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The emails sent by Apple to consumers are riddled with trademark characteristics, including multiple ‘Calls To Action,’ as well as the beloved ‘Hero Shot.’ Here is a breakdown of each of these characteristics and a summary of their general purpose.

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The Twitwee Clock designed and crafted by Haroon Baig is a modified Cuckoo Clock that wirelessly connects to the internet and constantly checks for new tweets, updates or search results displayed on the built in small LED screen that’s hooked into twitter API.

The Cuckoo Clock buzzes when there are any new tweets for the user in his personal timeline, provided “TwitweeClock” as a feed into the tweet display, which will initiate the connection to the cuckoo clock, and thus make the cuckoo pop out, signal you and displayed on the built in screen

So as this clock goes ahead to justify the twitter passion, the clock is configured with a Linux operating system by Chumby Industries and a flash lite player, while its controlled by Arduino Board.

For more information please visit the project page: haroonbaig.com/projects/TwitweeClock

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If you have an old hardcover book that’s gathering dust in the basement and you never plan to read it again, turn it into a hollow book and then use that secret compartment as a safe to hide your cash, cellphone or any other valuable items.

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Make Magazine covered this trick in 2006 and it has become quite popular since then. If you don’t have the time to create a hollow book on your own, you can even order one online from Amazon.com.

Anyway, coming back to the iPad, the folks at CarryPad have come up with a brilliant idea – they suggest using an hollow book as a case for the Apple iPad.

The technique is more or less the same but you need to careful when choosing the book for the iPad case – it should have proper padding around the sides and the thickness of the book pages should be enough to support your iPad. Thanks Sumocat.

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The iPad is this photograph is facing down but you can even invert the device and the hollow book case will then prevent your iPad back from getting scratches.

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BrushBoarding is the new way of helping snowboarders and surfers to brush up on their skills.

The sport is still very new to the UK, only introduced a year ago, and is proving very popular with snowboarders who want to practise year-round in the warm and dry.

It is also a way of getting board sports into the inner cities, enabling children to have fun in a safe environment.
The brush ramp is typically the same shape as a quarter-pipe skate ramp with a moving surface of soft brushes that push the rider upward.

BrushBoarding has been invented and developed by Kyle Dent, managing director of Extreme Sports Zone Ltd UK, based in Topsham. Dent's passions for surfing and skateboarding grew while growing up in Australia. He then developed his skills while owning and managing a successful construction company for over 10 years, skills now directed towards Extreme Sports Zone and the implementation of BrushBoarding to an international level and sport.

At the moment the only place in the world to practise BrushBoarding is at the BrushBoarding Head Quarters in Exeter, Devon. Installations of brush ramps are planned to be rolled out at centres focused on having a unique fitness attraction and will be sweeping across the UK this year. The mobile brush ramps also will also be at many events across the UK and Europe in 2010, so keep a lookout.

Extreme Sports works closely with the Devon School Partnership to promote BrushBoarding as an exciting cross training activity for youngsters. BrushBoarding is suitable for all ages with the youngest BrushBoarder at 3 years old and the oldest at 67, to date.

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Voice app provider Truphone is releasing an updated app for Android which is compatible with Google’s Nexus One handset. That makes it the first VoIP client for that phone. In fact it turns out the Nexus One is going to be very important to Truphone’s overall strategy.

The update for Android device (version 3.0.2) also makes Truphone compatible with the T-Mobile Pulse, taking it to five Android devices now. Truphone worked closely with Google on the app.

It’s the latest in a line of new moves by the UK-based company, which a year ago was not looking quite so happy. Revenues from VOIP calls are still a tough nut to crack and although Truphone has a great tech-focused team, until recently it lacked business and commercial savvy. The arrival of new – ex-Yahoo mobile- CEO Geraldine Wilson in late 2008 has stabilised the company and set it on firmer footing, although the jury is still out on whether VOIP apps really do end up getting anywhere in a market which likes “free”.

Crucial to Truphone’s strategy however is the gradual emergence – especially in the U.S. – of mobile phones not locked to a carrier. If you can swap out the SIM card you can capture a market. That’s why Google’s Nexus One could be the start of a hugely important era for VOIP startups like Truphone. And here’s further evidence why:

This week Truphone announced a strategic MVNO partnership with Vodafone UK. It will rebrand Vodafone UK’s network for the Truphone Local Anywhere customers of its SIM-based mobile service. It also launched a new iPhone app for global calling. Other regional MVNO deals are in the offing.

The service allows customers to make use of local rates in countries where Truphone has wholesale partnerships. They also have the option of having local mobile numbers for those countries all on a single SIM. For those countries where Truphone does not have operator agreements, Truphone Local Anywhere offers roaming rates that can be 40 percent cheaper than standard mobile operator charges and international call at up to 90 percent cheaper.

Truphone also has an app which works on the iPod Touch, effectively turning it into a phone.

From: TechCrunch Europe