Here are today’s top stories:
Mikogo Smell Sharing: New Feature “TelSmell” Transmits Scents via PC from Mikogo.com
[Finally, my most-wanted feature in screensharing apps is finally here! Sure, I’ve been a big advocate of financial advisers using screensharing and virtual meetings for years, but these interactive meetings were always missing one critical element of the engagement: odor. Thankfully the innovative crew at Mikogo has figured out the complicated science of transmitting scents over the Internet and has wrapped up this technology in an easy-to-use USB device. I just ordered mine today!] Mikogo, a global solution provider of online meetings, today introduced a new feature providing participants of online meetings and presentations with not only desktop sharing but also the sharing of fragrances. Fresh coffee, summer rain outside the office window or a colleague’s perfume, the smell sharing feature “TelSmell” transfers scents and odors easily between the remote computers in real-time.
Google Nose Beta from Google
[The folks at Mikogo aren’t the only ones experimenting with scents. Google just unveiled its latest search enhancement, Google Nose. This will work great with my new USB dongle!] The new scentsation in search. Coming to your senses: go beyond type, talk, and touch for a new notation of sensation.
Welcome to Concatually! from Contactually.com
[Another service I’m using daily, Contactually, is also out with news today. However, it’s not news of the innovative variety, but rather the service has been taken over by cats. Oh my! Check out my screengrab below.] You may have noticed something a little different this morning when trying to follow up with your contacts: Contactually has been taken over. And no, not by extraterrestrials. Not by the Alexander the Great, either (although we’d prefer either). We fell subject to an even greater foe: cat sorcerers.
YouTube’s ready to select a winner from Google (see below)
[In another shocker, Google just announced that it is closing its YouTube “best video” contest after 10 years of uploaded content. Now Google’s minions will retreat to a cave for another 10 years to decide which one really is the #bestvideo on YouTube.] Thanks for all your great entries. YouTube finally has enough videos to begin selecting a winner. What do you think is the #bestvideo on YouTube?
Introducing Gmail Blue from Google
[Again, the geniuses at Google are bringing email into the 21st century! It’s all blue!]
