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- 5 Works of Apple-Inspired Art
- Facebook Fans Spend More Money [STUDY]
- 10 Fun Casual Games for Android Phones
- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
- Couple’s First Kiss Vanishes From Google Street View [PIC]
- Apple Keynote Music Through the Years [INFOGRAPHIC]
- With Google TV Looming, Can the Boxee Box Prevail?
- 25 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
| Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:22 PM PDT   Whether you subscribe to the cult of Mac or not, Apple’s immense influence on technology and popular culture is indisputable. But there’s one area in which Apple’s reach may even surprise fans — the art world. iPods, Macs, and even His Jobsness himself have all recently turned up in sculpture, digital art and even oil paintings. Flip through our gallery to find out more and let us know of any other Apple-themed art you’ve spotted in the comments below. 1. Pan With His iPod Sculptor Adam Reeder won the first place prize in The San Francisco Academy of Art University's Annual Spring Show for this bronze sculpture depicting a music-loving Pan with an iPod. Pan was Part of a series that also featured gods like Atlas and Zeus with an iPod or an iPhone. Reeder's motivation was to remind the viewer what was being consumed in popular culture: "This work is not about consumerism, or commercialism. Rather it is about how technology changes the way in which Western culture interacts with its world," Reeder wrote of the designs. 2. Steven Paul Jobs This portrait of Apple boss Steve Jobs is made up entirely of text, and more specifically fonts that Apple uses within its products and in its branding (such as Motter Tektura, Apple Garamond, Myriad, Univers, Gill Sans, and Volkswagen AG Rounded) while the actual words are taken from Apple's popular "Think Different" advertising campaign ("Here's to the crazy ones... etc") of the late 90s. The artist who created the work, Dylan Roscover, describes it as a "typeface-driven design" and offers a larger version on his site so you can see the detail, even down to the glints in Jobs' eyes. 3. Apple-Inspired Oil Paintings Indiana-based Gautam Rao -- self-styled "Playful Painter" -- has used the Mac and iPods as subjects for many oil paintings. His works range from recreations of Apple icons (as per the main image at the top of the page), the still-life of an iPod shown directly above, and even a self portrait where Rao can be seen in the webcam window on a Mac screen -- an interesting, modern take on the format. 4. MODE Less CODE Exhibition Kosuke Tsumura, the Japanese artist and fashion designer behind the Final Home label, used iPods, as well as mice, keyboards and lots and lots of cables in a Tokyo exhibition entitled MODE less CODE . In addition to an eco message (the materials used were all destined to be industrial waste), Tsumura has used traditional craft techniques to weave the modern items together, juxtaposing old and new. 5. Mac OS Digital Art Digital artist Artie Vierkant took elements found in the Mac operating system's user interface, like the "OK" button and program windows. Vierkant made enormous prints replicating the icons over and over again, challenging the conception of what art takes as its subject matter. The image above is a detail from the 65-inch-high original displayed at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art under the title "Framing Exercise." BONUS: David Hockney Rather than be inspired by Apple products, British artist David Hockney uses them to create art. In interviews with the London Evening Standard in recent years, Hockney praised first the iPhone ("BlackBerries are for secretaries and clerical workers while the iPhone is used by artistic people") even going so far as to place his on a mini wooden easel (as per the Evening Standard photo above). He then became a fan of the iPad ("What makes the iPad better than the iPhone is its larger size."). A recent Hockney exhibition entitled "Drawing in a Printing Machine" consisted of artworks created with pixels, rather than paint, showing the 70-odd-year-old artist is not afraid of getting hands-on with modern tech. For more Apple coverage, follow Mashable Apple on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookMore Apple resources from Mashable:
Reviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: adam reeder, artie vierkant, david hockney, dylan roscover, final home, framing exercise, guatam rao, ipad, ipod, kosuke tsumura, mac, mode less code, pan, playful painter, san francisco academy of art, steve jobs
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| Facebook Fans Spend More Money [STUDY] Posted: 12 Jun 2010 05:50 PM PDT 
The study (“The Value of a Facebook Fan: An Empirical Review”) estimates that someone who has Liked a brand will spend an average of $71.84 more each year on that brand’s products or services than will someone who has not Liked it on Facebook, for a total average annualized value of $136.38. This method is very different than the one employed by Vitrue in another fan value study a month ago. Vitrue’s method valued fans by figuring out how much it would cost to buy advertising on a website to reach the same people. Product spending was only one of six fan benefits that Syncapse studied. The others were loyalty, propensity to recommend, brand affinity (“perception and recall”), media value (efficiency of Facebook vs. other ways to reach consumers) and acquisition cost. In most cases, the average fan was more valuable to the brand than the average non-fan, though results varied widely on an individual basis. For example, some fans spent no money at all on a brand and never recommend it to friends. Note that this was just demonstrated as a correlation, nothing more. Nabbing someone as a Facebook fan hasn’t been proven to increase spending in this study. The study just demonstrates that people who become fans of brands are more likely to spend and evangelize. If they liked the brand enough to “Like” it on Facebook, they might have done those things anyway. Disclosure: Syncapse was a sponsor of Mashable’s 2010 Media Summit. For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Mashable, Twitter Tags: brands, facebook, fans, MARKETING, social media, social networking, study, syncapse
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| 10 Fun Casual Games for Android Phones Posted: 12 Jun 2010 03:25 PM PDT 
We’ve rounded up 10 excellent games for your consideration. Some are paid; most are free. Some are knockoffs of classics you’ll remember and some are delightfully original. Some will make you think, some will help you space out, but all are worth a look. We hope you enjoy, and please let us know your favorite casual game for Android in the comments! 1. What the Doodle LiteRating: 4.5 This app won the Android Developer Challenge 2 in 2009 and it’s quickly becoming a favorite among Android owners. What the Doodle is a real-time, multiplayer, Pictionary-like game with a range of game modes, social features and more. You take turns drawing images for keywords or guessing what words the other user’s drawing might represent. The lite version is restricted to the easiest game mode. The paid version of the app is available in the Android Market for £2.99 (about $4.50 USD).  2. 2-Player ReactorRating: 4.5 stars Two-Player Reactor is a small, quick, reaction game. It measures your reflexes through a series of different modes, including word-color matching, shapes, a mouse in a maze and others. Rather than play online with true multiplayer action, the game is meant to be played with a friend as you both share the same handset. An expanded 4-player version is also available for £1.99 (about $2.99 USD).
3. Doodle JumpRating: 3.5 stars This popular iPhone game is also a certifiable hit on Android. The user guides “the Doodler” up a sheet of graph paper with a series of springs, jet packs and more. The game also challenges you with “baddies” to defeat along the way. For design alone, this adorable game earns high marks.
4. Abduction!Rating: 4.5 stars Abduction’s premise is ridiculously charming. The herd is missing, aliens have abducted your fellow bovines and you have to follow the UFO that spirited them away. The graphics are cute, the game play is challenging enough to be a time-killer, and the app makes good use of the vibrating and accelerometer features of your Android device. 5. Pocket Empires OnlineRating: 5 For fans of massively multiplayer games, this casual title might be perfect. Pocket Empires allows you to “harvest, build [and] conquer,” according to its tagline. The game features more than 10 unique structures to add to the city you’re building, more than 30 creatures to recruit or capture, and a full slate of nearly 100 enhancements for your individual stats. Its time-based system makes it easy to play in short spurts.
6. Line RiderRating: 3.5 stars Here’s a game that’s all about physics. You get to draw lines, then a little green Android robot “rides” them on a skateboard. Left-to-right lines are floors, and right-to-left lines are ceilings. You can create ramps, half-pipes, ziggurats — just about any kind of surface you can imagine. With physics being what they are, you can also send the robot diving off a cliff or smashing into a wall.
7. Magic Gem LiteRating: 4 stars Here’s a sweet little Bejeweled clone for fans of that casual gaming evergreen. It’s the simple, familiar game we’re all used to: Multicolored gems are swapped to create lines of the same color, which disappear and are replaced my more gems. It’s mind-numbing and perfect for when you need a little time to zone out. The $0.99 paid version has 34 “quests,” 20 “falls,” and better tasks, as well.
8. Colorix HDRating: 4.5 stars This Tetris-like game totally trumps Tetris in the graphics department. Colorix features 3D marbles rolling around in beautiful, HD-quality animation. Game play is quite similar, but rather than sorting shapes, you’ll be sorting groups of three colored marbles. Watch out, this game can be highly addictive and challenging. 9. City MayorRating: 3 stars This SimCity clone lets you build your own town and get your world ranking. The city you build can also be displayed as your device’s wallpaper. Money is added to a player’s account every 10 minutes, so this is an excellent choice for intermittent play. Game play speeds up and features are added as your city’s population grows.  10. Guitar Hero World TourRating: 3.5 stars This console classic is also becoming a hit in the Android Market. The game lets you rock out on drums and guitar, and you can play live with other GHWT users. The game is bundled with 15 high-quality audio tracks. Each player gets a new song each month. Players can also check stats and get bonus content online at the game’s companion website.
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Reviews: Android, Android Market, Facebook, Rating, Twitter Tags: android, apps, casual, entertainment, games, gaming, Mobile 2.0, video games
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| Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] Posted: 12 Jun 2010 02:03 PM PDT 
As always, our partners in data at What The Trend have provided the complete chart below. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend. Top Twitter Trends This Week: 6/5 – 6/11
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| Couple’s First Kiss Vanishes From Google Street View [PIC] Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT 
The Daily Mail reported that the teens are Hayley Moss and Eddie Bateman — and that they’re still together several months after the photo was taken. That’s an impressive feat for teenagers. There’s been no indication as to why the image was removed. The families of the teens might have requested it, as it does appear that the teens are engaging in more than a light peck. Moss told the Daily Mail, “It looks more than it is, but it really was just a kiss.”  From potential kidnappers to Sherlock Holmes look-a-likes, Google has captured all sorts of wild things with its Street View cars, but these glimpses into everyday life have been viewed as invasions of privacy by some people. One year ago, residents of a UK village blocked a Street View car, irate that it was taking pictures of their homes, and since then the European Union has dictated that Google must remove its Street View images six months after they’re first posted. Would you have wanted your first kiss to appear on Google Street View, or would you have requested to have it pulled? What if your teenager and his or her significant other were the ones doing the kissing instead? For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Google, Twitter Tags: Google, google street view, kissing, love, street view, teens, trending
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| Apple Keynote Music Through the Years [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:31 AM PDT  If you’re on top of all things Apple, you know that the company’s WWDC, Macworld, and “special announcement” events are famous for including some great psych-up music before and after each keynote address. We’ve gathered some highlights from the history of Apple conference songs, along with some other musical stats, into the handy infographic below. Do you have a tune you think would be apropos for a big Apple announcement? Share it in the comments below!  For more Apple coverage, follow Mashable Apple on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Facebook, Twitter Tags: apple, infographic, infographics, Macworld, wwdc
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| With Google TV Looming, Can the Boxee Box Prevail? Posted: 12 Jun 2010 09:31 AM PDT 
In a blog post, Co-founder and CEO Avner Ronen announced that the device is being pushed back from Q2 2010 (which ends this month) to November because the “time-frame proved overly ambitious.” From Ronen announcement:
While delays are normal in the development of any piece of hardware, Boxee cannot afford this delay, as Google TV approaches its high-profile release with the velocity of a high speed train. The Looming Google TV Wave At Google I/O last month, the search giant revealed Google TV, its most ambitious project yet. The company, already dominant on the web and rapidly gaining traction on mobile, has its eyes on TV’s $70 billion advertising market and the four billion people using TVs. Google TV is a platform with the goal of integrating the TV and the web into one seamless experience. It includes Adobe Flash, can search TV and the web simultaneously, runs Android apps, and can be purchased in the fall as either an external set-top box or through a new line of integrated Sony TVs. Now, compare that to Boxee’s vision for the Boxee Box:
Sound similar, right? While Boxee’s “Social Media Center” supports an impressive range of TV channels and online content, Google TV comes equipped with a myriad of advantages (Android, Google Search, thousands of engineers) and tons of marketing muscle. Intel, Sony, Dish Network, Adobe, Best Buy, and Logitech have all doubled down on Google’s platform, and you can bet they will blanket the airwaves with their pitch for Google’s television platform. When we first learned of Google TV, we knew it would be a major threat to Boxee and the Boxee Box, which is being built by D-Link. It’s become a more dire situation though now that the Boxee Box will be released after Google TV hits the market. Let’s face it: the vast majority of consumers aren’t going to buy two set-top boxes or try to use two platforms. They’re going to pick one, and if the choice is between the lesser-known Boxee and the better-known and better-funded Google… well, it’s not even a contest. Can Boxee’s Box prevail in these market conditions? It’s tough to have an optimistic outlook on its chances. Boxee has surprised us before and it has a very loyal fanbase, but hardware is a whole different game. Google has the partners and the clout to crush the Boxee Box long before it reaches anybody’s living room. For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on FacebookReviews: Android, Boxee, Facebook, Google, Google search, Twitter Tags: boxee, D-Link, Google, google tv, Opinion
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| 25 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:28 AM PDT 
Quit spending time with your family or going out-of-doors and catch up on all the tips, tricks and apps that you may have overlooked. This week’s edition includes plenty of ways to keep tabs on the World Cup, some great resources for tweaking and updating your website, and some key advice on recruiting a team for your startup. Need more? You can always go back in time and check out all of our previous resource super-lists. Social Media
For more social media news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s social media channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. Tech & Mobile
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For more business news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s business channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. Reviews: Android, Facebook, Mashable, Safari, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube Tags: business, facebook, Features Week In Review, List, Lists, Mobile 2.0, small business, social media, tech, twitter, youtube
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