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Can’t find your Nintendo DS? Try one of the new Adidas sneakers instead. Adidas has created a virtual 3-D world that can be accessed using an upcoming line of five men’s sneakers in an idea that ties into one of the technology trends of the year: augmented reality. “The foundation of augmented reality lies in adding a layer to the real world,” says ...

On Monday, The Limited begins selling one of its most popular items someplace new: Facebook streams. People who have signed up to be Facebook “fans” of the women’s apparel retailer will receive a status update in their news feeds offering them a special 30% discount offer on its infinity scarf. Then, if they want, Facebook fans can buy the product right from that feed ...

Video entertainment was “the one that got away” from Apple, but recent moves reveal the company is taking a second stab at the category, and that streaming video will play a major role. The addition of video cameras to Apple’s latest iPhone and iPod Nano were just the first hints of the company’s new personal-media strategy. The company is also building a ...

Through Google's Favorite Places program, over 100,000 of the United State's most popular local businesses will receive stickers sporting Google's logo, a scannable barcode and a message reading, "We're a favorite place on Google." Business owners can post these decals to their store windows to show off their respectability and popularity - and you can bet many will. Customers scanning the ...

Well, it seems that even the world’s largest companies are beginning to pay attention to Foursquare.This week, Foursquare and Pepsi are teaming up for charity. The hot startup’s leaderboard has just become a charity machine.From Foursquare: This week (starting last night, thru Sunday Dec 3 @ 11:59p) [TNW this should be the 13th, 4S made a mistake] , every point added to the foursquare leaderboard will be lead ...

If you write or design, you must believe in what you do. If you don’t believe you have something to express, there are plenty of other jobs out there. If you believe in what you do, and if you’re doing it for real, you must find ways to let people know about it. There is a difference between being arrogant about ...

B-Cycle in Denver, Colorado offers a unique and sustainable solution for how we can move through our cities. This European-style bike sharing system enables residents of Denver to access bicycles conveniently at various stations throughout the city. By replacing short car rides with environment-friendly biking, B-Cycle helps to keep our air clean, our bodies healthy, and our spirits high. via youtube.com ...

Wieden + Kennedy uses the words of Walt Whitman in their current work for Levi's (the "America" and "Pioneer" spots in the "Go Forth" campaign).  They actually use Whitman's voice as well, recovering it from wax cylinders from the 1880s.At first, it feels presumptuous.  Whitman is perhaps the American poet.  He helped grasp what America was and fashion the ideas that made it something ...

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Volkswagen of America is launching the newest-generation GTI exclusively on an iPhone app, a cost-efficient approach the automaker said is a first for the industry. VW's Real Racing GTI game for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the App Store includes a virtual showroom. ...