Faecbook & NBC Reach Olympics Agreement

Facebook and NBC have agreed to share their content — on TV and online — during NBC’s live coverage of the Olympic Games next month. Facebook and Instagram posts will be included in live TV, while NBC will post original and exclusive TV content to the social…

CES 2014: Mercedes-Benz Re-Introduces QNX

Not to be outdone by Audi’s connected car news from yesterday, Mercedes-Benz heralded its own connected car hub, QNX. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen QNX — indeed it’s an extended version of the technology that Mercedes-Benz debuted in 2013 — but this…

CES 2014: Millennials in “Play”: 5 Key Millennial Behaviors with Consumer Electronics

We’ve all seen the rap sheet on millennials. They’re the “Me Generation.” Their narcissism, sense of entitlement, and constant over-sharing is what make them a menace to work with and…

Experimental Ad Product: Sponsored Micro-games At Point-Of-Sale

Here at the Lab, we are always looking for new ways to capture the attention of audiences using emerging technologies. We ask ourselves where there may be opportunities for brands to influence purchase decisions in new…

Leaked: LG’s webOS TV

With days before the kickoff of CES, an image of LG’s new Smart TV interface has been leaked. It appears that LG will be using webOS, which it acquired from HP opposed to the current Google TV OS. It is not identical to webOS on smartphones, but does include a thumbnail overview of any…

CES 2014: Lurking on The Floor: 3 Takeaways From an Outsider

This is where the disclaimer normally comes in:

Tommy San George works for GumboLive, a New Orleans-based creative think tank part of the IPG network. Any views expressed are his own and do not…

The Trigger CES: Cees Links, Zigbee

Blackphone Is The Android Phone Privacy Advocates Long For

It seems almost every day we learn more about how our privacy is being infringed upon, and now a smartphone company is trying to do something about it. The Blackphone, an international partnership with Silent Circle and…

Video Recommendation Comes To Mobile

In September StumbleUpon purchased 5by, a video recommendation service that was in its early stages of forming. Now the app is out in the open for both Android and iOS devices. It’s designed to get users to watch videos quickly and easily by taking into account the…

The Trigger CES: Marco Carnevale, GM