Congress passed the <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fpla/outline.html" target="_blank">Fair Packaging and Labeling Act</a> that requires that all consumer products in interstate commerce to be honestly and informatively labeled, including food. The underlying principle embodied in this act of Congress is that we have the right to know what is in our food for the purpose of making informed decisions regarding our own health.<br />
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The long-term effects of genetically engineered foods on both our bodies and the environment are entirely unknown — yet we are one of the only industrialized nations that does not require that GE foods be labeled as such. Currently, roughly 90 percent of soybeans, cotton, and field corn cultivated in the U.S. were genetically engineered. I have the right to know what's in my food. I will vote for Initiative 522 requiring the labeling of all genetically engineered food in Washington state.<br />
Roy Blodgette<br />
Vancouver<br />
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<div class="summary">A hearing Wednesday saw many of same people testify on Legislative Initiative 522, which would require labeling of foods with genetically engineered ingredients.</div><div class="summary"><br />
</div><div class="byline">By <a href="http://search.nwsource.com/search?searchtype=cq&sort=date&from=ST&byline=Melissa%20Allison">Melissa Allison</a></div><div class="source">Seattle Times business reporter</div><br />
Washington state legislators heard a preview Wednesday of the genetic-engineering food fight expected to be on this fall’s ballot.<br />
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The hearing on Legislative Initiative 522, which would require companies to label foods with genetically-engineered ingredients, was basically the House version of a state <a class="" href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020361650_gmolabelingxml.html">Senate committee hearing</a> in February.<br />
Many of the same people testified, including Robert Maguire, an attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine who represented the Biotechnology Industry Organization.<br />
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He described legal flaws he sees in I-522 to <a class="" href="http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwliveplayer&eventID=2013031006">a joint hearing</a> of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and the Technology and Economic Development Committee.<br />
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The Legislature rarely passes legislative initiatives. When it does not, the measures appear on the ballot for voters to decide. Lawmakers can add their own modified version for voters to consider alongside the original, but that too is rare.<br />
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"The Cigarette Papers" is a vital weapon in the battle against tobacco. I do not believe that anyone who reads it can remain passive in the struggle against tobacco. We all need to raise our voices to clear the air for a healthier America.<br />
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C. EVERETT KOOP, M.D., Sc.D.<br />
SURGEON GENERAL USPHS 1981-1989<br />
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During my years as surgeon general and since, I have often wondered how many people died as a result of the fact that the medical and public health professions were misled by the tobacco industry. Now we can see in retrospect, as the documents discussed in this book reveal, that the tobacco industry was demoralized and in disarray in the mid-1960s, but the public voluntary health agencies and others did not take the kind of decisive action against the industry that some inside the industry expected and feared.<br />
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<b>Forming Front Groups </b><br />
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Part of the industry's response to the evidence linking smoking and
disease was the formation of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee
(TIRC), later renamed the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR). The
industry claimed that TIRC was an independent organization that would
determine the truth about the health effects of smoking by funding
independent scientific research. The documents show, however, that TIRC
was originally created for public relations purposes, to convince the
public that there was a "controversy" as to whether smoking is
dangerous. As chapter 8 describes, CTR funded "special projects" whose
research results could be used by industry lawyers to defend tobacco
companies in court and to influence public opinion and public policy.<br />
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Chapter 2 <br />
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<b>The Center for Food Integrity</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.foodintegrity.org/" target="_blank">The Center for Food</a> Integrity is a non-profit
organization working to build consumer trust and confidence in today's
food system. Our members represent every segment of the food system. (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FoodIntegrity/info" target="_blank">Facebook</a>)</div>
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<span class="fwb">Mission: </span>Building Trust and Confidence in Today's Food System<br />
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Notes<br />
Chapter 1 - Introduction<br />
Brown and Williamson (W&W)<br />
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Not until the late 1940s, however, did the modern scientific case that tobacco causes disease begin to accumulate rapidly.<br />
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Its (B&W/Tobacco Industry) purported willingness to engage in and disseminate health-related
research was, in reality, always subservient to commercial and
litigation considerations. <br />
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The principal aim of this lawyer-controlled research effort was not to
improve existing scientific or public understanding of the effects of
smoking on health but, rather, to minimize the industry's exposure to
litigation liability and additional government regulation.<br />
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B&W also sought to prevent the dissemination or disclosure of such
results, either in court or in any public forum—apparently to the point
of removing some relevant documents from its files and shipping them
offshore. <br />
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To this day, despite overwhelming scientific evidence and official government reports, the tobacco industry contends that tobacco products are not addictive and do not cause any disease whatsoever.<br />
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"Cigarette smoking has not been scientifically established to be a cause
of chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, or
emphysema. Nor has it been shown to affect pregnancy outcome adversely."
Sheldon Sommers, M.D., scientific director of the CTR in congressional
testimony, March 1983 (29).<br />
(Tobacco Industry's Public Statements)<br />
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Chapter 2<br />
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This memo suggests that the tobacco industry promoted filter and low-tar
cigarettes primarily for public relations purposes. (Filter cigarettes
had been marketed since the 1930s.) Tobacco companies realized that
their customers were concerned about the reports that cigarette smoking
might be dangerous, and they therefore introduced new products designed
to calm those fears.<br />
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And in 1929 Lucky Strike advertisements claimed that</div>
20,679 physicians have confirmed the fact that <u>Lucky Strike</u> is less irritating to the throat than other cigarettes. </div>
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By the 1950s, when the public was becoming more
apprehensive about the health dangers of smoking that were being
described in the press, the tobacco industry heavily promoted filter
cigarettes and made claims about less tar. In B&W's advertising of
Viceroy cigarettes, for example, the "Health-Guard" filter introduced in
1952 was touted:</div>
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New <span class="sc">HEALTH-GUARD</span> Filter Makes <span class="sc">VICEROY</span> Better For Your Health Than Any Other Leading Cigarette! {1703.01, p. 2}</div>
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In general, the members of the TIRC's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) were well-respected academic
researchers whose presence lent credibility to CTR. TIRC and CTR also
had a scientific director who was responsible for outlining a research
program and allocating research funds to best advance this program
{1920.01, p. 34}. However, as described in chapter 8, the SAB and the
scientific director did not always make the final decisions about which
projects could be funded by CTR. Tobacco industry lawyers were
responsible for many of the funding decisions. Nevertheless, in all the
public statements that the industry has released over the years, it has
staunchly maintained that TIRC, and later CTR, was an independent
organization devoted to determining the health effects of tobacco. As we
show later in this section and in chapter 8, however, the industry
privately admitted that the main purpose of TIRC was public relations:
to keep the "controversy" over smoking and health alive. <br />
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The document on TIRC's organization and policy also describes its
position on the health effects of tobacco—namely, that the links between
smoking and disease had not been proven and that more research was
needed to determine the role of tobacco in various diseases.<br />
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As the tobacco industry continues its support of the search for truth
and knowledge, it must recognize, as is always the case in true
scientific research, there can be no promise of a quick answer. The
important thing is to keep on adding to knowledge until the accumulative
facts provide the basis for a sound conclusion.<br />
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Public Relations Statements About Tirc: Creating A False Controversy</h3>
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tobacco industry often referred to TIRC in its public relations
statements. TIRC was used to reinforce the claim that there was a
"controversy" regarding the health effects of smoking and that more
research was needed. For example, a document titled "Cigarette Smoking
and Health: What Are the Facts?"</div>
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<br />JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-60634643571884646662012-07-16T21:05:00.001-07:002012-07-16T21:05:59.051-07:00Edited Footage vs. Raw Footage | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bM6tEKid7SY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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Another question that surfaced when the prospect of video sharing began was whether it would represent a way for people to see the news for themselves, without the filter of journalistic editing. The answer appears to be yes, but there is equally a place in this platform for edited journalistic story telling. Users of this platform, in other words, view both styles of videos, depending on the news event. <br />
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In all, more than half (58%) of the most-viewed videos were those that were edited in some way before they were uploaded to YouTube. This means those videos consisted of different shots assembled together to provide meaning or context. Some included narration while others did not. <br />
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<a href="http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/edited_footage_vs_raw_footage">Edited Footage vs. Raw Footage | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-52438177096933888022012-06-28T07:01:00.001-07:002012-06-28T07:01:19.636-07:00LA Weekly: YouTube (Vidcon Issue)<div sizcache="9" sizset="130"><a href="http://www.laweekly.com/related/to/Daniel+Grimes" title="Daniel Grimes"><span style="color: #253c87;">Daniel Grimes</span></a>, a high school student from <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/related/to/Ypsilanti" title="Ypsilanti"><span style="color: #253c87;">Ypsilanti</span></a>, Mich., flew to Los Angeles last July for the YouTube convention Vidcon. He came to see his favorite YouTubers, including <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/related/to/Toby+Turner" title="Toby Turner"><span style="color: #253c87;">Toby Turner</span></a>, a comedian known in part for his "literal trailers."</div><div sizcache="9" sizset="130"><br />
</div><div sizcache="9" sizset="133">"He'll take a video game trailer and sing over it, describing everything that's happening in a painfully obvious but very funny way," Grimes told me, as we sat in an audience of hundreds in a ballroom in the <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/related/to/Hyatt+Corporation" title="Hyatt Corporation"><span style="color: #253c87;">Hyatt Regency</span></a> Century Plaza hotel.</div><div sizcache="9" sizset="133"><br />
</div><div sizcache="9" sizset="134">As I blogged at the time, Turner took the stage to perform his literal trailer for <em sizcache="9" sizset="134"><a href="http://www.laweekly.com/related/to/Assassin's+Creed%3a+Brotherhood" title="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood"><span style="color: #253c87;">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</span></a></em>, playing the keyboard and singing exactly what everyone saw on the screen, e.g., "Mysterious hooded man joined by other hooded people." <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2012-06-28/news/la-weekly-youtube-2012/">Read Article</a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.laweekly.com/microsites/youtube/">Los Angeles </a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-4189978550122188522012-05-23T09:48:00.001-07:002012-05-23T09:48:30.815-07:00Shadow QR codes that only work in certain sunlight - Boing Boing<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9c9vk_B54Sk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/shadow-qr-codes-that-only-work.html">Shadow QR codes that only work in certain sunlight - Boing Boing</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-73503453942675038632012-05-23T09:15:00.001-07:002012-05-23T09:15:49.717-07:00YouTube launches new food channel - York Dispatch<div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="309">Bruce Seidel is confident the future of food television won't be seen on television.</div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="308">Which is why the Food Network and Cooking Channel veteran has checked out of network TV to oversee the launch of YouTube's latest original content channel, HUNGRY. The channel, which goes live on July 2, is expected to feature a freewheeling blend of how-to and celebrity-driven food videos.<br />
</div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="307">The venture is part of the Google Inc.-owned video site's plan to launch roughly 100 channels of niche-oriented programming. Earlier this month, YouTube pledged to spend some $200 million to help market those channels across Google and its advertising network.<br />
</div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="306">Seidel was drawn to the project in part for YouTube's ability to create a more direct community with viewers than generally is possible with network television. It also offered more flexibility not just for viewers, but also for producers, who can more easily experiment with format and content.<br />
</div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="305">YouTube also offers an enviably large and young demographic, truly the icing on advertisers' cake.</div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="304">"The wonderful thing about YouTube is it has 800 million users worldwide and they all need to eat," Seidel said in a telephone interview. "I'd like to get just 1 percent of them."<br />
</div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="303">YouTube content historically has been dominated by low- and no-budget user generated videos. But Seidel, a former top executive at Food Network who oversaw the launch of its sister network, Cooking Channel, said </div><div itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="302">HUNGRY will feature professionally produced videos worthy of any network.</div><br />
<a href="http://www.yorkdispatch.com/business/ci_20689586/youtube-launches-new-food-channel">YouTube launches new food channel - York Dispatch</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-65920539643787774452012-04-12T21:54:00.001-07:002012-04-12T21:54:59.466-07:00Livestream Store — Livestream Broadcaster<div class="block pad smartersolution"><h3>Broadcast Live to Any Device</h3>The Livestream Broadcaster is an HD live broadcasting device that works seamlessly with the New Livestream service to deliver the industry’s first affordable unlimited ad-free HD live streaming end-to-end solution.</div><!-- Easy to Operate --><div class="block pad easytooperate"><h3>HD minus the PC</h3>Event owners and producers can use the Livestream Broadcaster as a desktop encoder connected to a multi-camera video production switcher, or as a battery powered (via three enclosed AA batteries) portable wireless encoder mounted to a camera and streaming via Wi-Fi or a USB 3G/4G Wireless Modem.</div><!-- You're in Control --><div class="block pad incontrol" sizcache="9" sizset="11"><h3>Remote Control</h3><div sizcache="9" sizset="11">Control the Livestream Broadcaster on the device itself or remotely from anywhere in the world via the Livestream website, or via the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/livestream-for-producers/id493086499?mt=8" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #3987cc;">Livestream for Producers</span></strong></a> iPhone app.</div><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0087/5802/t/1/assets/appstore.png?2160" /></div><!-- You're in Control --><div class="block pad stable"><h3>Highest Quality HD Video</h3>Cameras connect to the Broadcaster via the HDMI video input (including HD 1080i, 720p, and SD 480i). The Livestream Broadcaster encodes real-time in high quality H.264 video and AAC audio at up to 2.3 Mbps. HDMI audio or line in (3.5mm jack) audio input are provided.</div><br />
<a href="http://store.livestream.com/products/livestream-broadcaster">Livestream Store — Livestream Broadcaster</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-67560674776262389602012-04-08T10:45:00.001-07:002012-04-08T10:45:59.231-07:00A look back at Playlist Live 2012 in Orlando - Orlando Attractions MagazineA photo Blog Report: The second annual “Playlist Live” took place this past weekend at the Buena Vista Palace in Orlando. Playlist Live is a three-day convention that brings together YouTubers, directors, viewers, bloggers and more to celebrate the online community.<br />
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<a href="http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2012/03/26/a-look-back-at-playlist-live-2012-in-orlando/">A look back at Playlist Live 2012 in Orlando - Orlando Attractions Magazine</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-27102399050201243082012-04-08T06:50:00.001-07:002012-04-08T06:50:23.287-07:00Forget QR codes: Your touchscreen can “read” this ink — Mobile Technology NewsThat’s exactly the idea behind Printechnologic’s Touchcode; the German company has developed an electronic print product with interactivity. Printed material using Touchcode technology looks no different than a standard print product, is recyclable and can be used on a range of products, such as tickets, food items, business cards, or nearly anything that you can put ink on. A customizable electronic code embedded in the print process interacts with a phone’s capacitive screen, much like your fingers do, giving the handset a web address or file download, for example. Here’s how the company describes it:<br />
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“Touchcode is an invisible electronic code printed on paper, cardboard, film or labels. Just put the product on the display of your smartphone/tablet/multitouch device to read the data – no matter if you’d like to confirm the authenticity of your brand product or make your card game come to life. With Touchcode, you add interactivity to just about any product.”<br />
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<a href="http://gigaom.com/mobile/forget-qr-codes-your-touchscreen-can-read-this-ink/">Forget QR codes: Your touchscreen can “read” this ink — Mobile Technology News</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-2635452030517042212012-04-01T13:16:00.001-07:002012-04-01T13:16:41.249-07:00QR Code On Pepsi Theater Cups Link To X-Factor Video<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpmvRj_ugap7N9Vl7MDwpW_PY6KWmJQHZShxjME9UbZRT2f7pY4ZbsRZDQvUX7UA7O60X3hv6EZOhR-Cv3mSrhcF8bxy16EKgdZXCeLcwIGmJKfM-TGsitGZdGwJbfI6MGwos/s400/Pepsi%2520X-Factor01.JPG"><br />
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The Pepsi cup was purchased at a local movie theater. The QR Code links to this <a href="http://mangomobile.thirdpresence.com/dls/t/watch.jsp?iid=533429">X-Factor Video</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/database-crm/11000.html">Pepsi exec: mobile builds loyalty and engagement up until the point of sale - Mobile Marketer - Database/CRM</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-5657432537846425442012-02-27T21:16:00.000-08:002012-02-27T21:16:27.361-08:00Sainsbury's using QR codes | RetailCustomerExperience.comSainsbury's launched today a new initiative to help show customers the difference that buying Fairtrade products makes to the lives of farmers and growers in some of the world's poorest countries.<br /><br />The supermarket features QR code technology across key Fairtrade own-brand lines that will allow customers to instantly find out the story behind the products in their basket, according to a company press release.<br /><br />Using their smartphones, customers scan QR codes which instantly link them to the Fairtrade page on Sainsbury's Live Well for Less website, where customers can learn about Sainsbury's Fairtrade growers and how Fairtrade premiums are making an essential difference to businesses and communities around the world. From here, further information can be found about Sainsbury's Fairtrade lines of bananas, roast and ground coffee, tea, plain cotton T-shirts and roses.<br /><br />By shining a light on how Fairtrade premiums are improving the lives of those helping grow the products, Sainsbury's hopes to inspire more people to switch to Fairtrade for those everyday essentials. One of Sainsbury's leading suppliers of Fairtrade bananas, the Banaeras de Uraba farm in Columbia, exported 1.2 million boxes of Fairtrade bananas to Sainsbury's in 2010, generating an investment of $3 million that has been used to improve the quality of life of workers, their families and the local community, Judith Batchelar, head of brand for Sainsbury's said in the press release.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/article/190948/Sainsbury-s-using-QR-codes">Sainsbury's using QR codes | RetailCustomerExperience.com</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-432294694046105542012-02-25T21:08:00.000-08:002012-02-25T21:08:10.462-08:00Pro Tips from Playlist Live 2012: Partners Project - YouTube<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Niqy-Q5xVa4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niqy-Q5xVa4&feature=related">Pro Tips from Playlist Live 2012: Partners Project - YouTube</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-81362926249953172102012-02-25T03:30:00.000-08:002012-02-25T03:30:45.032-08:00Health | Condom codes let users "check in" with smartphones | Seattle Times NewspaperIf you knew that everyone in your neighborhood was having sex, and wearing a condom, would that encourage you to start thinking about safe sex?<br /><br />That's the theory, or part of it, behind Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest's distribution of 55,000 bar-coded condoms to community colleges and universities and its own health centers throughout Western Washington.<br /><br />These aren't just regular condoms. The QR codes on the wrappers can be scanned by smartphones, connecting users to a mobile website that plot their approximate location and ask a few non-identifying questions such as age range and questions like: "The Safe Sex Was ... " — with choices ranging from "ah-mazing ... " to "things can only improve from here."<br /><br />Then, your encounter will become a little blue dot on a searchable map at WhereDidYouWearIt.com, where you can zoom in on your neighborhood or area of interest.<br /><br />The condom distribution by Planned Parenthood affiliates around the country is part of National Condom Week, a safe-sex campaign.<br /><br />The idea for the "Where Did You Wear It?" campaign, says Nathan Engebretson, PPGNW's new-media coordinator, is to target college students and millenials, already comfy with social media, to promote healthy sexuality by announcing that they're "proud to wear protection."<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2017582308_condoms24m.html">Health | Condom codes let users "check in" with smartphones | Seattle Times Newspaper</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-31031578567842241292012-02-22T11:33:00.000-08:002012-02-22T11:33:31.353-08:00CES 2012: Swivl – Personal Cameraman for Mobile Devices<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cXUsOzs9D_o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but with all the television cameras we encountered at CES, we can’t be so certain! While we made it back to the Bay Area nearly 10 days ago, we are still sorting through hundreds of business cards, washing laundry and getting caught up on email, fed-ex, snail mail, television shows, and loved ones. It was totally worth it-CES is the place to be if you want to see the latest and greatest in consumer tech and we were lucky to have been there showing Swivl to everyone who was interested in the latest… including the newly unveiled digital microphone.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.swivl.com/2012/01/swivl-at-ces-2012-going-live-on-cnn-fox-and-winning-the-last-gadget-standing-popular-vote/">CES 2012 – Live on CNN, FOX, and winning at Last Gadget Standing! « Swivl – Personal Cameraman for Mobile Devices</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-60188508707790344812012-02-21T04:55:00.000-08:002012-02-21T04:55:06.448-08:00QR codes on the rise as Woolworths launches new virtual storeThe warning comes as Woolworths has joined Sportsgirl in establishing a new sales channel using QR codes, setting up a "virtual store" in Melbourne's Flinders Street Station where passengers can scan pictures of items to set up a shopping list.<br /><br />Those items will then be delivered to their homes or offices hours later.<br /><br />The idea is nearly identical to one established by Sportsgirl earlier this month, which allows shoppers to scan codes for products that are then sold through the online store.<br /><br />Telsyte senior research manager Sam Yip says the use of QR codes is actually a smart way for retailers to save money, as the cost of labour continues to rise.<br /><br />"The cost of merchandising, to keep stock on shelves and on show, is always rising. It's all about the cost of labour."<br /><br />"If you're actually a manufacturer, you're fighting for the best position on the shelf, the best position in the store. It costs money to run all that."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/retail/048327-qr-codes-at-heart-of-new-woolworths-virtual-billboard-stores-but-can-the-codes-drive-real-sales.html">QR codes on the rise as Woolworths launches new virtual store</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-39344880475255621692012-02-14T06:47:00.000-08:002012-02-14T06:47:53.465-08:00Cashing in on YouTube | 6abc.com<object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wpvi§ion=&mediaId=8533825&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site=" ></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wpvi§ion=&mediaId=8533825&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site="></embed></object><br /><br />Regular people are making extra money or even making an entire living using YouTube. <br /><br />YouTube gets 4-billion views a day and you can find eyeballs for just about any kind of video whether you are crocheting, cooking, teaching math or just being funny or cute. And the best part is that you can cash in on your videos. <br /><br />Little Will Gregg became an instant YouTube sensation when his mother took cell phone video of him at the Phillies parade in 2008. 1.2-million people have watched it. Will's parents now use the video to build their son's college fund. <br /><br />The Greggs get money from YouTube for allowing ads to run on the video. They also get money from outlets like MTV and the Game Show Network for rights to use the video and those can top out at $250 to $500 a pop! <br /><br /><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/special_reports&id=8533173">Cashing in on YouTube 6abc.com</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-13206695980561097092012-02-12T08:57:00.001-08:002012-02-14T10:39:05.561-08:00The Pourhouse: Craft Beer Taproom and Bottleshop<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5nIB-e6yd9Y" width="640"></iframe><br />
Port Townsend <a 128736030570225?="" href="about:blank" href?http:="" pages="" pourhouse="" www.facebook.com="">Pourhouse</a> owners Ned Herbert and Virginia Marston talk about opening their Craft Beer Taproom and Bottleshop, how they met and why they call the Victorian Seaport & Arts Community home. (Part 1)<br />
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<ol><li><a href="http://www.elysianbrewing.com/ourbeer.html">Elysian Krokus Saffron Sour Wheat Ale</a>.......<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/elysian-krokus-sour-saffron-wheat/118041">Rate</a> (*)</li>
<li><a href="http://emeraldcitybeer.com/our-beer/">Emerald City Dottie's Lager</a>.........................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/emeral-city-dottie-lager/129395/">Rate</a> (*)</li>
<li><a href="http://emeraldcitybeer.com/our-beer/">Emerald City Betty Black Lager</a>................ ..<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/emerald-city-betty-black-lager/163616/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.northsoundbrewing.com/beers.php">North Sound Hop Chops IPA</a>......<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/north-sound-hop-chops-ipa/130902/">Rate</a> (*)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.georgetownbeer.com/products/index.html">Georgetown 9 Pound Porter</a>.........<a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4378/39024">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.stonebrew.com/porter">Stone Smoked Porter</a>...................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/stone-smoked-porter/421/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alaskanbeer.com/stout.html">Alaskan Oatmeal Stout</a>................<a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/429/1305">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://americanbrewing.co/Our_Beer.html">American Blonde</a>.........................<a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/99">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.schoonerexact.com/Beer.html">Schooner Exact Black IPA</a>..........<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schooner-exact-skidmark/133642/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.elysianbrewing.com/beer/specialty.html">Elysian Idiot Sauvin IPA</a>..............<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/elysian-idiot-sauvin/130063/">Rate</a> (*)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.greenflashbrew.com/our-beers.php">Green Flash West Coast IPA</a>......<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/green-flash-west-coast-ipa/44905/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.silvercitybrewery.com/brewery_website/index.htm">Silver City Ridgetop Red</a>.............<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/silver-city-ridgetop-red-amber-ale/36075/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://chuckanutbreweryandkitchen.com/whats-brewing/268-pilsner.html">Chuckanut Pilsner</a>.......................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/chuckanut-pilsner/97962/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/beers/tricerahops">Ninkasi Tricerahops</a>....................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ninkasi-tricerahops-double-ipa/75473/">Rate</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUefIxbyr2I">YouTube</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://halesbrewery.com/">Hale's Pale Wacker</a>.....................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hales-pale-ale/2153/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pyramidbrew.com/our-brews/super-snow-cap">Pyramid Super Snow Cap</a>...........<a href="http://www.pyramidbrew.com/our-brews/super-snow-cap">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.porttownsendbrewing.com/ales-on-tap/reel-amber/">Port Townsend Amber</a>................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/port-townsend-reel-amber/14591/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.finnriver.com/index.php?page=ciders">Finn River Pear Cider</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.finnriver.com/index.php?page=ciders">Finn River Black Current Cider</a></li>
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<ol><li><a href="http://www.elysianbrewing.com/ourbeer.html">Elysian Saffron Sour Wheat</a>...........<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/elysian-krokus-sour-saffron-wheat/118041">Rate</a> (*)</li>
<li>North Coast Blue Star Hefeweizen</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stonebrew.com/porter">Stone Smoked porter</a>...................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/stone-smoked-porter/421/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.silvercitybrewery.com/brewery_website/index.htm">Silver City Ridgetop Red</a>.............<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/silver-city-ridgetop-red-amber-ale/36075/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://chuckanutbreweryandkitchen.com/whats-brewing/268-pilsner.html">Chuckanut Pilsner</a>.......................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/chuckanut-pilsner/97962/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/beers/tricerahops">Ninkasi Tricerahops</a>....................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ninkasi-tricerahops-double-ipa/75473/">Rate</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUefIxbyr2I">YouTube</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://halesbrewery.com/">Hale's Pale Wacker</a>.....................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hales-pale-ale/2153/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.twobeersbrewery.com/node">Two Beers evo IPA</a>....................New</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pyramidbrew.com/our-brews/super-snow-cap">Pyramid Super Snow Cap</a>...........<a href="http://www.pyramidbrew.com/our-brews/super-snow-cap">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.porttownsendbrewing.com/ales-on-tap/reel-amber/">Port Townsend Amber</a>................<a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/port-townsend-reel-amber/14591/">Rate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.finnriver.com/index.php?page=ciders">Finn River black Current Cider</a></li>
</ol>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-18365547564484357742012-02-09T10:51:00.000-08:002012-02-09T10:51:09.518-08:00Create a QR Code. QR Codes. QR Code. QR Code Generator. Make a QR Code. QR Code Tracking. NFC Tags. Delivr makes creating and tracking short URLs, QR Codes, and NFC Tags simple. - Delivr<a href="http://delivr.com/">Create a QR Code. QR Codes. QR Code. QR Code Generator. Make a QR Code. QR Code Tracking. NFC Tags. Delivr makes creating and tracking short URLs, QR Codes, and NFC Tags simple. - Delivr</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-56449083654793881762012-02-07T13:19:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:19:38.511-08:00Shazam Says Super Bowl Audio Tagging Was a Win | Evolver.fmDuring yesterday’s Super Bowl, the music-tagging app Shazam, which has been making <a href="http://evolver.fm/2011/11/17/graph-led-zeppelin-tagging-spiked-on-shazam-during-entourage-finale/">inroads</a> into television programming, helped approximately half of the game’s advertisers link their ads to exclusive songs by the Interscope artists who performed during the halftime show, car giveaways, and other additional content.<br /><br />When we first heard about this plan, it started us thinking: <a href="http://evolver.fm/2012/02/02/shazam-goes-all-superbowl-on-us-is-audio-the-new-qr-code/">Are audio tags the new QR codes</a> – a new set of links from the offline world to the online world? The answer appears to be “so far, so good.”<br /><a href="http://evolver.fm/appdb/app/shazam/">Shazam</a> sends word that its large-scale experiment in Super Bowl audio tagging led to “record engagement,” with football fans tagging content millions of times during the game, the half-time show, and advertisements (<a href="http://evolver.fm/2012/02/02/shazam-goes-all-superbowl-on-us-is-audio-the-new-qr-code/">full list here</a>).<br /><br />“The Super Bowl was our first major live network television event where we enabled people to interact with all aspects of the game, including the ads and the spectacular halftime show,” said Shazam CEO Andrew Fisher. “Knowing the size of the Super Bowl audience, we had high expectations for how many people would be engaged during the event and with the numbers in the millions we were blown away.”<br /><br /><a href="http://evolver.fm/2012/02/06/shazam-says-superbowl-audio-tagging-was-a-win/">Shazam Says Super Bowl Audio Tagging Was a Win Evolver.fm</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-13628769802549123472012-02-07T13:15:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:15:29.286-08:00Why Lady Gaga Deploys a Sound Only Your Smartphone Can Hear | Underwire | Wired.comAudio tags are looking more and more like the new QR code — not only are they way less ugly than those jagged <a href="http://evolver.fm/2011/02/04/sxsw-2011-clickable-qr-code-posters-for-the-win/">black-on-white squares</a>, but you don’t need to take a picture of anything in order for them to work. (See also: <a href="http://evolver.fm/2012/02/06/shazam-says-superbowl-audio-tagging-was-a-win/">Shazam and the Super Bowl</a>.)<br /><br /><a class="partner_evolverfm" href="http://evolver.fm/"></a>A startup called SonicNotify embeds inaudibly high-pitched audio signals within music or any other audio track. When a compatible app hears that signal, it triggers any available smartphone function to link you to websites, display text, bring up map locations, display a photo, let you vote on which song a performer plays next and so on.<br /><br />SonicNotify was developed with help from Cantora Records + Labs, which made its name by funding (for $400, initially) and releasing the band <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dSYgd5Elk">MGMT</a>‘s massively popular records. As part of its newly minted technology division, Cantora, which is also a record label and publishing company, is offering $25,000 to $100,000 to promising startups, among the first of which is <a href="http://sonicnotify.com/">SonicNotify</a>.<br /><br />Lady Gaga used its technology on her Monster Ball tour, and Coachella and other events are next in line. To interact via SonicNotify, fans can use any SonicNotify-enabled app. If you want to <a href="http://sonicnotify.com/demos">see it in action now</a>, you can do so with the <a href="http://evolver.fm/appdb/app/sonic-experiences/">official Sonic Experiences app</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/02/sonic-notify/">Why Lady Gaga Deploys a Sound Only Your Smartphone Can Hear Underwire Wired.com</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-30885535883874416932012-02-07T13:12:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:12:55.489-08:00General Mills plans Quick Response on cereal boxes, despite commentator's scepticism<a href="http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/General-Mills-plans-Quick-Response-on-cereal-boxes-despite-commentator-s-scepticism">General Mills plans Quick Response on cereal boxes, despite commentator's scepticism</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115398.post-3689326276011447012012-02-07T13:07:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:07:33.020-08:00Total Produce launches free TOP Smartphone QR reader appTotal Produce today announced the launch of its TOP QR Reader App for Smartphones. Available to download for free from both the App Store and Android Market, the TOP QR reader enables Smartphone users to scan and instantly download targeted content from QR codes on its fresh produce packaging, most notably Total Produce’s “Fruit Byte” consumer videos. <br /><br />Development of the App says Vincent Dolan, European Marketing Manager with Total Produce represents a natural progression, complementing as it does the Smartpack QR-coded packaging range introduced in 2011, and Total Produce’s consumer website topfruit.com and associated topfruit facebook page.<br /><br />“We resisted the temptation to launch an App that was effectively a miniature website optimised for Smartphone usage”, he says. “Instead, we wanted to offer the consumer a simple, practical tool to use over and over again, on a wide range of products, not only our own”. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=92629">Total Produce launches free TOP Smartphone QR reader app</a>JOlmstednoreply@blogger.com0