Blippar

Blippar™ is the first image-recognition phone app aimed at bringing to life real-world newspapers, magazines, products and posters with exciting augmented reality experiences and instantaneous content.  The company launched in the UK in the Summer of 2011 and will be expanding globally throughout 2012. 


Asos Magazine March edition utilised the blippar platform to add an interactive layer to their editorial pages allowing users to 'blipp' items of clothing and see them from all angles with a 'one-click' buy mechanic. Users were also given access to exclusive video content.


Blippar has helped Mercedes-Benz create the world’s first ever augmented reality advertising campaign in car showrooms as part of the ‘Escape The Map’ campaign. The TV ad for the campaign was launched during the weekend, following character Marie as she becomes trapped in her C63 AMG Coupé car in a version of Streetview.


Have a look at what is possible in this video.

NANHI KALI - A GIRL STORY

A Girl Story is a unique donation-based film series that combines technology, film and storytelling to shed light on the global challenge of educating young girls. The animated, emotional story follows the path of a young Indian girl named Tarla who wants to go to school to better her life. Whether she succeeds, however, is completely up to you because Tarla's story progresses only by audience donations that unlock new chapters within the YouTube film series. To ensure a smooth, filmic quality, each YouTube video is programmed to allow Tarla to seamlessly transition from one frame to the next. 

A Girl Story has created a sustainable effort that people can belong to and share, as they become a part of an organization currently supporting 10 years of education for 58,000 young girls.

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CC Skydive Team

So the long awaited Skydive session happened on the 3rd of May. This was a company incentive that was held at the end of the team building outing we did the previous year!

Dale Ashwell, Mohammed Al Fahel, Claire Brimacombe, Raji Joy John, Mario Christopher, Jude Christopher

The Skydive Dubai staff were very professional in getting us up to speed on the do's and don'ts of skydiving. Before too long we were almost super human. The experience was literally out of this world! Some of us will be doing it again for sure!!

Mario Christopher with Skydive Master Freddy doing a tandem dive with the Palm Jumeirah in the background.

The view from up there is simply breath taking. The Palm Jumeirah, the Marina, JBR and all the supporting buildings seemed so irrelevant from 10,000 ft above. The sound that silence makes, or the lack of sound itself was another amazing experience!

Look & Feel

So yes we do have a new look and feel . . . . something that reflects the website. And for the blog followers, below  is a sneak peak of what the new site looks like . . . . have a closer look a few things have been added :)

Annual Investment Meeting (AIM 2012)

The Annual Investment Meeting 2012 (AIM) is an initiative from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 1 - 3, 2012 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.

 

AIM is the region's first Emerging Markets FDI-focused event to offer a perfect blend of trade fair and intellectual features aimed at enriching Institutional, corporate and individual investors attending with a comprehensive set of guidelines for their future investment decisions in high growth regions. Established as the new staple for foreign trade and FDI, AIM attracts a mix of high profile government officials, private asset owners and project promoters from all across the globe.

The three-day Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) brings together 45 ministers and deputy ministers from emerging market countries and frontier markets, along with project promotors from 60 countries, with the aim to increase bilateral trade and spur foreign direct investments.
In her opening speech of the forum, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al-Qassimi, Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), quoted the International Monetary Fund's forecast that the world economy would grow by 3.5 percent in 2012 amid a "breadth of optimism." This year's AIM is held under the topic "Financing Possibilities in Frontier and Emerging Markets."
Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and over 100 UAE dignitaries, ambassadors and CEOs were present at the inaugural session.

http://www.aimcongress.com/index.php

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