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Augmented Reality Links of the Week- January 7, 2011

Here are the stories that got the most activity on the Augmented Reality Facebook Group this week:

• Mobile augmented reality is overhyped technology for now: Forrester – Mobile Marketer – Research
• Augmented Reality Magic Mirror using Kinect
• Recon details next-gen GPS goggle technology: Android, Bluetooth, endless fantasies — Engadget

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 07/15/10

• Mobile App Pinpoints Nearby Facebook and Twitter Friends
• Have the Chatroulette Experience on iPhone 4
• ComScore: Android grows US smartphone market share as all others decline
• Simon and Schuster Mobile Friendly Website Features Videos About Their Books
• Google Launches App to Help You Find Open Parking
• Mobile Video Capture Soars; Now Brace Yourself for Views and Uploads
• Mobile Phone Use by Kids and Teens on Rise
• How The iPad Is Being Used
• Ruh-Roh – 55% of iPad owners view device as expensive
• 4 Reasons the Updated iPhone is Good for Business
• All You Need to Juggle a Soccer Ball: Your Feet and an iPhone
• Fring Brings 3G Video Calls to iPhone 4 — Are Networks Ready?
• Loopt Hits 4 Million Users, Propelled By iOS 4 And Android
• Are Mobile Ads Just Plain Annoying?
• iPad Sales in 2011: 18-25 Million or More, Say Analysts
• iAds Generate $1,400 for One Developer in a Day
• There Are 75 Million US Adults On The Mobile Internet, More Than Half Of Them Daily
• Ford Takes on Texting While Driving with Audible SMS
• iPhone: The Art of the Launch
• Gowalla Gets Creative with Threadless and LIVESTRONG Deals
• Foursquare’s Next Game: Choose Your Own Adventure?
• The iPhone will wane by 2012 says Volantis
• Is It Time to Consider Mobile Marketing Alternatives to the iPhone?
• Foursquare Launches Location Layers – This is Big
• Cheap drinks, everyone: Bartab gets you a $1 cocktail
• iPhone App Helps You Gauge Your Sobriety Level

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 05/26/10

• WeReward’s iPhone App Lets You Earn Cash For Check-Ins
• How To Plan a Targeted Mobile Marketing Campaign
• Carl’s Jr. Franchise Sees 39% Redemption Rate from Mobile Rewards Program
• News Panel: The Only Thing That Can Stop The iPad Is Apple (And they’re doing a pretty good job of that already…)
• What is Driving the Mobile Content Boom in the US?
• Is Location-Based Social Networking Practical in Spread-Out Los Angeles?
• Entelligence: Is Android Fragmented or is This the New Rate of Innovation?
• Android Gets Facebook Graph API Before the iPhone
• The ROI of iAds – A Lot of Unanswered Questions
• How to Roadmap Your Mobile Web Development
• Getting Shoppers into Stores with Mobile Apps
• Simplify Foursquare Checkins with Barcode Scanning Android App
• WebKit Is Great, But Isn’t the Great Unifier
• Market for Location-Based Services is Heating Up for Startups
• 7% of U.S. Consumers “Very Likely” to Buy an iPad
• Why iAds Will Fail
• Coca-Cola’s vitaminwater turns to SMS for branding
• iPad Mania’s Winners and Losers
• SMS is key to a well-rounded app strategy
• Never Charge for a Mobile App (and Other Freemium Lessons From VCs)
• Google Throws a Wrench Into the Native vs. Mobile Web App Debate
• Android and iPhone OS Pave the Way for Huge Smartphone Growth [STATS]
• Live adult video chat paying off for Cherrysauce

What’s New in Interactive Video (Google TV Edition) – 05/25/10

• 7 Ways to Watch Web Video Without Google TV
• Google TV, And Optimizing The Web For The 10 Foot Experience
• Ustream Lauches Pro Live Streaming Division
• ‘Social Viewing’ In Action: ‘Lost’ Finale Earns 13.5 Million Viewers – And Half A Million Tweets
• Hulu on Android Foreshadows Google TV War
• Boxee CEO: Google TV Could Boost or Crush Us
• Google TV vs. Apple TV (and Everyone Else)
• HBO Taps YouTube, iPad and Facebook to Distribute (RED) Documentary
• “Foursquare for TV” App Miso Gets Seed Funding
• Google TV: Who Is The Competition And What Are They Saying About It?
• How to Design a Web App for Google TV
• Logitech Google TV Box Embarrasses Apple TV
• U.S. Online Video Viewing to Eclipse Broadcast TV by 2020
• Do Video Ads Work? Study Finds They Boost In-Store Sales
• Video Email Marketing Advances with HTML5
• What You Need to Know About Google TV
• Chatroulette + FarmVille + Facebook = ChatVille
• Amazing 3D Projections on Buildings
• Google Shows Off YouTube From Your Couch With Lean Back
• On Web Video Support, Safari Now Stands Alone
• Anybots: Robotic Teleconferencing on Wheels [VIDEO]
• 3-D Goes DIY With Amateur Photos, Videos
• ‘Lost’ Leads Viewer Engagement (Good SocialSenseTV Top 20 Chart)

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 05/12/10

• Study: 82% Of Brands Plan To Boost Mobile Budgets Over Next 12 Months
• Android Now Outselling iPhone
• Video is Killer App For Mobile Advertising
• Why the Fashion Industry Loves Foursquare
• Females Consume Significantly More Mobile Content Than Males
• AT&T Has iPhone Exclusivity Until 2012 (KHHHHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN!)
• Texting to House the Homeless
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Being Played Out Live On Twitter And Foursquare. Awesome.
• Why Brands Must Have a 360-Degree Mobile Web Strategy
• HBO Taps SMS to Build Database During Mayweather-Marquez Fight
• New Generation Of Location Games Catches On
• Think Everyone Has a Smartphone? Think Again [STATS]
• Can Mobile Phones Kill CDs At Concerts?
• Facebook to Add Location Features “as Early as This Month,” McDonald’s to Be First Partner
• Tagwhat Leaves Read-Only Augmented Reality Browsers Behind
• Cell Phone Usage Stats Are In, Apple & HTC Aren’t Even In Top 5
• Report: Mobile App Downloads To Peak In 2013, After That It’s All About The Mobile Web
• iPad: The Device of the Rich? [STATS]
• Live Video Access for iPhone OS 4.0 Has AR Developers Excited
• What a Girl Wants: More Mobile Shopping, Survey Says [STATS]
• HD Video Recording: The Next iPhone’s Killer Feature?
• Apple’s iAd Goes ViP, Leaving Google Behind the Velvet Ropes
• Google Goggles Now Translates Text in Photos
• Tagwhat Debuts Social Augmented Reality Experience, Allows Users To “Tag” The Physical World
• Attack Of The iPhone-Controlled Drones [Video]
• Global Carriers Unite for a Share of the Mobile App Economy
• Chipotle ordering app approaches 750K downloads in App Store
• Survey Says: Most Teens Don’t Have A Data Plan, Almost All Send Texts
• AppMatchMaker Pairs Clients With Mobile App Developers

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 04/14/10

• Mobile Internet Will Soon Overtake Fixed Internet
• Apple Changes Rules On iPhone App Analytics
• Can Android Overtake the iPhone?
• MobiTV Launches On The iPhone
• Apple’s Wager
• Microsoft Kin Studio Saves All Your Phone Content To The Web (Update: Video!)
• There’s An App For That: How Mobile Is Changing The Face Of Retail
• Smartphone Owners Misunderstand 4G
• Mobile Browsing Is Now 50% of Opera’s Business
• McDonald’s Pushes Breakfast Dollar Menu With Mobile Campaign
• Video Chat Coming To The Next iPhone? All Signs Are Pointing To Yes
• Apple takes aim at Adobe… or Android?
• Apple’s Tightening Grip: This Could Be Android’s Big Chance
• Why The iPad Isn’t For Me
• Agencies Will Be Tempted by IPad’s Sizzle, Not Strategy
• What iAd Won’t Do For Marketers
• BlackBerry Maker RIM Could Connect Your Next Vehicle
• Mobile Barcodes To Power Person-To-Person Transactions
• What Background Location Brings to the iPhone
• Battery Breakthrough Promises Lighter Weight, More Power
• Mobile Apps Make Gains
• Digital Coupons By Geo-Location
• Strike Up A Conversation With EZChat’s Unique Take On Mobile Social Networking
• Who Is The iPad For?
• Apple’s ‘iPad Ready’ Website List Isn’t Quite Ready
• Google Continues To Embrace QR Codes, Integrates Them Into Its URL Shortener
• Readers Balk at iPad Magazine Pricing
• Miller Beer Brand To Use ‘SnapTags’ To Spark Conversations Via Mobile

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 03/31/10

• Foursquare’s Growth Not Slowing Down: 725,000 Users, 22 Million Checkins
• The iPad Needs The Web, but the Web Does Not Need the iPad
• With More Flash, Is Google About To Cut Off The HTML 5 Nose To Spite Apple’s Face?
• NPD: 51% Of Buyers Would Rather Have Netbook Over iPad
• Case Study: The Benefits And Pitfalls Of QR Codes
• Gowalla + Foursquare + Brightkite + Yelp + Google Maps = Checkin Mania
• Study: Mobile Web More Popular Than Reading
• 4 Reasons Why Marketers Scrambled to Get Their Apps on the iPad’s Launch
• Study: 80% Of SMS & MMS Users Report Dropped Texts
• How The iPhone Could End Up In Second Place
• No Flash On The iPad? No Problem. Brightcove Turns Videos Into HTML5
• Who Will Buy the iPad? [STATS]
• Yahoo’s Sketch-A-Search App for iPhone [VIDEO]
• Smartphones Projected to Overtake Feature Phones Next Year
• Apple’s iAd Could Bite a Chunk Out of Google’s Mobile Ad Business
• Augmented Reality Helps Consumers Find Local Shops
• Will The iPad Score App Store Gold Or Be A Developer Bust
• CTIA 2010 in Review: Top Trends in Mobile
• Some iPhone Video Apps Won’t Be Approved Unless They Can Adapt To AT&T’s Lousy Network
• Who Owns Mobile Strategy?
• In the App Economy, Does the Mobile Browser Matter?
• RingBack Tones – MMA Whitepaper
• AdMob: 70% Of iPhone Developers Switching To Android
• Mobile Milestone: Data Surpasses Voice Traffic
• How The Discovery Channel Makes Mobile Apps Pay
• Android Tablet Prototypes Support Flash [VIDEO]

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 03/18/10

• Was the Nexus One’s Initial Sales a Flop? Hardly. Here’s Why It Wasn’t A Flop it and here’s Why It Is
• Rating Movie Apps: Paramount vs. Sony vs. Warner Bros.
• Mobile Apps Are Hot, But Don’t Forget Emerging Markets
• Social Media, Mobile, Bar Codes Vie For Attention At SXSW Festival
• Supermarket Chain A&P Debuts Mobile Coupons With Brand Participation
• Samsung Announces Plans for iPad Challenger
• And The Top Branded iPhone Apps This Week Are…
• Mobile Ad Network Mobclix Releases iPad SDK
• Dear AT&T, Whatever You’re Doing AT SXSW, Do It In San Francisco (I bash AT&T all the time and to give credit where credit is due…SXSW was near flawless…dream was shattered however when I arrived into DC yesterday…wtf is with this network already!)
• NPR and WSJ Building iPad-Only Websites (Great…we’re back in 1999 again but now with 5X as many platforms to develop for…can’t we all get along?)
• Google Says There Are Now 30,000 Apps In Android Market
• Beer And Exercise Finally Join Forces In Miller’s MGD iPhone App
• 9 Killer Tips for Location-Based Marketing
• Ubisoft Click-To-Play Mobile Video Ads See 1.3 percent CTR
• PayPal iPhone App Transfers Money By Bumping Against Another iPhone
• Facebook Kicks Off Implementation Of QR Codes
• Analysis: When Working Day’s Done, iPhones, and Soon iPads, Light Up
• Prepare For An iPad App Explosion: Developer Activity Up 185%
• iPhone App Developers: Where Do They Come From?
• Scamville Marches Onto The iPhone, Sneaks Back Into Facebook
• Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Mobile Computing
• For Apps, iPhone Bigger Than Facebook Platform
• Infographic: The App Store Economy
• What Type of People Want iPads? [STATS]
• More Than Enough Apps, Apple Pushes for Quality (So you let 150,000 crap apps in and now you want to focus on quality???)
• SMS vs. Barcodes In The Mobile Charity Arena
• American Airlines Expands Mobile Boarding Pass System To 19 New Airports
• Repo Men’s Interesting Barcode Campaign
• Are Mobile Coupons Finally Ready for Prime Time?
• MyBrandz: Finally, You Can Find People Who Love Nike, Apple, And Ferrari As Much As You Do (Maybe it’s just me…but I’m not the type of person that’s going to connect to other people for love of a brand…)
• Geowars…Really?

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 2/25/10

• Stats: Sports Illustrated’s 2010 Swimsuit iPhone App Converts 7.8% In-App Purchases…
• Android App Store Is 57% Free Compared to Apple’s 25%
• Future iPads To Have Front-facing Cameras, Flash (Bulbs, Not Software)
• 10 Things You Need to Know About Mobile and Social Media
• SMS case study – Pizza Hut
• Is This the Killer App for Mobile Barcodes?
• GigaOM Infographic: Mobile Augmented Reality
• AD AGE Uses JagTags To Enable Readers To Sign Up To Win Free Tickets To Digital Conference
• Editorial: The American Phone Subsidy Model Is A RAZR Way Of Thinking In An iPhone World
• Robo.to Launches Video-Status Update App On Android
• Smartphone Sales Up 24 Percent, iPhone’s Share Nearly Doubled Last Year (Gartner)
• Survey Finds Little Interest In Person-To-Person Mobile Payments, Especially In US & Europe
• The Truth About Mobile Application Stores
• 20 Key Trends From Mobile World Congress 2010
• Nokia Hints At Augmented Reality Maps And 3D Smartphones In Its Future (video)
• Digital Marketing Guide: Mobile
• Despite Small Numbers, Magazines Are Big on Bar Codes
• The New App Store Rules: No Swimsuits, No Skin, And No Innuendo
• AD AGE Says ‘Texting Trumps Talking; Just Not for Advertising’ – Here’s Why
• Mobile Barcode Breakthrough Means We May Soon See Them Everywhere
• Social Networking Now More Popular on Mobile than Desktop
• 5 Terms That Signify The Future Of Mobile Marketing
• Meebo Is the New King of iPhone Messaging Apps

What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 2/17/10

• Adobe’s Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices
• Brightcove Pushes Mobile Video With Flash 10.1 Support
• AT&T and Others Announcing Rival to Apple App Store….Great it’s 1999 all over again…
• 10 Pointless iPhone Apps
• Qik Teams With WeFi To Stream Video Using Free Stable WiFi Hotspots
• Facebook Mobile Now Has 100 Million Monthly Users
• Hulu Could Still Launch On The iPad …Not gonna happen…as article points out iPad needs Hulu more than Hulu needs the iPad…
• Detroit Red Wings Make Game Programs Interactive With QR Codes
• Shazam & Dockers Make TV A “Clickable Media” During Superbowl. YouTube Video Of Commercial Here.
• Why Is Mobile Marketing & Advertising So Hard To Measure?
• Bowlingual: iPhone App Translates What Your Dog Barks, Posts It To Twitter
• Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue Delivers Video from Page to Phone
• YouTube Will Kill Flat-Rate Mobile Broadband Pricing Forever
• What Google Buzz Means For Mobile
• From “Eraserhead” to MMS: David Lynch Goes Mobile
• Loopt’s Location-based Ads Hit the iPhone, ‘Minority Report’ Here We Come
• Apple Grabs 25% of the Smartphone Market, Android Doubles Market Share
• Teens Text 10 Times Per Hour: Nielsen (That’s it?!?)
• Stat Shot: How The iPhone Changed The Handset Market
• Mobile App or Browser-Based Site? Report Says The Browser Will Win on Mobile
• Will Optimization For Mobile Apps Soon Outweigh Search Engine Optimization?