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Amnesia Razorfish Announces Gesture Sharing for Smartphones and Tablets using Microsoft Surface (Press Release)

by eunmac on January 25, 2011

Amnesia Razorfish today announced the launch of Amnesia Connect – a software breakthrough, which allows instant and seamless sharing and transfer of any content such as photos, music or embedded apps between multiple handheld devices using a Microsoft Surface table using a single gesture.

Launched today, Amnesia Razorfish Connect can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/18859503 and there is more information on the software at: www.amnesiarazorfish.com.au/

Amnesia Razorfish Connect has been developed entirely in-house at Amnesia Razorfish by the creative and emerging technology teams.

Following months of research and development, Amnesia Razorfish has replaced the typical ‘send and receive’ interface with a more natural ‘gesture-based’ interface. A smartphone owner can now move their content freely between two devices by simply dragging content off their phone onto a Microsoft Surface Table and back onto another device instantly.

Amnesia Razorfish Founder and Executive Creative Director Iain McDonald said: “The previous barriers which stood in the way of getting content on or off your phone have been completely removed with this software.

“In the past device integration like this has been mainly confined to Hollywood movies or smoke and mirror demos, so we set ourselves the challenge of making it real.

“It took a while to crack, but the result speaks for itself – all the buttons are gone and sharing content is now completely instinctive. In a world where smartphones are becoming omnipresent, this kind of software opens another world of ideas for brands.”

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The smartphone user can transfer new free or commercial content from the table by dragging it directly to their phone with a single swipe – then before full transfer takes place, a preview instantly visible as a live motion tracked ‘lens preview’ through the phone display – similar to an X-ray through to the table.

For example, in less than a few seconds a photo can be taken on one device and dragged effortlessly onto the Surface table and then directly onto another device running on Amnesia Connect software.

“The new software promises a range of new possibilities for the retail and hospitality industries in particular. In the near future we envisage a Smartphone user being to complete commercial transactions for both physical and digital content,” McDonald said.

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The Amnesia Connect software works with all Apple IOS devices and is being further developed to work seamlessly with Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry Smartphones.
Amnesia Razorfish Connect utilises a range of technologies including Wi-Fi, proximity detection, unique ID and phone accelerometer, depending on the type of phone and location.

For in-store transactions, NFC (Near-Field-Communications) has been proposed as one of several possibilities for payment transactions, although a pre-authenticated user account with credit card details could also be used.

Amnesia Connect has also been developed to work with the new Microsoft Surface 2.0 table, that was announced at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show.

Amnesia Razorfish Managing Director Michael Buckley said that Amnesia Connect is available immediately for the agency’s clients to utilise in projects and added existing clients that had seen the application were ‘very excited’.

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Jobs: Creative genius required

by amnesia on February 15, 2010

We’re after a creative to come up with brilliant digital ideas.

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Razorfish and Digitas to share back-office resources

by amnesia on December 4, 2009

Message from Razorfish President of Asia Pac, Lee Sherman:

“Six weeks into the Razorfish acquisition by Publicis, the integration planning is complete, and I have to say that I’m impressed with the speed and thoughtfulness of this work. The mantra throughout the process was to organize to bring the greatest possible service and value to clients. One aspect of the integration plan that had the potential to trip us up was how to best use the new-found digital scale of Digitas and Razorfish to benefit clients. We landed upon a solution whereby the two brands would combine back-office services, such as Finance, HR, IT Support, real estate, etc. in order to gain efficiency, which allow us to make further investments in critical client-facing roles.

How does this translate locally to Digitas and Amnesia Razorfish in Australia? Well, the most obvious impact will be around facilities. Amnesia Razorfish is very likely moving locations to Walsh Bay to be near our sister agency(s) allowing us to combine the back-office functions mentioned above. Additionally, Digitas can tap into the best of breed talent of Amnesia Razorfish to service clients as the Digitas brand expands in Australia. Naturally, we will maintain the integrity of the two separate brands, making all collaborative work completely transparent to the client. I’m extremely pleased with these developments all around, and look forward to putting this plan into motion.”

-Lee.

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Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report

by amnesia on July 14, 2009

It’s been over six months in development but this week has seen the release of the inaugural issue of Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing report.

Why did we create this report? There’s a lot of fluffy thinking and hype surrounding social media and this report highlights how Social Influence Marketing encompasses every part of marketing and every dimension of an organisation, as well providing a new metric for the measurement of SIM

You can download the full report here or view it on Slideshare, but here are the highlights

Social Influence Marketing Survey – By Shiv Singh

The study, which consists of a Razorfish survey of 1,000 consumers, examines the importance of social media and social influencers in consumer purchasing decisions. Results show that traditional top-down marketing will become increasingly ineffective as the importance of social media grows.

If a brand provides current, relevant content, consumers will engage with it. Survey results show that consumers are willing to stay actively involved with a brand on social networks if the brand gives them a reason to do so.

Brands need to understand the different roles influencers play throughout the purchase decision. They must identify which type of influencer – offline peers, blogs, anonymous reviews, etc. – is most affecting their customer’s brand affinity and purchase intent. This group will change as the consumer moves through the marketing funnel.

Measuring Social Influence Marketing, introducing the SIM score – By Shiv Singh

The old ways of measuring brand strength don’t effectively take into account conversations that consumers have about a brand. The SIM Score is a new index Razorfish developed to determine how a brand is being talked about online. Two factors – a brand’s “reach” and “likeability” – were used to establish the company’s SIM Score relative to its competitors.

This report determined a SIM Score of 5-6 companies within four industries- financial services, pharmaceuticals, media and auto.

With the help of TNS Cymfony and the Keller Fay Group, Razorfish also accounted for offline influence like word-of-mouth data in calculating the SIM score.

We believe the SIM Score could become something akin to the Net Promoter Score.

Complementing the report is a number of essays from the folks at Razorfish on the Future of Social Influence Marketing

- Can social ads do better than display ads? – By Chris Bowler

- Viral marketing through social: No free lunch – By Greg Pomaro

- Have social graph, Will travel – By Andrea Harrison

- Social media: The last quarter mile of customer relationship management – By David Baker

- Ten ways to make the Twitterverse work for you brand – By Diana Stepner

Please feel free to contact us with any questions relating to the report and we would love to get your feedback. Enjoy! @carlmoggy

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Amnesia Razorfish is Hiring

by amnesia on July 7, 2009

We’ve told you we’re growing yes, and now we have a short description of all the roles we have on offer!
Take a gander at all the roles below and don’t be afraid to pass them on if you know some awesome people who might be right for us.

The positions we are currently recruiting for are:

Group Account Director

Coming on board as our new GAD (Client Services), your core focus is to manage our awesome Account Directors and Account Managers who are responsible for deliverables across all accounts. Having 8-10 years experience in marketing and client management under your belt, we can rely on you to keep clients close and generate revenue so that we can continue hiring.

Senior Account Manager

We’re looking for some strong Senior Account Managers to join our Client Services team. Help Amnesia Razorfish grow and develop solid relationships with clients and manage day-to-day account service. [click to continue…]

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Razorfish Emerging Experiences blog and labs

by eunmac on May 22, 2009

If you’re into the next generation of devices, technology, multi-touch – check out the new Razorfish blog ‘Emerging Experiences’ – http://emergingexperiences.com – there’s some really fascinating content to explore. As we move from the GUI (Graphic User Interface) to the NUI (Natural User Interface) this is great first look into what’s coming.

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Razorfish TweetDoubler – Amazing Twitter tool that allows twice the character count

by eunmac on April 1, 2009

We’re pretty excited here in Australia to be the first people globally to talk about a new text compression technology just released by Razorfish, one of the worlds largest digital agencies. The Razorfish guys in white coats have developed a compression algorithm that works on text, a bit like the way jpeg compresses an image – which means HUGE news for everyone using Twitter.

Try it now! www.tweetdoubler.com

Twitter normally only allows 140 characters. This Razorfish web application allows you type DOUBLE the normal amount.

You simply enter the text (up to 280 characters) – the compression takes about half a second, next your compressed tweet is sent out (under 140 chars) and then automatically decompressed as the end user views the message. It’s so simple, it’s hard to believe nobody has done this before.

We believe that in the future we can optimise the algorithm, potentially allowing 1000 characters to be compressed to inside Twitter’s limits of 140 characters. This first round of beta testing will provide us with enough data to push limits in the future.

Razorfish Credits:
Thanks to the globally coordinated team who have worked around the clock to bring this to life. Make sure you say Hi to them on Twitter:

Olaf Prilo (@olafprilo) – Independent Science and Maths Consultant.
Iain McDonald (@eunmac) – Creative Director.
Stephan Lange (@Maniac13) – Project Co-ordination.
Chris Saunders (@thesaund) – Lead Coder.
Michael Kliennman – Lead Design.
Shiv Singh – (@shivsingh) Social Media Director.
David Deal (@davidjdeal) – Marketing Director.

Please note this is a beta version open for testing for today only. Enjoy & have a wonderful day

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Amnesia Razorfish – the rebrand

by eunmac on October 20, 2008

Yes, digital agency Amnesia has changed it’s name – from something unforgettable, to something unpronounceable. (It’s fun – say it three times really fast). For those who don’t know our history, digital agency Amnesia (Sydney) was acquired two years ago by Avenue A Razorfish who were themselves acquired by Microsoft in 2007.

The short is – they’re a great brand, and we also like ours …so the result is: