One of the best things about Android using a Webkit browser is that we get to share in the same mobile web improvements as the iPhone. Flickr updated their m.flickr.com site yesterday, making it play really nice with Webkit and other highend mobile browsers (Fennic, Opera). The new interface is smooth, quick, and easy to use. You can access you profile information like your secret upload email addy, leave comments, view photo stats, and even modify your own uploads’ titles and descriptions. Video also plays on mobile flickr, but only works for iPhone and iPod Touch, or so they say…
Video playback is currently limited to the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch, but support for more devices will follow as soon as possible.
January 31st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in The Daily Grind
Tomorrow, that is Feb 1st, you will be able to start banking those little codes you’ve been finding under your Pepsi caps. Unlike previous Pepsi/music giveaways, this is a points based system: 5 caps get you a DRM-free song courtesy of Amazon Mp3 Downloads. There are other prizes in the mix, and other things to save up for, like trips, hdtv’s, clothes, and money.
The Superbowl marks the official launch of the campaign; take a look below of the commercial featuring Justin Timberlake getting knocked around NYC.
and here’s the officicial press release from Pepsi on the whole deal
Pepsi Stuff Kicks Off on the Super Bowl
PURCHASE, N.Y., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pepsi and Amazon.com are teaming up on Pepsi Stuff, a massive collect-and-get program where consumers can download the most DRM-free MP3 music available anywhere. Four billion specially marked Pepsi packages will allow people to collect points and redeem them for music from Amazon MP3 that can be played on virtually any digital portable device (including iPod®), organized in any music management application, or burned to a CD.
Beginning February 1, consumers purchasing Pepsi products can “bank” their points on PepsiStuff.com and redeem them for music on Amazon MP3. Amazon MP3 offers Earth’s Biggest Selection of a la carte, DRM-free MP3 music downloads, with over 3.25 million songs from more than 270,000 artists. Five points earn consumers one MP3 song download from the libraries of EMI Music, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Warner Music Group and tens of thousands of other music labels. Pepsi’s biggest promotion ever makes its debut on the Super Bowl.
“MP3 music is the future of the industry and Pepsi Stuff is an accelerator,” said Danny Socolof, President of Las-Vegas based MEGA, Inc., which facilitated the Pepsi/Amazon alliance. “It will help more people discover legal DRM-free music downloading sooner than they might normally have. It’s also likely to draw in music fans who are not as familiar with digital downloading, which can help build a healthy future for the music business.”
“We are excited to team up with Pepsi and reward millions of Pepsi Stuff participants with high-quality DRM-free music downloads from major and independent labels, playable on virtually any device, and an easy downloading experience that doesn’t require special software,” said Bill Carr, Amazon.com Vice President for Digital Music and Movies.
“Pepsi Stuff gives consumers choices — many choices: from the prizes they select, to the music they want to hear, to the device they want to play it on,” said Cie Nicholson, SVP and chief marketing officer, Pepsi-Cola North America. “We’re also broadening the prize pool to include Amazon Unbox TV downloads, electronics, apparel, DVDs and CDs. We’re offering up to $1 billion in prizes, making this the largest promotion we’ve ever done.”
Participants can also enter a daily sweepstakes for the chance to win trips to events like the Super Bowl, the MLB All-Star game and the Daytona 500, as well as for cash and many other big prizes. Consumers may sign up now to be reminded when the promotion begins at www.pepsistuff.com.
Pepsi has a long history of marketing through music, beginning with the first advertising jingle ever broadcast nationwide in 1940 and spanning the ’60s and ’70s with the Pepsi Generation. In the 1980s Pepsi began developing relationships with some of the world’s biggest recording artists and featured chart-topping songs in marketing campaigns, concerts and commercials. It’s a strategy that continues today, including recent associations with superstars Kanye West, Beyonce, Gwen Stefani and Green Day.
Pepsi Stuff will be executed across the entire Pepsi trademark: Pepsi-Cola, Diet Pepsi, Diet Pepsi MAX, Pepsi ONE, Wild Cherry Pepsi, Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry, Diet Pepsi Jazz, Diet Pepsi Lime and Diet Pepsi Vanilla. It will be supported by an extensive marketing campaign that will include TV, radio and outdoor advertising created by BBDO NY. TracyLocke (Wilton, CT), Pepsi’s promotional agency of record, has been instrumental in the development and ongoing execution of the program.
About Amazon MP3
Amazon MP3 is Amazon’s DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song and album is playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, including the PC, Mac®, iPod®, Zune®, Zen®, iPhone(TM), RAZR(TM), and BlackBerry®. Amazon MP3 offers Earth’s Biggest Selection of a la carte DRM- free MP3 music downloads with over 3.25 million songs from more than 270,000 ar
Same as last year, I’m here to bring you the latest of round the web-updates and information on the shiny new goodies to be unleashed this year at Macworld 08. The show starts at noon EST, and feel free to keep refreshing the page to get the updates as I’ll edit this post as soon as something new comes in.
I’ll be getting most of my info from Gizmodo live coverage. You can always check em out for more specs, but remember to hit me up for the commentary.
I’m sure all three of my blog readers are interested in seeing the final chapter of the Dunny Fiasco, and I’m interested in writing it. I’m also sure that my bloggers on WNYMedia are really eager to get a few new features rolled out. This all could happen I suppose… if Verizon didn’t suck balls and Vaspian was a crappy T1 provider… So while the intertubes were down at the office, I missed a few of these interesting web bits:
Glo-Paint creaters, MPK, has come up with self-luminous micro particles called Litrospheres™ which they say are inexpensive, non-toxic, and will stay on for 12+ years (half-life point) continuously — without having to be plugged into any power source [peswiki.com]
I was waiting for the Gizmodo review on the Plastic Surgeon clamshell case opener, and they said it’s “fantastic.” [Gizmodo]
Even Google seems to think its all offishal, as I was looking for some graphics to mash up for this post….
Is today the day that we’ll finally get a decision on the merger? Last week The Eck and the 1221 (not to mention the internets) were abuzz with rumors that approval from the Justice Department was imminent… …Many believe that the DOJ will issue its announcement before the bell on Monday, mostly based on Bear Stearns’ word that the deal will be approved as soon as last Friday or today. Of course, no one knows for sure except for the DOJ itself… but what do you think? Is today the day? {orbitcast}
Grumpybear has XM, its great. I’m always logged into the online radio page at work, the other office, etc. Sirius? eh, one friend has it, got it for Stern, and I’m not sure if he still uses it now he has an iPhone as his Lord and saviour. The big deal here isn’t so much the merger. Satellite radio is so cheap and affordable, there isn’t any fear of jacked up service and costs for the consumer. In fact, this is great… dual services with one device, merged services, whatever. Total win for the consumer. Finally, Sirius customer could possibly one day get their money’s worth the day they hear Opie and Anthony (yes, Fuck Stern).
The outcry is really from terrestrial broadcasters, who may not be able to cope with the gravitational influence of such a super radio giant. I say this is signs of change. Terrestrial anything is going the way of the CD: great as a backup, but not really the easiest way to consume.
Let’s see what happens. Perhaps hands will shake by the closing bell.
It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a new iTunes ad, but Apple is back and featuring Mary J. Blige. Backlit with her backup iPod silhouettodancers, the ad perfectly shows the new bright side to Mary; no more tears, no more, pain, she’s just fine.
One thing to note is everytime the iPod gets an update, the white silhouettes in the commercials reflect the subtle changes to design. TUAW notes the absence of an iPhone; I kinda enjoy that only the classic iPod gets featured, it’s still iconic.
You think Buffalo has an awesome music scene and cite the Goo Goo Dolls being mildly famous in the late 90’s as evidence of it.
Fidel Castro hats seem like a good idea.
You think the glare people give you when you’re constantly pulling out your iPhone is one of jealousy.
You think of being a regular at the old Pink as a life goal.
You fail to see the shocking similarities between the quality of the products being sold at the Elmwood Art Festival and Walden Avenue Super Flea.
You’re completely oppose to chain restaurants and refuse to eat at them on principle. Thankfully, Starbucks is just a coffee shop and it doesn’t count.
You pretend you don’t eat at Pano’s.
You pretend you do shop at the Lexington Co-Op.
Two words. Emo glasses.
You read Artvoice for something other than News of the Weird.
You think JP Losman should be the Bills starting quarterback. Not because you think he’s better suited for the job (you don’t actually watch football), but because you like his haircut and he lives in your neighborhood.
You remind everyone how great it is you drive a Hybrid just in case one of them wants to give you that medal you feel you’ve earned for it.
You won’t shut up about how great the city is but you don’t have the balls to send your kid to the public schools
You refuse to drink anything but wine and microbrews at a bar and turn your nose up and anyone who doesn’t but you’ll still drink Pabst Blue Ribbon to be ironic.
There are few more, so check out the post on WNYMedia. John you are the best at what you do.
For the record, this isn’t ALL from Google, thirty-four companies have come together to help develop the first globally open, comprehensible mobile OS platform. They are the Open Handset Alliance, and the project is called Android.
Stay tuned for the breakdown after this introduction from a few of the co-creators. Notice the abundance of handsome bears collaborating in this video, this has to be a good thing, eh?
It’s about goddamn time the guys did up an iPhone.
Note: I do not hate iPhones, but there is something sweet and satisfactory about watching the brutal and undeniable destruction of a device that has cluttered my daily digest of feeds for over a year.
For the past three months, I’ve gotten so many “are you getting and iPhone?” and “Ooh Man, I wanna get an iPhone,” that my response has been memorized and dropped to a single word…
Wait.
I’m a Mac and a PC.. just call me Boot Camp or Mister Parallels… there is no PC1337 or mac-fanboy in me.. I just love good tech. Apple always manages to come out with a great product and wow the world with innovative user interfaces and intuivity(is that a word? is now). The only issue is that Apple will do everything in its power to control the quality of its product and to ensure compatibility across the board… hardware is locked down.. forcing you to deal. The upside is you get updates most of the time once a year on hardware and software updates spaced in between.
Oh Hai! I'm Nate, the guy napping in the photo above. The handsome guy staring at you is John, he's mah bear and I love him to death. Only hitch is he lives in Maryland, while I live in the sometimes beautiful, always exciting, city of Buffalo, NY. Being nerds as we are, we connect daily through IM, Twitter, dirty picture messages, and the once a month (or so) flights for some bonafied lovin. This is my blog. Read it. Cheers.
