http://www.atelier-us.com L'Atelier US - The high tech studio for a changing world - Daily news, analysis, and opinions on Internet trends, new technologies, and innovation. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://www.atelier-us.com/consumers-and-ecommerce/article/will-new-amazon-kindle-features-enhance-its-appeal http://www.atelier-us.com/consumers-and-ecommerce/article/will-new-amazon-kindle-features-enhance-its-appeal#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:48:42 +0000 Ivory King http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=723 With the Kindle 2.0 on the way, perhaps it is time to pay more attention to Amazon’s e-book reader. With a redesign and a new model for college students, there is a possibility that predictions of the “iPod for readers” might deliver. However, it seems that some of the original version’s features may remain the [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/consumers-and-ecommerce/article/will-new-amazon-kindle-features-enhance-its-appeal/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/mobile-wireless/article/parents-now-use-cell-phones-to-geolocalize-their-children http://www.atelier-us.com/mobile-wireless/article/parents-now-use-cell-phones-to-geolocalize-their-children#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:37:46 +0000 Mark Alvarez http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=721 Approximately 2,000 children are reported missing daily, according to the FBI. Cell phone companies hope that they can help decrease this number by using their phones’ GPS as child finders. A cell phone’s GPS can be used to find a child who is lost, or monitor where a child goes when away from home.  Companies [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/mobile-wireless/article/parents-now-use-cell-phones-to-geolocalize-their-children/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/emerging-technologies/article/airlines-adopt-cell-phone-check-in-for-paperless-boarding-pass http://www.atelier-us.com/emerging-technologies/article/airlines-adopt-cell-phone-check-in-for-paperless-boarding-pass#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:12:58 +0000 Ivory King http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=722 This year has been great for European and American travelers with mobile phones, with more airlines testing systems for boarding passes downloaded onto their browser-enabled handsets. Delta joined Continental in allowing domestic travelers to check-in and display their boarding pass on cell phone screens as a two-dimensional barcode. This furthers the trend begun by Air [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/emerging-technologies/article/airlines-adopt-cell-phone-check-in-for-paperless-boarding-pass/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/advertising-and-marketing/article/seinfeld-becomes-microsoft-10-million-marketing-weapon http://www.atelier-us.com/advertising-and-marketing/article/seinfeld-becomes-microsoft-10-million-marketing-weapon#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:48:16 +0000 Mark Alvarez http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=716 Microsoft has tagged comedian and well-known Mac user Jerry Seinfeld (picture) to star in an “image rehabilitation” campaign for Windows Vista. The star is netted to make $10 million in the $300-million campaign, Microsoft’s largest to date. “You thought the sleeping giant was still sleeping? Well, we’ve woken up, and it’s time to take our [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/advertising-and-marketing/article/seinfeld-becomes-microsoft-10-million-marketing-weapon/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/events-and-conferences/article/office-20-conference http://www.atelier-us.com/events-and-conferences/article/office-20-conference#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:43:08 +0000 Mark Alvarez http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=719 The third annual Office 2.0 conference will take place at San Francisco’s St. Regis Hotel from September 3-5. The conference, “a unique gathering of visionaries, thought leaders, and customers using innovative online services for getting things done at the office, at home, and on the go,” will focus this year on large-enterprise adoption of office 2.0 [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/events-and-conferences/article/office-20-conference/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/media-entertainment/article/avaloop-brings-papermint-to-english-speaking-gamers http://www.atelier-us.com/media-entertainment/article/avaloop-brings-papermint-to-english-speaking-gamers#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:23:17 +0000 Ivory King http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=711 Vienna-based Avaloop has finally released a beta version of their Social Networking Game Papermint . Until now only available in German, this hyper-stylized 3D virtual world combines familiar interactivity with a smart Internet-forward gestalt. Bandwidth hog Second Life choked itself on realistically rendered avatars and proliferating shopping malls. Neopets’ Web-based world is nearly completely realized [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/media-entertainment/article/avaloop-brings-papermint-to-english-speaking-gamers/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/internet-usage/article/synchronize-microsoft-outlook-calendar-with-google-calendar http://www.atelier-us.com/internet-usage/article/synchronize-microsoft-outlook-calendar-with-google-calendar#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:10:01 +0000 Mathieu Ramage http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=717 Coming back from vacation, I want to get myself organized as efficiently as possible. One thing that gives me headaches is managing my different calendars. I should have thought earlier of synchronizing them automatically! So today I’m testing Google Calendar Sync. I am juggling three different calendar applications. I am using Microsoft Outlook because that’s [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/internet-usage/article/synchronize-microsoft-outlook-calendar-with-google-calendar/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/mobile-wireless/article/does-google-android-dream-of-outdoing-the-iphone http://www.atelier-us.com/mobile-wireless/article/does-google-android-dream-of-outdoing-the-iphone#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:10 +0000 Ivory King http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=710 Android, Google’s software stack for a touch-screen cell phone may be transparent for developers, but it sure is difficult to get a definitive look at the system in action. MobileCrunch’s Android OS walkthrough seems to use an overly prototypical emulator and the YouTube video leaves few questions answered. T-Mobile’s Web Site offers no information even [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/mobile-wireless/article/does-google-android-dream-of-outdoing-the-iphone/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/international/article/chinas-itunes-blocked-pro-tibet-album-believed-to-be-cause-of-censorship http://www.atelier-us.com/international/article/chinas-itunes-blocked-pro-tibet-album-believed-to-be-cause-of-censorship#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:17:45 +0000 Mark Alvarez http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=715 China has given itself another black eye while the country is still on the world’s biggest stage. So far, China’s Olympic journey to the west has featured the Great Firewall, lip-syncing and gymnast age scandals, fake buildings . . . and now China is reported to have blocked its populace’s access to iTunes. The lockout [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/international/article/chinas-itunes-blocked-pro-tibet-album-believed-to-be-cause-of-censorship/feed http://www.atelier-us.com/media-entertainment/article/interactive-tv-intel-and-yahoo-unveil-widget-channel http://www.atelier-us.com/media-entertainment/article/interactive-tv-intel-and-yahoo-unveil-widget-channel#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:59:31 +0000 Mark Alvarez http://www.atelier-us.com/?p=714 Intel and Yahoo have announced the Widget Channel, which will bring internet widgets to the TV set. The Widget Channel, unveiled Wednesday at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, is an interactive “snippet bar” at the bottom of the TV screen that shows weather, news, sports scores, stock prices, and Flickr photos, among (potentially) myriad [...]]]> http://www.atelier-us.com/media-entertainment/article/interactive-tv-intel-and-yahoo-unveil-widget-channel/feed