Comments on: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amazon Killing Web Services Access From Mobile Services? at aoortic! dot com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-1622962 Amazon Killing Web Services Access From Mobile Services? at aoortic! dot com Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:53:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-1622962 [...] services we’ve covered roughly in this area are a rumored Toshiba service that would push blog reviews to shoppers who take a picture of a bar code and send it in, and a [...] [...] services we’ve covered roughly in this area are a rumored Toshiba service that would push blog reviews to shoppers who take a picture of a bar code and send it in, and a [...]

]]> By: Megan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-450304 Megan Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:05:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-450304 I would just like to say how dissappointed I am with the customer service at Toshiba. I purchased A 52" DLP rear projection TV in march. The bulb blew a short time later. Now it is November, our TV went down again october 17. It is still down. Nobody at customer service has been helpful. This part has been in transit for a week. I am never ever going to but another Toshiba product because of the way I have been treated by the customer service department. this is just my way of telling people how this company works. The customer is only important until the sale is made, then everything else is a fight! I would just like to say how dissappointed I am with the customer service at Toshiba. I purchased A 52″ DLP rear projection TV in march. The bulb blew a short time later. Now it is November, our TV went down again october 17. It is still down. Nobody at customer service has been helpful. This part has been in transit for a week. I am never ever going to but another Toshiba product because of the way I have been treated by the customer service department. this is just my way of telling people how this company works. The customer is only important until the sale is made, then everything else is a fight!

]]> By: Internet Futures http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-13657 Internet Futures Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:18:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-13657 <strong>Aggregating The Edge...</strong> How can a company re-use blog content to build a new and radical business?... Aggregating The Edge…

How can a company re-use blog content to build a new and radical business?…

]]> By: Torsten http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8276 Torsten Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:28:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8276 A related project: http://www.shotcode.com/ From the website: How ShotCodes work Making ShotCodes is easy! It'll get you started in the mobile commerce in minutes!The circular sequence of black and white blocks represents a url, any url you want, for example to your products website or a point of sale. The ShotCode reader understands this code and connects the end users mobile phone to your location in three clicks or less! Billions of ShotCodes can be created, enough for all your campaigns and them some! ShotCode advantages * Especially developed for use with mobile cameraphones * Lightning fast, stable and compact client software (~18kb) * Esthetically pleasing and intriguing design * Highly recognizable * Omnidirectional * Cost effective * Created and implemented in minutes * Changes are effective immediatly A related project:
http://www.shotcode.com/

From the website:
How ShotCodes work

Making ShotCodes is easy! It’ll get you started in the mobile commerce in minutes!The circular sequence of black and white blocks represents a url, any url you want, for example to your products website or a point of sale. The ShotCode reader understands this code and connects the end users mobile phone to your location in three clicks or less! Billions of ShotCodes can be created, enough for all your campaigns and them some!
ShotCode advantages

* Especially developed for use with mobile cameraphones
* Lightning fast, stable and compact client software (~18kb)
* Esthetically pleasing and intriguing design
* Highly recognizable
* Omnidirectional
* Cost effective
* Created and implemented in minutes
* Changes are effective immediatly

]]> By: Das CIO Weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8270 Das CIO Weblog Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:45:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8270 <strong>Barcode, Handy und Weblogs: Einkaufen in Zukunft...</strong> Der japanische Konzern Toshiba arbeitet an einem Projekt, das noch dieses Jahr marktreif werden soll. Es verbindet die Barcodes an den Produkten im Geschäft, Fotohandys und Weblogs, um fundierte Einkaufsentscheidungen zu bekommen. Laut der japanischen... Barcode, Handy und Weblogs: Einkaufen in Zukunft…

Der japanische Konzern Toshiba arbeitet an einem Projekt, das noch dieses Jahr marktreif werden soll. Es verbindet die Barcodes an den Produkten im Geschäft, Fotohandys und Weblogs, um fundierte Einkaufsentscheidungen zu bekommen. Laut der japanischen…

]]> By: Sharad http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8205 Sharad Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:32:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8205 Follow the link below for Silicon Valley's own home brewed answer - nthrum. http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/gadgets/index.blog?entry_id=1296493 Follow the link below for Silicon Valley’s own home brewed answer - nthrum.

http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/g.....id=1296493

]]> By: Ivan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8140 Ivan Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:24:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8140 The concept is really neat but not that new in Europe. Bar codes and mobiles have been used for sometime for ticketing and vouchers. Device manufacturers here are also looking at near field ID techniques which may be more robust than the variable picture quality/resolution on the vastly differing range of mobile phones in the market. The concept is really neat but not that new in Europe. Bar codes and mobiles have been used for sometime for ticketing and vouchers. Device manufacturers here are also looking at near field ID techniques which may be more robust than the variable picture quality/resolution on the vastly differing range of mobile phones in the market.

]]> By: Nicole Simon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8137 Nicole Simon Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:15:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8137 Why not? Isn't structered blogging having a product review structure? :o) But before people are able to access that information, how about companies allow us more easily to blog about them? Photos we can take for reviews from different angles, logos in different resolutions etc. But I will be highly anticipating the usual tests from the blogosphere - I am not sure if Toshiba is aware about the fact what will happen if they bring back 'beautified' data. :)) Why not? Isn’t structered blogging having a product review structure? :o)

But before people are able to access that information, how about companies allow us more easily to blog about them? Photos we can take for reviews from different angles, logos in different resolutions etc.

But I will be highly anticipating the usual tests from the blogosphere - I am not sure if Toshiba is aware about the fact what will happen if they bring back ‘beautified’ data. :))

]]> By: Company To Show Shoppers Blog Reviews | Conversations in Citizen Media http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8136 Company To Show Shoppers Blog Reviews | Conversations in Citizen Media Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:11:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8136 [...] Company To Show Shoppers Blog Reviews TechCrunch: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers. There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs. Yep, Toshiba will send back summary information on how many blogs gave the product positive and negative reviews. Related product information will also be displayed. [...] [...] Company To Show Shoppers Blog Reviews TechCrunch: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers. There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs. Yep, Toshiba will send back summary information on how many blogs gave the product positive and negative reviews. Related product information will also be displayed. [...]

]]> By: Toshiba’s Move to Show Shoppers Blog Reviews | Conversations in Citizen Media http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8132 Toshiba’s Move to Show Shoppers Blog Reviews | Conversations in Citizen Media Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:47:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8132 [...] Toshiba’s Move to Show Shoppers Blog Reviews TechCrunch: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers. There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs. Yep, Toshiba will send back summary information on how many blogs gave the product positive and negative reviews. Related product information will also be displayed. [...] [...] Toshiba’s Move to Show Shoppers Blog Reviews TechCrunch: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers. There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs. Yep, Toshiba will send back summary information on how many blogs gave the product positive and negative reviews. Related product information will also be displayed. [...]

]]> By: TAD http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8131 TAD Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:47:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8131 Didn't Wired magazine already try something like that with that CAT bar-code reader? Didn’t Wired magazine already try something like that with that CAT bar-code reader?

]]> By: TechCrunch » Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers | Conversations in Citizen Media http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8130 TechCrunch » Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers | Conversations in Citizen Media Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:45:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8130 [...] TechCrunch » Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers TechCrunch: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers. There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs. Yep, Toshiba will send back summary information on how many blogs gave the product positive and negative reviews. Related product information will also be displayed. [...] [...] TechCrunch » Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers TechCrunch: Toshiba to Push Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers. There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs. Yep, Toshiba will send back summary information on how many blogs gave the product positive and negative reviews. Related product information will also be displayed. [...]

]]> By: drahy danièle http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8014 drahy danièle Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:16:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8014 We want to contact you to present our platform of geocentric centric and worldwide map data and set up a partnership with Toshiba Please contact me by mail or phone to +33 6 11 16 10 10. Best regards Danièle Drahy COO Maporama International Phone +33 6 11 16 10 10 We want to contact you to present our platform of geocentric centric and worldwide map data and set up a partnership with Toshiba
Please contact me by mail or phone to
+33 6 11 16 10 10. Best regards
Danièle Drahy
COO
Maporama International
Phone +33 6 11 16 10 10

]]> By: dan_b http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8013 dan_b Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:16:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8013 I like the idea of physical tagging, it blurs distinctions between the online and offline world which as far as I am concerned can only be a good thing. The whole thing reminds me of semacode, camera readable black and white blobs that could be translated into a url. It seems to be a big task to take one. I would have started smaller with pics of bar codes linking to a greater spec sheet and a small number of user reviews from one site. Trying to collate information from the blogosphere has been notoriously difficult.. I like the idea of physical tagging, it blurs distinctions between the online and offline world which as far as I am concerned can only be a good thing. The whole thing reminds me of semacode, camera readable black and white blobs that could be translated into a url. It seems to be a big task to take one. I would have started smaller with pics of bar codes linking to a greater spec sheet and a small number of user reviews from one site. Trying to collate information from the blogosphere has been notoriously difficult..

]]> By: Jeremie Berrebi http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8006 Jeremie Berrebi Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:43:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8006 Scanbuy.com have already launched that kind of product. Scanbuy.com have already launched that kind of product.

]]> By: SeanBohan.com » Badges? We dont need no stinkin badges » Ok Class, repeat after me… http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8000 SeanBohan.com » Badges? We dont need no stinkin badges » Ok Class, repeat after me… Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:18:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-8000 [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/   [link] [...] [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2006.....-shoppers/   [link] [...]

]]> By: nicozorn.com » Blog Archive » links for 2006-01-09 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7996 nicozorn.com » Blog Archive » links for 2006-01-09 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:28:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7996 [...] Toshiba to get Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers (tags: weblogs ecommerce mobil web20) [...] [...] Toshiba to get Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers (tags: weblogs ecommerce mobil web20) [...]

]]> By: Gregg http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7985 Gregg Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:31:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7985 It seems like it may be easier to query comments gathered in amazon, since there is already a standard identifier(AIN) and a API built on web standards. Not to take away from individual blogs but I agree that standards will be needed. ~gt It seems like it may be easier to query comments gathered in amazon, since there is already a standard identifier(AIN) and a API built on web standards. Not to take away from individual blogs but I agree that standards will be needed.
~gt

]]> By: Fabian’s Weblog » Brave new shops http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7984 Fabian’s Weblog » Brave new shops Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:16:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7984 [...] Toshiba plans to develop software that enables cell phone cameras to read bar code. The idea is as follows: You’re in a shop and not sure whether to buy a certain product or not. You use your cell phone to take a picture of the bar code label and the code gets send to a Toshiba server. 10 seconds later you receive back information about the product at hand. This would be cool enough, but the clou is that Toshiba won’t just search some premade database for information about the product, but rather search blogs for reviews about it. I have no idea of how they plan to search the blogs for this kind of information, since there is no standard format for a blogged product review - but there will be ways to do that. [...] [...] Toshiba plans to develop software that enables cell phone cameras to read bar code. The idea is as follows: You’re in a shop and not sure whether to buy a certain product or not. You use your cell phone to take a picture of the bar code label and the code gets send to a Toshiba server. 10 seconds later you receive back information about the product at hand. This would be cool enough, but the clou is that Toshiba won’t just search some premade database for information about the product, but rather search blogs for reviews about it. I have no idea of how they plan to search the blogs for this kind of information, since there is no standard format for a blogged product review - but there will be ways to do that. [...]

]]> By: Pete Cashmore http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7981 Pete Cashmore Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:20:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7981 Wow! This is encouraging. Not sure how they're extracting positive and negative reviews from unstructured text. This is definitely something that would be easier with structured blogging. Wow! This is encouraging. Not sure how they’re extracting positive and negative reviews from unstructured text. This is definitely something that would be easier with structured blogging.

]]> By: Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7980 Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:13:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7980 <strong>Toshiba To Push Blog Reviews To Prospective Customers...</strong> Interesting link from TechCruch. Apparently Toshiba is going to be using bloggers' reviews to help push products to mobile customers. Scan a bar code of a product into a cell phone via camera and the service will return how many... Toshiba To Push Blog Reviews To Prospective Customers…

Interesting link from TechCruch. Apparently Toshiba is going to be using bloggers’ reviews to help push products to mobile customers. Scan a bar code of a product into a cell phone via camera and the service will return how many…

]]> By: Basic Thinking Blog » Käufer in Echtzeit unterstützen: Toshiba greift auf Blogger Rezensionen zurück http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7979 Basic Thinking Blog » Käufer in Echtzeit unterstützen: Toshiba greift auf Blogger Rezensionen zurück Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:44:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7979 [...] via Techcrunch [...] [...] via Techcrunch [...]

]]> By: Pants on Wordpress » Blog Reviews, brought to you by Toshiba http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7977 Pants on Wordpress » Blog Reviews, brought to you by Toshiba Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:37:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7977 [...] TechCrunch: “There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs.”  This is great. Then again, it could easily ruin the blogosphere. If this service ever comes to fruition, Toshiba will have to pay close attention to their data to make sure it’s not compromised by spam. (We know what will happen otherwise.) [...] [...] TechCrunch: “There is a report that Toshiba is developing software that will allow allow people to take a picture of the bar code label of many products, send it to a related service and quickly receive back information related to the product. The data the service returns? From blogs.”  This is great. Then again, it could easily ruin the blogosphere. If this service ever comes to fruition, Toshiba will have to pay close attention to their data to make sure it’s not compromised by spam. (We know what will happen otherwise.) [...]

]]> By: Phil http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7969 Phil Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:27:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7969 Could be quite pricey to get the info for loads of products, the web 1.0 version would be a downloadable database on your phone that had all the products and votes held there - update it just before you shop. Maybe that's better in this case. Integrate it with kitchen appliance that scans the barcode of the food you eat then lets you enter a rating which is uploaded to the database, then you get the opinion of thousands of people. Could be quite pricey to get the info for loads of products, the web 1.0 version would be a downloadable database on your phone that had all the products and votes held there - update it just before you shop. Maybe that’s better in this case. Integrate it with kitchen appliance that scans the barcode of the food you eat then lets you enter a rating which is uploaded to the database, then you get the opinion of thousands of people.

]]> By: Brian Breslin http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7968 Brian Breslin Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:25:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/08/toshiba-to-get-blog-reviews-to-mobile-shoppers/#comment-7968 sounds like a lot of data to be pushing down to a mobile. good to hear people are still talking about mobile services though. sounds like a lot of data to be pushing down to a mobile. good to hear people are still talking about mobile services though.

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