The Queue: Helping keep you happy!

Duration 03:07 min - 01 April 2011

Zagat launches a mobile Web site, a squishy dancing robot, selling your photos online, tracking your favorite bands, and how technology keeps young adults happy. www.cnettv.com TOP OF THE DAY TO YOU...HOPE IT'S A GREAT ONE. I'M RICH DEMURO AND YOU'VE FOUND YOUR WAY INTO THE QUEUE... TAMING THE WIERD AND WILD TECH WORLD SINCE 1937. LET'S GET YOU STARTED WITH YOUR MUST CLICK MOMENT! JUST TRY NOT TO CRACK A SMILE WATCHING THIS...A SIMPLE DANCING ROBOT... DON'T KNOW WHY I FIND THIS SO FUNNY... CARNEGIE MELLON AND A JAPANESE UNIVERSITY COLLABORATED TO BUILD THE SQUISHY YELLOW ROBOT CALLED KEEPON. IT MOVES IN SYNC TO MUSIC OR SOMEONE ELSE DANCING. THEY HOPE THE TECHNOLOGY MAKES ROBOTS SEEM MORE HUMAN. MORE PROOF THE DOT MOBI DOMAIN ISN'T DEAD JUST YET... ZAGAT NOW HAS A WIRELESS SITE FOR INFO AND RATINGS ON THE GO. ZAGAT DOT MOBI LETS YOU LOOK UP RESTAURANTS, NIGHTLIFE AND HOTEL INFORMATION FOR CITIES ACROSS THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD. UNLIKE THEIR DOWNLOADABLE MOBILE APP, THE SITE IS COMPATIBLE WITH ANY WEB ENABLED PHONE. A FEW COOL FEATURES ON THE LAUNCH SITE...INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO SEND THE LISTING VIA TEXT TO A FRIEND...AND A WAY TO FIND OTHER LISTINGS NEARBY. 411-STYLE INFO IS FREE - TO GET ACTUAL ZAGAT RATINGS AND REVIEWS...YOU HAVE TO PONY UP 25 BUCKS A YEAR. MOVING THROUGH THE QUEUE...PHOTOWORKS HOPES TO DO FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WHAT EBAY DID FOR COLLECTORS... BY LETTING ANYONE SELL PHOTOBOOKS. THE SITE LAUNCHING A SERVICE CALLED MY STOREFRONT... RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SELL ...