http://www.13thtigerpress.com Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:21:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.13thtigerpress.com/business/university-creates-iphone-orchestra http://www.13thtigerpress.com/business/university-creates-iphone-orchestra#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:20:12 +0000 cgseo http://www.13thtigerpress.com/uncategorized/university-creates-iphone-orchestra Continue reading →]]> iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new class taught at the University of Michigan. The students who design, build and play instruments on their iPhones, will perform a free public concert on December 9. The course called "Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble" is believed to be the first of its kind. The class is taught by Georg Essl , a computer scientist and musician who has been working on developing mobile phones as musical instruments. "The mobile phone is a very nice platform for exploring new forms of musical performance," said Essl. "We're not tethered to the physics of traditional instruments. We can do interesting, weird, unusual things." "This kind of technology is in its infancy, but it's a hot and growing area to use iPhones for artistic expression." To build an instrument on an iPhone, the students program the device to play back as sound information it receives from one of its sensors. The touch-screen, microphone, GPS, compass, wireless sensor and accelerometer can all be changed so that when a user runs their fingers across the display, blow air into the mic, tilt or shake the phone, different sounds will come out of the device. The class requires some creativity and technological savvy according to Essl. "In order to come up with a creative piece you have to engage with the technology, but in order to make technology interesting, you also have to engage with the musicality. These are really hard to separate. We're trying to teach both," Essl said.

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]]> http://www.13thtigerpress.com/business/yahoo-go-to-get-the-boot/feed 0 http://www.13thtigerpress.com/business/nearly-half-of-consumers-would-recommend-a-product-on-facebook http://www.13thtigerpress.com/business/nearly-half-of-consumers-would-recommend-a-product-on-facebook#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:34 +0000 cgseo http://www.13thtigerpress.com/uncategorized/nearly-half-of-consumers-would-recommend-a-product-on-facebook Continue reading →]]> Consumers are more willing to engage with and buy from brands on social networking sites, according to a new study by Performics and ROI Research. The study found thirty-four percent of respondents who have used a search engine to find information on a product/brand after seeing an advertisement on a social networking site. In addition, thirty percent have learned about a new product, service or brand from a social networking site. "Social networks are creating a monumental shift in how people communicate with each other and with brands," said Michael Kahn, SVP of Marketing at Performics . "The results of this study can help marketers better understand where and how consumers interact with social media sites and what types of offers and communications engage them and motivate them to act." The study also found the opportunity for engaging with consumers on specific social networking sites:

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