Wii for PC

Super Mario Galaxy 2 played on a PC with an Xbox 360 Controller

When Nintendo's Wii console first debuted in the winter of 2006, it took the consumer electronics market by storm.  After the lower than hoped for success rate of their previous console the Gamecube, Nintendo was able to show its investors and loyal fans that even after all these years they could still reinvent themselves.  The hook that really helped differentiate the Wii from the competition was its unique implementation of motion controls.  Motion control was such a successful feature that it allowed Nintendo to barely upgrade the hardware that powered the Gamecube and still be able to outsell Xbox 360 and PS3 for quite a few years.  If you missed the motion control fad that began with the Wii but want to give it a try now, then your PC might be the best option.  If you have a computer with a discrete graphics card, four gigabytes of ram, and a dual core processor then Dolphin emulator can bring the Wii to life on your PC in ways that surpass Nintendo's own console.

Guide Them In With Your Own Custom QR Codes

Customized Tech's custom QR Code (give it a try)

QR codes or quick response codes are a new type of matrix barcode that are quickly gaining traction all around the world.  Although they were invented in 1994, consumer technology was not yet developed enough for businesses and consumers to make good use of them.  With the advent of the smartphone age this has quickly changed and they are becoming a common sight in magazines, on billboards, and all over the internet. One common use of them is to direct you to an App's page on the Android Market.  There are many apps available on Android to scan QR codes with my favorite being QR Droid.  On iOS, QR Reader seems to be the best app for scanning QR codes although there are a great number of them available in the App Store.  Both Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry OS 7 have the ability to scan QR codes baked right into the operating system.  The Blackberry OS can scan them natively through App World and Windows Phone 7 can scan them through Bing.  While the ability to scan and use QR codes in our daily life is useful, those of us who run small businesses or blogs can make better use of them by creating our own to easily attract attention to our brands or products.