Kiip, sounds like a new candy bar; with twice the taste and half-the-fat. Fortunately for us, “GameVainers” this isn’t the case.
They are a start-up rewards company that is giving out prizes for simply playing games on mobile devices. To break it down to it’s bare essentials; the more you game, the more points you are awarded. You can cash those points out for prizes. Sounds like the digital Chuck E. Cheese? Well because it is, since so many game companies have been getting into the rewards business(i.e. GameStop), it makes perfect sense that App. moguls would want their piece of the pie. Today’s statistics show that more than 4 out of 10 adults actively play games on their mobile device(with this figure in constant growth). Since mobile gaming is on the rise, a rewards system makes perfect sense. Why wouldn’t you try and earn those points? All I know is Kiip is definitely a bellwether in the market of social games.
Check out the video below. Or link to them direct here.
This Kickstarter craze is getting out of hand. The economy is in the dump yet people are lining up to throw their money at projects that could very well fizzle out of existence. I’m half wondering if Kickstarter is just a random idea from some federal reserve chairman to get poor people (and apparently rich people) to give money to not poor people.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what do you think?
In my honest opinion, I don’t care for it… at all! I honestly don’t know who would come up with something like this and say out loud “yeah, this is a great idea! Let’s do this!” I do think that if Jobs hadn’t passed away so soon, he would have toppled the Android makers easily. This is all my opinion of course… check out the article originally posted at tecca.com
In the months following long-time Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s untimely death, we’ve seen him resurrected in many forms. He’s already been brought back in plastic and bronze, but we never thought we’d see him reborn as an Android supporter. Leave it to a Taiwanese tablet maker to dream up such a thing, and recreate an iconic Apple keynote presentation in the process.
The makers of the Taiwan-borne Action Pad tablet went to great lengths to honor (or mock?) the world-famous Apple co-founder by dressing a Taiwanese lookalike in Jobs’s popular black turtleneck and Levi’s blue jeans. For good measure, the Jobs-alike is even equipped with a heavenly halo and angel wings.
The fake CEO trots about a stage that looks very much like the ones Apple uses for its major product announcements, but it’s not an iPad in his hands — it’s the overseas knockoff. The ad boasts that the Action Pad is “the new generation of the pad,” and shows off various app icons ranging from an RSS reader to the recognizable Android mascot.
In a move that you’d never see the real Steve Jobs make, the angelic speaker touts the benefits of the Android 2.3 operating system that comes standard on the Action Pad, and even goes so far as to say “Thank God I can finally play another pad.”
While it might seem less than tasteful, the ad doesn’t actually use Jobs’s name or any copyrighted material that could land the Action Pad’s manufacturers in legal trouble. However, that hasn’t stopped many commenters from lambasting the parody on video hosting sites where it appears. Even Android fans are coming out against the clip, calling it “very disturbing,” and “extremely disrespectful.”
The tablet itself is nothing particularly special: It appears to be wifi-only with no 3G or 4G mobile connection options, and its Android 2.3 operating system is somewhat outdated as nearly all new Android slates come with a much newer version. Whether the off-color commercial will help the Action Pad gain traction remains to be seen, but with many calling for a boycott of the company as a whole, it might prove more of a curse than a blessing.
So there ya have it, please leave a comment below. Are you going to boycott Android? Or is this something that you may think has paid off and will continue to support their product?
For the many of us that Don’t have an iPhone 4s with iOS, this might help you out!
Introducing Evi! A Usefull virtual assistances like Siri, only it’s actually available for those IN the U.S.
*Siri was only available Outside the states…* Evi can be installed onto any iPhone model that has iOS 4.0. and is also available for Android phone users via Beta Android Version
She can answer any question you ask her, rather it be for informational purposes OR personal. She’ll answer to the best of her ability. Want to know how to make something like, I don’t know.. “Beef Stew” just ask Evi and she’ll whip you up a good recipe. Whereas Siri only sends you web links, Evi will actually give you a List of recipes! Mmmm.. Anyway! Even though Evi may still be in beta stage (like Siri) she works pretty amazing! As of now, Evi has Over a billion facts in her database available at your fingertips. And she’s still growing.
If Evi intersets you, you can buy her for a very low $0.99
ENJOY!
Use your hobby to contribute to research and earn $25! I am studying race in the United States by conducting a short-term experiment with participants who are willing to play the game Second Life™ for 6 hours over the course of one month.
In order to participate, you must be a white-identified, English-speaking American over the age of 18 years who plays or has played Second Life™ and who has never been trained in anti-racism work.
Participants who complete all parts of the study will receive a $25 VISA gift card. Interested in finding out whether you’re eligible for the study? Visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Race_in_MMORPGs to complete the screening survey. Please note that Second Life, SL, and inSL are trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. Please note that this study is not affiliated with or sponsored by Linden Research.
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