Happy 2009 to all our readers! Things were a bit strange technologically over the last few weeks. For those who have noticed slight improvements in server speeds, your imagination is not playing tricks on you. The Lucire site is indeed faster, but to get here, we had to go to a new machine, change […]
New technologies from BMW at LA Auto Show
BMW will present a some of its new technologies at the Los Angeles Auto Show this year. The new shape some BMW fans will want to see will be the 7-series, which will also appear at the show as an Active Hybrid concept. We’ve video of some of the other technologies that BMW will be […]
Changes coming to the Lucire forum
We may be making some big changes to the Lucire forum this month. Once called StyleTalk, the forum has gone through quite a few incarnations, and its heyday was in 2003 when it was receiving tens of thousands of visitors regularly. But with blogs becoming the norm, more successful forums opening up elsewhere, a […]
Sony Ericsson’s FanWalk brings MTV and Walkmans together
Sony Ericsson and MTV have hosted a FanWalk, where 100 music lovers from Europe, the Middle East and Africa participated in a nine-day, 400 km pilgrimage from London to Liverpool from October 29. The 100 were selected from 3,000 applicants who uploaded an online casting video to fanwalk.tv. They have been uploading personal daily […]
We’ve added a small image to the right of the ‘Insider’ page for cellphones equipped with a camera and a QR code reader. Developed by Denso of Japan, the image contains information on the Lucire ‘Insider’ section, for those who wish to browse this part of the site on their cellphones. We’re gradually sorting out […]
Niue levels the playing field through Seekom
[Cross-posted] My friends Nicky and Simon at Seekom have a great new announcement. I have known about this for some time, but the embargo came off today. Imagine: a New Zealand company developing real-time booking software for the tourism industry of an entire country, in this case, Niue. The UNDP, which provided some of […]
