September 22, 2009

Last week, to relatively little fan fare, metaio officially announced the launch date of junaio, its mobile augmented reality platform – according to the company, they will officially release a first version exclusively for the iPhone on Nov 2 with roll-outs for Android and Symbian platforms soon after. So, what’s the big deal?

By combining innovative online and mobile technologies, junaio will allow users to see location-based content through the display of a mobile device. Users can leave traces, messages or objects and visually interact with their friends or anyone else in the world. Already existing web services can be enhanced and completely new ways of interaction can be created. Whether it is social networks, multimedia content or game concepts – virtually anything can be embedded in the real world and connected to a certain place. See more details here or jump to www.metaio.com

Another Twitter Tip for ya… the art of the Re-Tweet (RT). Twitter is all about sharing and there’s no better way to share your goodies than via the Re-Tweet (i.e. by re-tweeting or re-posting something fabulous that one of your followers shared with you). anyone can re-post or re-tweet, however, getting your tweets picked-up and shared by your followers is somewhat of an art. Enter the art of the Re-Tweet and 9 proven ways to help you get re-tweeted (thanks to FastCompany for this one and my cool, Twitter pal @Gypsybandito and Yes, I did re-tweet this!))

Fast Company has shared some fabulous research done on this topic by Dan Zarella in this article, I suggest you give it a read and take into consideration some of the awesome tips the author shares. Dan tells us if you want to get Re-Tweeted you should consider:

sharing links and definitely use a URL shortener, but not just any shortening app!
consider using some very re-tweetable words
avoid least re-tweetable “ing” words
use syllables and be smart
avoid the semi-colon!
Use nouns man!
Don’t cuss and stiffle your emotions
Friday afternoon is prime time!

See the article HERE and please, Re-Tweet details of this blog posting!