Audio tags are looking more and more like the new QR code — not only are they way less ugly than those jagged black-on-white squares, but you don’t need to take a picture of anything in order for them to work. (See also: Shazam and the Super Bowl.)
Since I was a young man, I’ve looked up to Weird Al Yankovic as a paragon of punny goofs. But today, with the release of his Lady Gaga parody video, I’m forced to see him in a different light. One with a lot of skin.
You can use tesla coils to play pretty much any song, whether it’s the Mario Bros or Doctor Who themetunes. You can even play Poker Face, as this video demonstrates.
When Amazon started selling Lady Gaga’s album for $US0.99 the other day, there was no doubt it would stand to lose millions. The total today, we now know, is about $US3.2 million. This was still a good move for Amazon.
At an hour in length, this Lady Gaga sit-down with Google is hardly worktime viewing. But bookmark it for later, and you can see Google’s Marissa Mayer chatting to her about her rise in fame – and how Google’s helped.
Turns out Lady Gaga has some modicum of taste, as she’s suing the London ice cream parlour for using her name and likeness when selling their “Baby Gaga” breast milk icecream.