Imagine watching your favorite band perform in an abandoned junkyard, a train station, an ice rink or an observatory. That’s just the kind of fan experience that Telekom brings you in the form of Street Gigs in Germany. Bands and musicians, such as Snow Patrol, Phoenix and others, that have already played at the more established music festivals and concert arenas now make their way to streets to connect with their fans. These completely free concerts take place in unconventional venues and provide an intimate surrounding for music fans. And now premiering with LiveShare, Telekom Street Gigs is giving fans even greater access to their favorite artists. To fully illustrate how cool this partnership is take a look at this trailer!

Yesterday, the self-made, world famous Milow played at the scenic Parkbad Süd in Castrop-Rauxel, which is essentially a huge open air pool. Many at the event were able to share this experience with fans everywhere by taking pictures into the “Telekom Street Gigs Milow” stream in the app during the show and uploading them to the web on liveshare.com afterwards. These pictures can also be seen on the Telekom Street Gigs facebook page. Furthermore, the three people who upload pictures with the most likes win exclusive autographed gear by Milow. Fans have till July 5th to enter their submissions for a chance to win.

And for the rest of us who aren’t lucky enough to be in Germany to witness this innovative concert, we can always rely on the “Telekom Street Gigs Milow” stream both on the web and the app to vicariously enjoy Milow and soak in this unique atmosphere!

Today we launch the world’s first LIVE Immersive 3D Ad campaign in partnership with InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile advertising network! We’ve been talking about Cooliris Immersive Ads for a while now, and we’re super excited to work with Starcom Mediavest Group, who brokered the deal, to bring cutting edge ads to mobile platforms around the world. The ad campaign, which you can see in the video below, will run on iPads in the UK until July 31, 2011. Read more about the development of Cooliris Immersive Ads after the video.

We created Immersive Ads to empower advertisers to deliver engaging, rich-media ads to mobile devices. By adding interactive 3D to the images, video and animation found in many ads, we take rich media to a new level. Like Big Game Spots (the commercials that air during the Super Bowl), consumers will enjoy and interact with Cooliris Immersive Ads without needing prior brand affinity. Our one-of-a-kind “parallax banners” immediately capture the consumer’s attention. Parallax banners feature 3D models that smoothly animate as viewers tilt their mobile devices. Unlike video or print ads, Immersive Ads let consumers drive the experience. At every turn, the consumer chooses what to explore as they tilt, pinch, swipe and zoom virtual 3D products.

With our 3D technology, consumers can select their own vantage point, interact with the scene, and view it from all angles. This enables the products to really come alive – you can actually see the shine on the glass of a phone, how the fabric of a garment hangs, and so forth. Cooliris Ads break down the barrier between viewing a product in print or online and physically evaluating the product from all sensory angles in a store. This is particularly significant for products where it’s important for the consumer to hold and feel the product – such as electronics, clothing, jewelry, etc.

Here at Cooliris, we’re all about SPEED. Cooliris Immersive Ads offer native, hardware-accelerated performance that cannot be matched by modern HTML technology, such as iAd. For example, when you tap on an iAd banner, the first thing you see is a progress bar on a black background. The progress bar hangs around for as long as it takes the ad to load, which could be 15 seconds or more on a 3G connection. But who wants to wait? How many advertisers are okay with losing customers to a slow banner? For these very reasons, banners in our ads expand instantaneously into rich 3D environments. And, once you’re in an Immersive Ad, you’ll experience instantaneous interactivity that cannot be matched by today’s HTML ads. This is how we believe ads should be – fast, seamless, and entertaining.

BILD, the best selling tabloid in all of Europe and top 10 worldwide has come together with LiveShare for an incredible offer for sports fans and we could not be happier to be part of it! We are so thrilled to be working with the world famous German tabloid to bring fanatics of the Women’s Soccer World Cup extremely close to the action.

With the FIFA Women’s World Cup just hours away, the world’s eyes turn to Germany to see which of the twelve best teams in the world can win the championship. And now BILD is giving you the chance to win free tickets to the highly anticipated Germany vs. France match. The instructions are simple – take your favorite fan pics and show your loyalty to the home team. Add these pictures to the public stream on the app, or on the web and then share it out on twitter and facebook. The 20 – that’s right – TWENTY pictures with the most likes will win 2 free tickets to the France vs. Germany match to cheer on your favorite team.

You can see all the details on their facebook page.

You never know what unbelievable moment you could witness. As an American fan, I know the World Cup in 1999 at home changed the face of women’s soccer forever. The winners of this contest could have the opportunity to witness history and experience their very own Brandi Chastain moment!

They’ve always been there for us – wiped our tears, taught us how to throw a football, helped us with homework, provided us with unconditional support and along the way spoiled us rotten. We owe the world to our fathers! This Father’s Day, Facebook teamed up with LiveShare for an extremely special way to thank fathers everywhere.

For their Father’s Day promotion, Facebook asked their user base to submit photos honoring their dads, and we’re excited that Facebook trusted Cooliris products to beautifully display all the submissions on their own Facebook Fan page, which boasts 46 million fans. You might think something this beautiful took weeks to produce, but because of the powerful platform we’ve built with LiveShare, coupled with Facebook’s social plugins, turn-around was a matter of minutes.

…or, click here to view on Facebook

Increasingly, marketing campaigns are based around user-generated content. Brands and organizations have found that allowing users to contribute content gives them the chance to connect with the material on a deeper personal and more meaningful level. Facebook especially has shown that they understand this phenomena by consistently setting the standard for new and innovative ways to engage their massive user base. The response to this particular campaign was overwhelming – thousands of pictures from all around the world were sent in. Together with Facebook, we were able to pay homage to our fathers.

Any racing fans out there? Bryan Herta, a big name American race car driver, and his team Bryan Herta Autosport, an Indy 500 champion, are using LiveShare to capture all the exciting moments from races, events, and behind-the-scenes.

This is a super cool experience for fans to see in real-time what the racing team is up to from their mobile device or on the web, and add their own fan photos the mix. Check out the stream at the Bryan Herta Autosport website or on their Facebook page!