Pogoplug Pro is a multimedia sharing device. The device allows users to easily and securely access, share and stream their personal content from anywhere, without uploading. Content remains safely on USB hard drives connected to the Pogoplug device in their home or office, and is available from any Internet enabled device, including apps for the iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry and Palm. The Pogoplug Pro has the ability to connect up to four USB drives, to print from any mobile device and offers built-in wireless connectivity. Users can place the device anywhere in their home or office without having to physically connect it to their router. The device retails for $99.
American institutes of higher education are using social media in extremely diverse ways. StudentAdvisor.com has just released a list of the "Top 100 Social Media Colleges." To be considered for the list, the colleges had to have at least one Facebook fan page and at least one Twitter account. Their Facebook page had to have at least 500 fans. See which schools are best able to use social media to communicate at .
The Expat Explorer survey, now in its third year, is the largest independent global survey of expats. Commissioned by HSBC Bank International and conducted by a third party research company, more than 4,100 expats based in 100 countries across the globe were questioned between April and June 2010. Results of the survey are online at . Interactive features at the site allow users to rank 25 countries against one or more of 55 criteria, split into the three categories: economics, experience and offspring. Previous year's results are also available for comparison.
The Gemalto Protiva Smart Badge Holder is a Bluetooth enabled badge reader that grants individual access to networks, applications and data through wireless connectivity. Working with PCs, the Smart Badge Holder replaces USB connected card readers to access enterprise resources securely using a smart ID Badge. The user simply inserts his badge into the Smart Badge Holder and carries it with him. Whenever the user is within the Bluetooth communication range of his PC, the Smart Badge Holder connects automatically, eliminating the need to physically insert a badge into a reader or remove it from the reader when leaving the PC. The Smart Badge Holder works as easily as a Bluetooth headset with mobile devices such as smartphones, laptops and tablets. By simply inserting their badges into the wireless Smart Badge Holders, corporate users will be able to access their encrypted e-mails and sign documents electronically from their smartphones in the same way they do on a desktop PC.
Imagine running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art like Rocky Balboa and being greeted by an alien creature that is visible only through your smart phone. The alien will be joined by a giant squid floating above a waterfall, a faceted rainbow above the Delaware River and 22 other pieces of virtual art throughout the city when the VPAP@PIFA Augmented Reality exhibit opens on April 7 as part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA). The exhibit can be viewed via a free smart phone app that overlays 3-D images on top of real-time screen visuals as seen through the smart phone's camera lens. Augmented Reality (AR) interlaces the physical real-world environment with virtual computer-generated imagery in real-time. The Virtual Public Art Project (VPAP) is an augmented reality platform for the public display of digital works of art and the first mobile augmented reality outdoor art experience of its kind. VPAP merges the real-world physical environment of public spaces around the world with site-specific virtual sculptures that can only be viewed in-the-round using either an iPhone or an Android phone when the viewer is at the sculpture's real-world location. Learn more about the exhibit through .
