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Airbnb Tempts Travelers with a Night on the Great Wall of China
[Product]
2018/08/06 10:45
Airbnb has come up with another of its clever marketing stunts that offers competition winners a stay in one-of-a-kind locations. In a similar vein to its underwater bedroom and Lego House experiences, it's now offering the opportunity to spend one night on the Great Wall of China.Few works of architecture approach the grandeur and timelessness of the Great Wall. Constructed to defend China fro...
(PDF) Goldman Sachs : ‘Crypto Mania’ a Risk to Stable 2018 Outlook
[Investing]
2018/08/06 10:44
Bitcoin (BTC) and “unsteady cryptocurrency mania” are the one of six factors that threaten Goldman Sachs 2018 market outlook, according to a July 2018 report by the Goldman Sachs Investment Strategy Group.The report entitled “(Un)Steady as She Goes,” highlights “cryptocurrency mania” as one of several factors that could affect their initial market outlook for this year. Other factors list...
(Video) ColdQuanta Raises $6.75M to Make It Easier to Spin Up a Limited Use-Case Quantum Computer
[Investing]
2018/08/06 10:44
Quantum computing may be a long ways off, but early applications of it aren’t as far off as you might think, according to longtime researcher and ColdQuanta founder Dana Anderson.The startup creates a device that’s designed to make it easier to start operating quantum computing-like operations on near-term problems like signal processing or time measurement, which is the kind of low-hanging f...
(Infographic) Apple, on the Verge of a $1 Trillion Valuation
[Investing]
2018/08/06 10:44
Apple is easily the most valuable company in the world. Its stock has been on a relentless upward march for the last two years straight, and the latest earnings report brings more of the same good news for shareholders. [click to enlarge]If the company’s share price increases just $4.00 more, Apple will easily become the first company worth more than $1 trillion. That’s insane, but how does i...
Folding Camping Hammock Travels Light and Sets up without the Trees - The Mock One
[Product]
2018/08/06 10:44
Minneapolis-based startup Republic of Durable Goods is presenting a more versatile way to hammock with the Mock One hammock, which takes cues from folding camp chairs to provide an all-in-one hammock solution that doesn't require trees. The multifunctional folding hammock travels anywhere, sets up with ease and doubles as an overnight shelter, complete with mosquito mesh and weatherproof tarp.H...
Akka Link & Fly Flying Train Concept Looks to Disrupt the Plane Industry
[Design]
2018/08/06 10:43
Is this the future of flying? AKKA Technologies' Link & Fly aircraft concept could change the way we think about air travel.It sounds like something Q, the tech guy in James bond movies, would create: A plane that lands on a runway, shrugs its wings off, turns into a train and rolls on to rails to drop you off at your local station.That's what a French entrepreneur, who's made millions by c...
(Infographic) The Influencer Marketing Revolution
[Business]
2018/08/06 10:43
With influencer marketing, you can go big (celebrities, rich & famous) or you can go small (industry experts, bloggers, and niche-market personalities).Whatever option you choose, influencer marketing can impact on your business significantly. The following infographic from One Productions looks at the differences between macro and micro-influencers, and the benefits of influencer marketing...
(Patent) Google’s New Facial Recognition Patent Wants To Stalk Your Social Media
[Tech]
2018/08/05 09:10
A new Google patent details a system that would use social networks to identify faces in images.The tech giant’s latest facial recognition patent highlights an image search system that incorporates information from social networks — potentially including Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, online blogs, and more — to help identify who people are.On July 24, 2018, the US Patent & Trademarks Office...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Who’s Shopping Where ? The Power of Geospatial Analytics in Omnichannel Retail
[Business]
2018/08/05 09:09
Using advanced geospatial analytics, retailers can now quantify the true economic value of each of their stores across channels—and they’re uncovering surprising insights.The wave of store closures across the US retail sector continues. In 2017 alone, more than 7,000 stores went dark, unable to withstand consumers’ rapid migration to e-commerce, the explosive growth of direct-to-consumer bra...
