For just one day, April 1, MINI is stepping onto the new, romantic matchmaking ground. The brand has updated its MINI Connected App with the Connect Us feature allowing to find a perfect date on the go. The new “cupid” feature, which can be used exclusively in MINIs, finds you a partner based on your driving style, the most accurate criterion to define your personality. “Get connected, get matched up, get dating,” says MINI, describing the new game.
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Google unveils its latest Chrome Experiment that gives any online destination a gaming touch. With World Wide Maze, any website in the Chrome browser can be turned into a 3D pinball maze, which pops-up on the screen of a desktop or a laptop. To navigate a virtual ball through the maze, one is asked to use a mobile device that works as a controller.
Google is planning to provide British news publishers with an opportunity to increase their online revenues. Last month, the company launched the Digital Publishing Innovation Fund in France, and now it is set to introduce a similar project to the UK. These perspectives were outlined by Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt during his recent interview at the Big Tent Activate Summit in New Delhi, India.
The classic Mini cars along with Dolly the sheep, 3D displays, holography, liquid crystal, world wide web, and some other groundbreaking technical discoveries made in the U.K., have been nominated for the title of the best Great Britain’s past innovation. The British Science Association has invited the international audience to cast a vote for the most important and influential British Past and Future Innovations. The resuls of voting in both categories will be revealed on March 25.
The war between Samsung and Apple is escalating and moving from the tablet and smartphone market to wearable electronics. Shortly after the speculation about Apple’s upcoming smart watch spread, Samsung Electronics Co. announced it was developing a high-tech wristwatch, too. This news follows the last week’s release of a new flagship phone, the Galaxy S4.
Vehicles with next-generation technology require cutting-edge, hi-tech presentations. The all-new Jaguar Land Rover has become the key figure in the latest 3D augmented projection mapping show, developed by global creative business Imagination. Blending magic with technological innovations, the creative team unveiled a VIP visitor experience, in which the new model was revealed on a rotating platform. The theatrical performance was hosted in Solihull in the UK, the home of Land Rover for over six decades.
Samsung has unveiled its highly anticipated new smartphone, Galaxy S4, which is the lightest and the most sophisticated model in the Galaxy family. Being a successor to the company’s Galaxy S III, the new flagship phone has a sleeker and more refined design, Dual Camera, a wider 5-inch screen with 1920×1080 resolution, and a stronger textured body case. The new product, unveiled yesterday during a live-streaming show in New York, will be available in 55 countries on 327 different carriers starting April. The price hasn’t been announced yet.
In partnership with Evernote, a note-taking and achieving service, Honda Silicon Valley Lab (HSVL), an R&D division of Honda in the U.S., establishes the “Honda Innovation Award” within the 2013 Evernote Devcup international 6-month competition that combines in-person and virtual events, encouraging developers to create new apps on the Evernote platform. Continuing to spread its philosophy of innovation, Honda will be awarding participants for the development of applications “that make personal mobility more enjoyable and memorable,” states the press note.