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Is Facebook Moving in on Foursquare’s territory?

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:05:38 +0000

Location based check-in applications for mobile phones such as foursquare and Gowalla have turned life into somewhat of a virtual game. Users can use the tool to let friends know where they’re at and what they are up to—they can even earn badges along the way that social networking slackers incentive for getting out of the house and moving around. But, what started out as a simple idea is now going to a whole new level.

Facebook is expected to announce its leap into the world of location-based social networking. This new venture may to wipe out all the competition as well as make “checking-in” at locations a common, everyday practice. Facebook’s decision is expected to allow third party applications, but its half-a-billion users will most likely overwhelm competitors such as HotPotato, Gowalla and Loopt.

FourSquare’s CEO Dennis Crowley, however, isn’t running scared, stating on twitter, “Ah, check-ins are just ‘Act 1′ of the @foursquare story. We getting ready to roll out Act 2 and Act 3. ”

We at Cashmere are avid foursquare users and will be paying close attention to how this plays out. What do you think about Facebook’s new endeavor into the word of location-based social media?

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Yoda Lends his Voice to GPS. Awesome, It Is!!!!

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:25:16 +0000

That’s right, VoiceSkins has put the 900 year-old, little green Jedi Master on TomTom GPS Navigation Systems nationwide with the launch of the Star Wars™ Yoda VoiceSkin.

After releasing Snoop Dogg and Homer Simpson GPS VoiceSkins last year, and Star Wars™ Darth Vader and C-3P0 in the past two months, VoiceSkins is adding to their roster of Star Wars character by Yoda to your ride. Master Yoda is spitting out wise Jedi counsel as he guides your drive with directions like:

“Right you should turn, then sharp left…control, control, if a Jedi, you wish to be.” “After 200 yards turn right… then bear left…but not to the darkside.” “Your destination you have reached. Powerful you have become. Remember the Force will be with you always.”

Get schooled in the ways of the force and have Star Wars™ Yoda VoiceSkin guide you to your destination. The official Star Wars™ Yoda VoiceSkin is available now for all TomTom GPS systems for only $12.95 at VoiceSkins.com.

Click below to watch Master Yoda in the recording studio and check out the “Official Yoda Voice on TomTom GPS Device Demo”.

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Best of E3 2010

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:23:52 +0000

Another year has gone by and the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 2010, is in the books. With that said, Cashmere’s resident gaming guru, Mr. Anthony Kennedy, has broken down the best of what E3 had to offer by presenting the games you’re sure to want to to be playing this upcoming holiday season.

Best Action Game:

God of War: Ghost of Sparta (SCEA)

Best Fighter:

Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

Best Racer:

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA)

Best Music Rhythm:

Rock Band 3 (Harmonix/MTV Games)

Best Platformer:

Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo)

Best RPG:

Star Wars: The Old Republic (LucasArts)

Best Shooter:

Spec Ops: The Line (2K Games)

Best Sports:

NBA Elite 11 (EA Sports)

Best PlayStation 3 title:

Little Big Planet 2 (SCEA)

Best Wii title:

NBA Jam (EA Sports)

Best Xbox 360 title:

Halo: Reach (Bungie)

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Eminem, Usher Kick Off E3 2010

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:34:55 +0000

For one week in June, the world of video gaming dominates pop culture. Names like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, along with a who’s who list of gaming ballers converge onto Los Angeles for one event: the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3.

Each year, the Los Angeles Convention Center is home to E3 where the gaming industry showcases new technology and new releases that holiday shoppers are going to be trying to cop. Microsoft kicked off E3 yesterday with a two hour press conference debuting the newly named, motion sensing gaming peripheral, Kinnect, their answer to Nintendo’s Wii. Sony and Nintendo will both be holding their press conference events today, which Cashmere is sure will send hardcore gamers worldwide into a frenzy.

But not to be outdone, the night belonged to Activision. The gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, rented out the Staples Center –home to the defending NBA World Champion Los Angeles Lakers– last night to celebrate a handful of upcoming releases. Two of Cashmere’s own (Anthony and Kristen) were in attendance for all the musical festivites.

The arena was nearly full by 9:30 as the crowd was treated to back-to-back-to-back DJ sets featuring turntablists Z-Trip, DeadMau5, and David Guetta while R&B superstar Usher took the stage performing a few fully choreographed numbers. Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden, and NERD took to the stage before the headliner, Eminem closed out the show performing his new song, “Not Afraid”.

E3 2010 is on-going at the Los Angeles Convention Center until Thursday. And be sure to click on the links below to check out some of last night’s performance.

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Cashmere Tech: iPhone 4 is Here!!!

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:24:04 +0000

By now, you’ve had to have heard all the hubbub surrounding Apple’s latest consumer electronic device, the iPhone 4. Cashmere’s got you covered with an overview of the new features Apple’s rolling out for its latest technological advancement.

Besides an iPhone complete redesign –sturdy glass display area, chrome colored side panel that doubles as antenna, dual camera lens– Apple added a number of long overdue features:

Video Calling. With the iPhone 4’s new Facetime app, you can actually do video conferencing from your cell phone. However it’s on a Wi-Fi only feature.
Mulitaksking. Long suffering iPhone owners will embrace this feature that let’s you run third-party apps –and switch between them instantly– without ending a current app, a slow down in performance, or draining the battery unnecessarily.
HD Camera. Apple’s put two cameras on the phone –a new front one for the aforementioned video conferencing and a second one on the back with a LED Flash– bumped it up 5 megapixels, with 5X digital zoom and can now record HD video.
Apple managed to make the battery life slightly larger for us power phone users. The new handset is rated at 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, and 40 hours of music.

The new iPhone will be available in white or black for $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for 32GB on June 24^th. Sadly, for you non-converts, you can only get through AT&T.

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VoiceSkins turns you to the Darkside with Star Wars Darth Vader GPS Voice

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:02:40 +0000

In celebration of Star Wars day, TOMTOM GPS along with Locutio Voice Technologies, launched the official Star Wars Darth Vader GPS Voice, downloadable for all of their navigation devices.

Besides standard turn by turn navigation directions, the Vader GPS Voice is has dialogue taken straight from the original films and laced with his signature menacing threats and, of course, his iconic heavy breathing. To get the Sith Lord on your TOMTOM GPS system, just hit up TOMTOM’s website, download the Darth Vader GPS voice, upload it to any TOMTOM GPS Navigation system, and you can witness the power of darkside for yourself.

Vader is just the first in a series of Star Wars released GPS voices. The line-up will be expand this summer with C-3PO arriving in June, Yoda in July, and the cast being completed with Han Solo in August.

Check out the hilarious Star Wars GPS Voice video below and cop your official Star Wars Darth Vader GPS Voice for $12.95 at TOMTOM.com. And head over to VoiceSkins.com to get your hands on other available VoiceSkins.

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Snoop Dogg Hooks up with Myxer for Exclusive More Malice Content

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:03:25 +0000

That’s right, Big Snoop Dogg, always staying ahead of the game, partnered with mobile entertainment company Myxer to promote his release of the CD + DVD combo More Malice – the follow-up to the highly successful Malice N Wonderland album.

“These days it’s all about the artist interacting with the fans directly,” said Snoop Dogg. “I know what my fans want and now with Myxer I can give them what they want and need by delivering the best content straight into their hands, giving them exclusive content, and what they can expect to see on my upcoming More Malice album.”

Snoop hooked Myxer up with some exclusive mobile entertainment video content revolving around the upcoming More Malice N Wonderland album and Malice N Wonderland mini movie release. Besides behind the scenes Malice N Wonderland footage, there’s other exclusive content available for download like the video below of Snoop decking out Mayer Hawthrone with some dope Snoopafied items, including a brand new Sanctioned Moto VE440 phone by Mister Cartoon.

Head over to Myxer.com to check out the exclusive Snoop Dogg More Malice contest. Both Malice N Wonderland the mini-movie and More Malice the CD hits stores March 23^rd.

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Mister Cartoon Launches Motorola Sanctioned Phone with a Little Help from Snoop Dogg

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:12:55 +0000

Street artists, hip-hop heads and graffiti fans have a reason to use their cell phone with today’s launch of Mister Cartoon’s Motorola Sanctioned phone. In collaboration with MetroPCS and through Cartoon’s agency SA Studios and their Sanctioned brand, the Motorola Sanctioned phone features original Cartoon drawings that come with two interchangeable backs boasting Cartoon’s distinct and world renowned artistry. As an added bonus, the phone comes preloaded with exclusive Snoop Dogg wallpapers and ringtones along with two brand new Snoop Dogg tracks: “Slow Feel” and a remixed version of “Snoop Dogg Millionaire”.

As part of the same community of West Coast artists and musicians, Mister Cartoon and Snoop Dogg have a long history together. The pair recently teamed up on Snoop Dogg’s latest album, Malice N Wonderland. Mister Cartoon created a custom canvas that was transformed into the album artwork, along with creating Snoop’s new logo.

The Mister Cartoon Motorola Sanctioned phone is available exclusively for MetroPCS. Check out more information on the phone and launch at Sanctionedmobile.com peep the launch video below.

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Comics on PSP!

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:13:09 +0000

Gamers still running on a PlayStation Portable are getting a cool new tool toy to play with. Included with today’s PSP firmware update, Sony threw in a new Digital Comics Reader app that will let PSP owners access full length comic books.

Using the PSP’s Autoflow feature, fanboys can stop worrying about getting creases on their comics and instead flip through the pages of their favorite books on their LCD screen. PSP owners can download 550 titles right now, including some of ’ biggest comic franchises: Marvel’s Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and X-Men; IDW’s TRANSFORMERS and Star Trek; and even old school brands like Archie Comics are available.

Most comics cost $1.99, with select comics available at $0.99 and $2.99. Hit up Sony’s Digital Comic website to get a promotional code to download a free trial issue today.

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Siri – The Virtual Personal Assistant

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:39:23 +0000

Okay, so we usually have iPhone and Blackberry wars here in the office (fyi: the Blackberry clan usually wins), but this time…iPhoners definitely won major points this this new application (although it is available for other PDA’s including the Blackberry – we all know Siri will make the dopest app for the iPhone!)

Siri is the first virtual personal assistant that helps you hail a cab, book reservations at a restaurant and/or hotel room, buy movie tickets and even find activities to do for the weekend! This concierge on-the-go service is ready and able to address all of your mobile needs — simply type what you need and Siri will respond with a solution. Siri hasn’t officially launched, but you can sign up for free to be one of the first to try this new app!

For more information on Siri, click (here)

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