Gaming’s next YouTube?

Imagine, for a moment, a universe that does not yet exist. A flying saucer navigates a galaxy of oddly colored planets and moons teeming with life. The saucer slows upon reaching one particular world, and moves in closer. It is a lush green landscape, and scattered around the planet are…

Social media for a social cause

Social networking tools are facilitating social change in ways that weren’t possible before. These tools are uniting like-minded individuals and gathering support from around the world. A connected culture is demonstrating the ability to improve lives.

iPods in half of cars and car keys for teens

Telematics, like many of our other categories that we cover here at the Emerging Media Lab, is constantly evolving. Our Mobile and Social Media practice leads see change on an almost daily basis. Telematics/Infotainment, while still new to most, is…

DOJ deters Yahoo-Google deal

Thanks to the Department of Justice, the proposed Google advertising partnership with Yahoo is officially kaput.

Over the past four months, the two companies had been working on a deal that would allow Yahoo to show ads over Google’s network…

The mobile app is the new webpage

The iPhone. Android. These two platforms are reforming the mobile industry, and have been considered as agents of change long before their launches. What’s received less attention is how they are fundamentally changing the concept of mobile content and altering the…

Obama’s win a boon for emerging media

Barack Obama has won the fight for presidency. Whether he was your candidate or not, the big winner of this election is not only Barack Obama but the tools and technologies he used to propel him to the presidency. Social networking, online display ads, television…