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Proximity BBDO asks... What's the point of Social Networks?

Here's a translated English UK video from ProximityBBDO France tries to answer the question as to what's the point of social networks? The firm uses humor to promote their "LikeBox" package that helps guide would be new users as to what is and how to use Facebook, twitter, foursquare. 
Original French version.
Source: YouTube

Geek Pickup Line

"Hi, is your name Google?
"Uh, no...why?
"Because you're all I'm searching for"

thanks Dany

Ikea Bäbby

Pretty simple to follow.  The more you know... 

Enthiran

What’s Enthiran (also known as Robot)? It’s the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. The video above is the last ten minutes of the film and has the most mind boggling insane CG sequences I’ve ever seen.
Go here if you want to know what the movie is about.

History of Gaming (Video)

Been meaning to post this one for a while. The video is a university project by game design students in Munich. The film paints a very broad picture of the evolution of video games. According to game design student Florian Smolka the (almost) single shot film was made in a very short time frame.

Here's a rundown of all the games that appear in the film.

1. Tennis for Two, Oscilloscope, 1958
2. Pac-Man, Arcade, 1980
3. Donkey Kong, NES, 1980
4. Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega Genesis, 1991
5. Street Fighter II, SNES, 1991
6. Super Mario 64, Nintendo 64, 1996 
7. Final Fantasy VII, Sony Playstation, 1997
8. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, Sony Playstation 2. 2002
9. Ecco the Dolphin, Sega Dreamcast, 2000
10. Super Smash Bros. Melee, Nintendo Game Cube, 2001
11. Wii Sports Golf, Nintendo Wii, 2006
12. God of War III, Sony Playstation 3, 2010
13. Rock Band, XBox 360, 2008

I can think of quite a few games and consoles that should have been included as well as the latest in terms of gesture and mobile games. The gang behind the video is quite aware of this but it doesn't prevent us from liking the video and in the end it does what its meant to by giving us a small insight into the history and evolution of video games.  Great work guys!

Star Trek Girl (Video)

I think I'm in love.
Video by Meekakitty
Download song here.
Source: io9

Sony announces the NGP

Early this morning (1am Eastern) Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. held a press conference in Tokyo to announced the next generation portable entertainment system (codenamed: NGP) or what everone has been calling the PSP2

Its due to be launched at the end of 2011. Here's what Sony's given us right in terms of info for now.

Key NGP features:

• Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display
• Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device
• Dual analog sticks
• Two cameras (front and rear)
• Software titles on small, dedicated flash memory-based cards
• Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass
• Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity
• PlayStation Network access, including ““LiveArea™”, “Near” and “Activity” log features Trophy Support
• NGP will be able to play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store.

Here are the specs.

CPU	ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPU	SGX543MP4+
External Dimensions	Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
Screen (Touch screen)	5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad	Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras	Front camera, Rear camera
Sound	Built-in stereo speakers Built-in microphone
Sensors	Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
Location	Built-in GPS Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / Switches	PS button Power button Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left) Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square) Shoulder buttons (Right/Left) Right stick, Left stick START button, SELECT button Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless communications	Mobile network connectivity (3G) IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode) Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）

Software Franchises shown or talked about at PlayStation Meeting 2011 (titles are not final)

• Killzone
• Uncharted
• WipEout
• LittleBigPlanet
• Call of Duty
• Resistance
• Little Deviants
• Hot Shots Golf
• Reality Fighters
• Gravity Daze
• Smart As
• Broken
• Hustle Kings

No pricing details yet but considering its Sony I'm thinking it will be upwards of $300. I'm not a big portable gaming fan, never got a PSP or DS and although the specs are pretty impressive it won't make me dive in. I get all the portable gaming I need from my iPhone. More pictures are available via Sony's Flickr. Here's the official press release. 

Source: Playstation Blog

Gmail application to prevent you from emailing your Ex.

Respect to the first person to make this app for real.

Source: kuvaton

Cute girl and dad cover "Home" on Ellen

In case you missed the boat, here's the original video of Jorge & Alexa Narvaez covering Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros' single "Home". Now watch their performance on the Ellen show. Goddammit people, start recording those kids!

Pale Kid Raps Fast

George Watsky show's us his skills.
Source: Reddit