The Nokia Lumia 800 is sure doing everything it can to promote itself - even if it means projecting a free light show onto a huge skyscraper with musical guest deadmau5, or constructing a 32 foot version of the phone. (Not to mention the 55 foot Windows phone put up in New York's Herald Square.)

The towering Lumia 800 is currently on view in Paris, France, on the city's famed Avenue des Champs-Élysées (where residents and visitors can also check out Absolut's subtle outdoor advertising). This is the first Windows Phone that Nokia has produced, and it's hard to speculate how well it will do until Nokia releases their Q4 financial results.Continue reading...

Skyscraper? Check. deadmau5? Check. Light Show? Check. Nokia Lumia 800 phone with Windows? Check and show time!

On Monday Nov. 28th, Nokia illuminated the Lumia brand by teaming up with deadmau5 (pronounced "dead mouse" for those wondering) for a free music and light show spectacular at London's Millbank Tower. The skyscraper's 800 windows were covered with vinyl as 16 projectors beamed 3D images onto it. Three dimensions not enough? deadmau5 created exclusive remixes for the performance which added another.

This isn't the first type of launch event of its kind, and by "its kind" we mean using large projectors for free shows at launch events— witness Jordan Brand's Carmelo Anthony M8 launch event in New York, where a holographic projection of Carmelo walked on water (the Hudson River, to be exact).

While projecting on a building is always an attention getter, the envelope has been pushed further still.Continue reading...

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Microsoft this week rolled out its first multi-product global holiday ad campaign. The commercials, running in 35 countries through January, integrate an array of Microsoft branded products — Windows, Windows Phone, Kinect for Xbox and Office — targeted at families.

The 30-second TV spot above (which debuted during Sunday Night Football) is called "Epic Share." It features a dad playing Dance Central 2 on an Xbox 360 with Kinect as his teasing kids capture his "tech-no" dance moves on a Windows Phone, before using Windows editing software to share the footage.

The second holiday spot — "Dog.PPT," below — features a boy giving a PowerPoint presentation to his skeptical parents on why the family needs a dog, which inspires his father to try his own presentation.Continue reading...

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Apple’s new product releases demonstrate a seemingly unstoppable drive to dominate the computing industry.

This morning, the company launched a new operating system with OS X Lion, updated its MacBook Air and Mac Mini lines, and announced the integration of Intel's Thunderbolt I/O technology, the world's first. These announcements come in the wake of the iPad and iPhone’s success, evident in the new product’s design and functionality. Here’s a first look.Continue reading...