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A New Approach to Luxury Beauty - Rephr
[Product]
2019/07/03 10:13
A collection of luxury brushes designed, tested & perfected by the beauty community. handcrafted by master artisans in Kumano, Japan.We believe the best way to create incredible products is by listening to the people who will actually be using them.listening to our customers is at the core we do. being engineers who don't use makeup, we strive to approach the design process with a bias-free...
Ikea Introduces Soffa Sans, 'World's Comfiest Font'
[Design]
2019/07/03 10:13
Amusing responses to Ikea's "design your own sofa" tool inspire a new free font configured from couches.Pull up a Söderhamn or a Grönlid couch. Ikea has rolled out Soffa Sans, a free font based on its "design your own sofa" tool that lets customers create personalized seating solutions. Or spell giant words in their living rooms. The font's letters are configured from couches in the modular V...
(Infographic) Facebook Acquisitions – The Complete List (2019)
[Investing]
2019/07/03 10:13
Mark Zuckerberg has acquired 72 companies to date. Facebook’s largest acquisition so far has been WhatsApp Messenger, which they purchased at $19 billion in February 2015. Other notable acquisitions include Instagram ($1 billion in April 2012) and Oculus Virtual Reality ($2 billion in March 2014). This infographic from Techwyse contains the complete list of companies acquired by Facebook from...
(PDF) Capgemini - AI : Re-Humanizing Digital Customer Experience
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:41
Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) into digital customer platforms makes customer experience (CX) more human at a scale previously unimaginable. It’s improving the quality of life for the individual customer and employee, while creating a wealth of new opportunities for businesses to increase their operational efficiency, grow sales and loyalty, improve and speed up decision making and beco...
Corona Creates Uniquely Stackable Beer Cans To Kill Plastic Ring Packaging
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:40
Leo Burnett Mexico designed the cans to screw into one another. Corona's solution does not rely on extra packaging costs.Corona has found a novel way to counteract the scourge of the ecocidal plastic connector rings used to hold together packs of canned beverages.In a campaign from Leo Burnett Mexico, the AB InBev brand is introducing a new model of beer can designed to screw into one another v...
(Patent) Apple's Ridiculous Patent for Adding a Camera to the Apple Watch
[Tech]
2019/07/02 10:40
Apple patent describes Apple Watch camera with a solution to the angle problem.Since its launch back in 2015, Apple has been steadily adding new sensors and features to the Apple Watch. The first model had a built-in heart rate sensor, the Apple Watch Series 2 tacked on GPS, while the Series 3 was the first version to feature true cellular connectivity. Most recently, Apple added an ECG monitor...
The Future of Fashion : Intelistyle’s AI Chatbot Stylist Can 'Complete the Look'
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:40
Intelistyle’s AI chatbot stylist works with both retailers and customers.London-based Intelistyle’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot stylist works with both retailers and customersSpotted: “Styled by AI” isn’t yet a commonly used term, although that may be about to change. London-based Intelistyle’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot stylist works with both retailers and customers....
Food Makers Crowd Snack Aisle Despite Uneven Growth
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:40
Companies look to expand offerings as competition increases from smaller brands, private labels, more delivery options.Americans lost some of their vast appetite for snacks last year. Food makers are betting they will still come back for more.Consumption has dipped for many grab-and-go foods in the U.S., where people ate some 3% fewer servings of protein bars and other health-oriented snacks in...
Auto Brands Rollout Driver-Monitoring Technology
[Tech]
2019/07/02 10:40
As automobiles increasingly offer autonomous functions that aid drivers, car manufacturers are providing extra safety measures by adding technology that monitors driver activity. The following brands have installed in-car, driver-facing cameras that are intended to prevent distracted driving, falling asleep at the wheel, and drunk driving.subaru Subaru’s 2019 Forester model has the ability to...
