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Windows Phone 7 Series
Posted by: | CommentsEarlier this week, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft unveiled “Windows Phone 7 Series“. This new phone, which Microsoft is targeting to unleash by the 2010 holiday season, will take a stab at the iPhone and its market by providing
- a completely new user experience (a Zune HD like experience)
- extensive integration with social networks, such as facebook
- video, music and photo aggregation/mashup like abilities
- office productivity tools
- integration with zune (videos & music) and xbox live (games)
- GPS, maps, search
- and many more features ……
Windows Phone 7 Series Demo
Behind the Desgin
We are only 2 months into 2010 and it seems that this year, Microsoft is going all outs in the Mobile and Gaming Markets, both of which will get hit by critical products during 2010 holiday season:
As a End User: Make sure not be naughty this year. And if you are reading this blog post Santa, I promise to be a good developer (commenting my code) and a good individual (helping others).
As a Developer: Make sure to stay connected to the latest and try to attend MIX10 Conference where they will release further details on not only ”Windows Phone 7 Series”, but also Microsoft’s broad web platform and tools that help bring together the clients, servers and cloud services needed for creating great rich web applications.
A very exciting year for both Users and Developers. 
2010, the year of creating exceptional user experiences across all devices.
Finally Liveblogging the Final BlogPotomac
Posted by: | CommentsWell folks, here it is. We are in the lovely State Theatre in Falls Church, VA, and BlogPotomac has officially started. Keep up with what’s going on here, and search the hashtag #blogpotomac on Twitter.
Our event emcees are Shonali Burke, Principal of Shonali Burke Consulting, and DC Hughes, Photojournalist/Multimedia Producer for Lemur News Images and Lemur News Audio.
Shonali Burke & DC Hughes
Shonali Burke & DC Hughes
Beth Kanter
Our first speaker is Beth Kanter, Scholar in Residence, The Packard Foundation. Beth’s first foray into social media included her own blog, and the Cambodia4Kids.Org blog.
Throughout her time in the field, Beth noted four themes in Social media:
- Working in a networked way
- Art of Network Weaving
- Transparency
- Creating a social culture in the organization (behind the firewall)
My favorite of those is network weaving! What is Network-weaving? It is working through a network in a way that makes every node within that network stronger by way of each other node. A sort of Rhizomatic growth, that is, growth where every bud within the organism receives nourishment from the other buds.
Key takeaways from her talk:
- We need to work within our network so it can spread and grow.
- We need to learn and play within transparency.
- We need to work with our clients and our organizations as change agents within the firewall.
- Management should become comfortable with being uncomfortable.
X-Life Games surpasses 2,000 registered gamers!
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MetroStar Systems is pleased to announce that our X-Life Games project has now surpassed 2,000 registered gamers from all around the world! Our registered gamers represent 99 different countries and many more different cultures.
Here’s a list of the Top 5 countries and gamers representing X-Life Games:
- Egypt 438
- Indonesia 323
- USA 214
- Lebanon 131
- Jordan 110
We are thrilled about the support from all of our fans from around the world after just 6 months. X-Life Games launched in March 2009 as a pilot project for the U.S. Department of State. It is a free mobile phone game designed and developed by MetroStar Systems’ New Media Technology team and X-Life Games LLC. The game features role-playing, trivia challenges, and adventures around the world. Our mission is to encourage understanding between different cultures in a fun and engaging way. Visit http://www.xlifegames.com for more info and to download the free mobile games.
You can also keep in touch with the X-Life Games community through our Facebook Fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/xlifegames.community) and follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/xlifegames).
X-Life Games presents the “Who Am I?” Poetry Contest
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Today, X-Life Games launches the “Who Am I?” Poetry Contest. The contest encourages you to use poetry to describe yourself on a global level while sharing ideas of tolerance and respect for other cultures, societies, and environments around the world.
“X-Life Games has been such a fun and educational experience thus far for everybody involved, and we wanted to figure out a way to celebrate this success,” said Daniel Nguyen, Community Manager of X-Life Games. “By coordinating the Poetry Contest, we reward our fans with a challenge that yields fun and exciting prizes, as well as continues promoting cultural unification and understanding through the X-Life Games modules.”
Submissions for the contest will be accepted until midnight on Sunday October 4th. The VIP Judging panel, featuring MetroStar Systems executives and two professors from Georgetown University, will select finalists. Then there will be a public voting period beginning Tuesday, October 13 that will ultimately decide the winners.
Prizes:
- 1st Prize: Apple iTouch for 1st place winner & $1,000.00 USD donated on behalf of the winner to a charity of the winner’s choice*
- 2nd Prize: Apple iPod Nano for 2nd place winner & $500.00 USD donated on behalf of the winner to a charity of the winner’s choice*
- 3rd Prize: Apple iPod Shuffle for 3rd place winner & $250.00 USD donated on behalf of the winner to a charity of the winner’s choice*
*MetroStar Systems will provide a list of acceptable charities that the winners can select from to have the respective prize donation donated on the winner’s behalf
The contest will use Wildfire App’s Promotions application and will be hosted on the X-Life Games fanpage on Facebook. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/xlifegames.community for complete details, rules, and to enter the contest.
MetroStar’s X-Life Games Blogged by ZDNet
Posted by: | CommentsThis morning, ZDNet’s Between The Lines Blog wrote a blog post, “Tech startup creates State Dept.-approved educational games for Middle East“, about MetroStar Systems’ free mobile games project X-Life Games.
We welcome your comments letting us know your thoughts on the article and the overall concept of the game. You can also join in the conversation at our X-Life Games Facebook Fanpage. 
