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NS (Dutch National Railway company) offers current local news in train

People traveling by train between Zwolle and Kampen will now be kept up to date of the local news and the most current travel-information like arrival and departure dates, and delays of trains to Zwolle.

Robot conducts orchestra

Honda's robot Asimo has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Interactive mirrors in shop window

This German movie features mirrors in a German shop window that react to passers-by. A form of augmented reality.

Schouwburg Almere (Theatre Almere) has a virtual queue

Theatre lovers can sign up for a virtual queue on the website of the Schouwburg Almere. They'll be given a text message when it's their turn. The text message is free and contains a log-in code for the website. This means that the consumer is no longer forced to stay behind their own computer, but can finish their order on any computer. People who aren't in the vicinity of a useable computer at the time they receive the text message can log in at a later date and won't lose their 'turn'. It is possible that the show of their choice is sold out by then, though.

The Schouwburg Almere has a reservation system with which the visitor can choose his or her own seats for a show. On the internet they can see which seats are still available on a seating plan. They can also reserve still-available seats.

Making and selling your own games for the Wii

Since recently you can make and sell your own games for the Nintendo Wii. Developers can use the WiiWare service to develop games for the Wii. Then the games can be sold and spread through the WiiShop Channel. This means developers no longer need huge budgets to bring their game to the consumer.

India: 250 million cell phone users

At the end of February 2008 India had a good 250 million cell phone users. The US has a good 260 million users. India has a monthly average of 8.5 million new subscribers to cell phone plans. In the US the number rises with approx. 2 million people a month.

CBS and civilian journalism

With CBSeyemobile.com from the American broadcasting company CBS users can upload their photos and videos directly from their mobile phone.

NOS puts directing in the hands of the viewer

NOS (Dutch broadcasting company) has conducted an experiment in which the viewer was given the chance to direct the Amstel Gold Race. The viewer could choose between different cameras to follow the cycling race.

Moviq lets you flirt with your house

Dutch housing site Moviq lets you 'flirt' with your house. You can set your house to 'flirt' and people searching for a house can make an offer. You don't have to accept, just like you don't have to accept an offer in a real flirt.

Movies from now on available on iTunes and DVD

From now on, movies in America can be bought both as a direct download and on DVD. To start with, all the movies of the bigger companies (20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios, Sony Pictures and the slightly smaller Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios) will be made available on iTunes.

Barbie.com gets paid content

On Barbie.com young girls can get premium content and experiences if they get a paid account.

Miljoenhuizen (Millionhouses)

Housing site Miljoenhuizen.nl (millionhouses) shows houses that have been for sale for a specific period. It has, for example, the ability to show only those houses that have been for sale for over half a year, or have been added just under a week ago. The archive offers all 750.000 houses (in the Netherlands) that have been for sale since May 2005. A so-called heat-map shows in one glance where the market is tense and where it's going downhill.

Amazon launches MP3 widget

Amazon.com has launched an MP3 widget, a small piece of software that people can place on their website, through which the people can promote music and on top of that, if a site-visitor decides to buy the song or album, they can make a little money. After placing the code, an image, for example the accompanying image here, will automatically appear on the site.

Self-assembling robot

A team from the university of Pennsylvania has developed a robot that can reassemble itself when it's in pieces. The different parts search for one another, recognize one another and reassemble.

Transferable profiles on Facebook

Facebook-users will soon be able to use their profile data on other sites. With a click of the button users will be able to add their profile data to all the websites that participate in different projects of the two community sites.

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