Mayur's Posterous http://agentm.posterous.com Most recent posts at Mayur's Posterous posterous.com Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:32:00 -0700 iPhones control interactive billboard in Stockholm to win McTreats http://agentm.posterous.com/iphones-control-interactive-billboard-in-stoc http://agentm.posterous.com/iphones-control-interactive-billboard-in-stoc

Ah, Sweden. The land of Akvavit, crayfish parties and billboards that respond to your iPhone.

You heard that right. McDonald's, not exactly a hotbed of Swedish cuisine but a popular place to eat nonetheless, has installed an interactive billboard in Stockholm. Enter a special URL, and you can play pong on the billboard with your iPhone. If you can survive for 30 seconds in the game, you get a digital coupon for some treats at Mickey D's.

 

What's brilliant is that you don't need to download an app to play the game - just enter picknplay.se into a browser, and a web app checks your location to verify that you're near the billboard. You knew there was a good reason to keep Location Services turned on all the time...

Another game on the same billboard has you snap a photo of a McTreat with a phone (not necessarily an iPhone) to get a free goodie at a local McDonald's.

via TUAW

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Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:48:08 -0800 Why hello there, iPhone 4. http://agentm.posterous.com/why-hello-there-iphone-4 http://agentm.posterous.com/why-hello-there-iphone-4

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Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:55:00 -0800 Introducing: Word Lens (smartphone app for on the fly translation) http://agentm.posterous.com/introducing-word-lens-smartphone-app-for-on-t http://agentm.posterous.com/introducing-word-lens-smartphone-app-for-on-t

WHAT IS THIS WIZARDRY?

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Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:43:00 -0800 Angry Birds Peace Treaty http://agentm.posterous.com/angry-birds-peace-treaty http://agentm.posterous.com/angry-birds-peace-treaty

LOL! If you have't played this game, you're missing out! Available on both Apple's App Store and the Android Market.

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Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:05:00 -0700 iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry | C-Section Comics http://agentm.posterous.com/iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry-c-section-com http://agentm.posterous.com/iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry-c-section-com
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Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:09:19 -0700 Reality distortion field remains strong with Steve Jobs after antennagate http://agentm.posterous.com/reality-distortion-field-remains-strong-with-2 http://agentm.posterous.com/reality-distortion-field-remains-strong-with-2

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Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:18:00 -0700 Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks http://agentm.posterous.com/android-22-demolishes-ios4-in-javascript-benc-0 http://agentm.posterous.com/android-22-demolishes-ios4-in-javascript-benc-0

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Google's Android mobile operating system got some significant performance improvements in version 2.2, codenamed Froyo. A high-performance JIT was introduced in Android's Dalvik runtime environment and the browser got some very deep optimizations. These enhancements make Android's performance more competitive than ever.

In our recent review of Android 2.2, we conducted some tests on the Nexus One to measure the extent of the JavaScript performance improvements. SunSpider and V8 benchmarks show that JavaScript execution in Froyo's Web browser is almost three times faster than in the previous version of the platform.

We compared these findings with that of our tests of Apple's mobile Safari browser on the iPhone 4. The results show that the Android device delivers significantly faster JavaScript execution than the iPhone, scoring over three times better on V8 and almost twice as fast on SunSpider. Apple has some work to do it if wants mobile Safari to retake the crown as the fastest mobile browser.

I know what you're thinking - that I'm a rabid fanboy.

I'm not. Srsly.

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