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Thoughts on Geolocation, Privacy, And The Advancement Of Technology

May 6, 2011 in convergence,digital matters,discourse with 571 Comments

Apple and Google are both being sued under the recent discovery that the iPhone and Android smartphones track users wherever they go. 

Apple stated that they have never tracked users’ locations, but admitted to a bug that inherently collects user data by logging a complete history of travels by way of timestamped latitude and longitude. This week, they announced a software update that prevents the iPhone and iPad from storing these movements.

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Music Video as Interactive Art: Arcade Fire

August 30, 2010 in bands,content,convergence,digital matters,internet,participation,video with 556 Comments

Arcade Fire, seminal indie band with the #7 record in the country (previously at #1), has teamed up with director Chris Milk and the good folks over at Google Chrome Experiments to create an interactive music video for the single We Used To Wait.

The first of it’s kind, the video utilizes Google maps + HTML 5 video, audio and canvas to present a multi-window, choreographed experience.

Simply enter the address of the house you grew up in and the feature takes it from there.

The experience was designed to work in Google Chrome, but seems to work in Safari too.

I’d rather not spoil anything – check it out for yourself, here!

http://www.arcadefire.com

http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire