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Tycoon Okada’s Universal Wages Biggest Bet in Manila Casino
[Investing]
2016/07/25 11:07
Kazuo Okada, Universal Entertainment Corp. chairman and former Steve Wynn partner, plans to challenge Macau in wooing Chinese gamblers to his Manila casino resort that could cost $4 billion and is scheduled to open in November.Okada, 73, wants his casino featuring a 100 meter (328 feet) dancing water fountain and indoor beach “to compete with what is in Macau” and other parts of Asia, said Ta...
The Retailer's New Features Gamify Shopping - Sephora
[Business]
2016/07/25 11:06
Sephora Is Driving Mobile Sales With Tinder-Like Features and Digital Mad Libs Plus actual ads on the dating app Sephora has led the pack in mobile beauty retailers for a few years, and now it's taking a page from games and pop culture to help re-launch the Sephora Collection—its private label brand.Sephora's mobile and desktop site now includes two new features—dubbed "swipe it, shop it" and...
Organic Valley Traces Milk Back From Table to Farm
[Business]
2016/07/25 11:05
Organic Valley’s revamped website aims to personalize people’s consumption of organic products.JANA McCLELLAND is a third-generation dairy farmer in Petaluma, Calif. This October, she expects 600 to 1,200 people to visit her family’s farm.She plans to take them to the nursery, the milking parlor and the pastures.“We know people care where their food comes from,” she said.It is all part of...
(Video) Packable Device Keeps Mosquitoes Away in the Boonies
[Product]
2016/07/25 11:05
Thermacell's mosquito repelling technology sets up a 15 x 15-foot protection zone.Beyond heated insoles, Thermacell makes a variety of battery-powered gadgets for outdoor lovers, among them a line of mosquito repellers. The company is preparing to launch a lighter, more compact repeller designed to go deeper into the wilderness. The packable Backpacker Repeller drops Thermacell's mosquito-fight...
Egg-Cellent Egg-Xecution - Dot Line Egg Tray
[Design]
2016/07/25 11:03
Dot Line Egg Tray is a Red Dot Design Award winner for the year 2015.Why bring modularity to complicated things like phones and furniture when egg trays need it the most?!The Dot Line egg tray has a unique structure that is accompanied by the fact that it has a dotted tear-away line running like a grid, separating eggs. Not only does this make it easier to purchase an irregular number of eggs (...
(Patent) New Google Patent Highlights Vision For Home Health Monitors
[Tech]
2016/07/24 11:10
Alphabet has their hands in just about every industry in some way or another these days, including the Internet of Things and the medical industry. With expertise in both, it only makes sense that they would initiate a venture to combine them, especially given the already prominent role of IoT in medicine and the potential that lies therein. The company’s vision is to provide the kind of healt...
The World's First 'Pokémon GO' Dating Service Has Launched - Pokedates
[Business]
2016/07/24 11:09
A new dating service called Pokédates has been created to help "Pokémon Go" players find love while catching Pokémon.The launch of the service comes after the wildly successful release of augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go, which has gripped millions of people around the world.Pokédates aims to get single Pokémon Go players to meet up at a prearranged "PokéStop or "PokéGym" before...
Smartwatches - The Next Big Thing That Wasn't
[Business]
2016/07/24 11:09
When Apple introduced the Apple Watch in April 2015, many pundits expected smartwatches to become the next big thing and emulate the success of smartphones and tablets. And while the Apple Watch definitely made its mark and quickly became the most popular smartwatch out there, the market as a whole never really took off.Doubts about the added benefit of smartwatches in between smartphones and c...
Here’s Why a New Bull Market Might Just be Getting Started
[Investing]
2016/07/24 11:07
The stock market—with a few major hiccups along the way—has managed to leave the lows of 2009 in the dust, emerging from the financial crisis to push deeper into uncharted territory. The rally has been lauded as the second-longest bull-run ever.And some believe it’s getting ahead of itself.Read: Dow, S&P 500 are overheating—and Wall Street is freaking outAlso read: Tech investors should...
5 Companies Working On Driverless Shuttles
[Business]
2016/07/24 11:07
As an alternative to building fully autonomous passenger cars, a number of private companies are working to field self-driving electric shuttles and buses.Momentum in auto tech is at an all-time high, with investors on pace to pour a record level of deals and dollars into private companies in the space. Of course, much of the buzz has revolved around autonomous driving software, with startups l...
Why This Group of Brands Should Pay Attention to McDonald's Roll Out of Pokemon Go Ads
[Business]
2016/07/24 11:06
Pokemon Go's first sponsored locations reportedly went live today in Japan, offering retailers the chance to create "gyms," which let players battle or train characters in the mobile game. According to TechCrunch, McDonald's is the launch brand and will use the ads for its some 3,000 restaurants in Japan. Well, Hot Topic and Red Robin should keep an eye on how sponsored locations perform for Mc...
Smart Sutures Integrate Microfluidics and Nanosensors
[Tech]
2016/07/24 11:04
The role of nanomaterials in textiles has evolved from comparatively simple hydrophobic materials to the creation of textile electrodes that leverage graphene and the weaving of nanowires into t-shirts to make them into supercapacitors.Now researchers at Tufts University have taken nanomaterials for wearable systems to a new level with the development of a “smart” thread consisting of nanosca...
