TREND REPORTS
Top 10 Media Publishers for October 2015: Instagram Paying Off for E! Online
[Business]
2015/11/18 11:29
In October, U.S. media publishers accounted for 1.4 billion total social actions (likes, comments, shares, retweets, favorites, dislikes), with 696 million from Instagram, 666 million actions from Facebook, 48 million from Twitter, and 15 million from YouTube (excluding views).The media publishing industry represents 22 percent of all actions taken on content published by U.S. brands in October...
Gen Y Has Elevated The Importance Of Friendship
[Consumer]
2015/11/18 11:29
Gen Y’s highly social nature, digital connectivity, and nontraditional approach to adulthood has prompted them to lean on friends more than did past generations. They view these bonds as paramount to their lives, akin to that of familial or romantic relationships. As uncovered in the Cassandra Report: Ages & Stages, 86% feel a responsibility to be a good friend, signaling a greater need fo...
A Stellar Lighting Solution - The Casiopea Floor Lamp
[Design]
2015/11/18 11:28
Inspired by the constellation of the same name, the Casiopea floor lamp is not only a lighting solution to work under but a stylish addition to any room. Each joint has an integrated LED – together they simulation the stars and highlight the design’s angular shape and contrasting round components. To achieve clean, minimalist style, the specialized joints also route the cable through and arou...
How The "Peace For Paris" Sign Spread Around The World
[Design]
2015/11/17 11:00
Following The Terrorist Attacks on Paris Friday, One Graphic Designer's Raw Reaction Becomes a Global Symbol of Peace and Solidarity.In the wake of the horrific acts of terrorism that ripped through France on Friday, November 13, killing at least 129 people and injuring hundreds, an image with a message of peace has emerged amid the darkness and gone viral. It's simple, haunting, and has served...
(PDF) BCG - Uncovering Real Mobile Data Usage and the Drivers of Customer Satisfaction
[Business]
2015/11/17 11:00
No crystal ball is needed to know that mobile data traffic—already burgeoning—is set to explode. Smartphones, streaming video, and connected devices (even vehicles) aren’t just whetting consumers’ appetite for data. They are stimulating a voracious hunger. Expert corroboration is in ample supply: the networking giant Cisco, for example, estimates that mobile data traffic will increase at a...
(Patent) Apple Preps Unique Waterproof Solution for Future iPhones
[Tech]
2015/11/17 11:00
An Apple invention published on Thursday points to work on water resistant portable devices capable of expelling water from speaker and microphone cavities using varied electric charges and acoustics. As published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple's patent application for "Liquid expulsion from an orifice" describes a novel method by which water, or any other liquid, is transported...
(M&A) Marriott Buying Rival Hotel, Starwood For $12.2B
[Investing]
2015/11/17 11:00
Marriott International will buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwidefor $12.2 billion to create the world's largest hotel chain with top brands including Sheraton, Ritz Carlton and the Autograph Collection.The combined company will own or franchise more than 5,500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms worldwide and give Marriott greater presence in markets such as Europe, Latin America and Asia incl...
Which Working Benefits Do Millennials Value Most ?
[Consumer]
2015/11/17 11:00
What is your favourite workplace perk? Many people love working hard for a cash bonus while others prefer flexible hours or familial benefits. A survey conducted by PWC and recently republished in KPCB's 2015 Internet Trends Report reveals that millennials actually desire training and development more than other working benefits. 22 percent of global millennials placed it top of their wish list...
(Video) Primordial Goo Coating to Aid in Medical Procedures
[Tech]
2015/11/17 11:00
Using a soup of molecules that replicates the primordial goo found at the beginnings of life on Earth billions of years ago, scientists have created a coating that may significantly improve the body's acceptance of medical implants.Prebiotic compounds that promote the growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, can be traced back billions of years to their origins in the primordial go...
Tree-Inspired Single Pole Home - Primeval Symbiosis
[Design]
2015/11/17 10:59
Danish architecture firm Konrad Wójcik is the author of an architectural project, called Primeval Symbiosis, which re-thinks the sustainable and eco-friendly houses, outside the city, in the heart of the forest. Inspired by the tree-house concept, these suspended homes, thought to host two people, are topped by solar panels which generate energy and a heat pump located in the ground. The goal...
(Infographic) Millennials' Surprising Game Plan for Black Friday Shopping
[Consumer]
2015/11/17 10:59
Ninety-three percent of millennials plan on shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, marketers and retailers are gearing up for the year's biggest shopping onslaught: Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Per usual, millennials are the most coveted demo. When product-discovery platform Influenster surveyed 6,000 millennials to get insights into their plans th...
(PDF) Bank of England Chief Economist on Robots Taking Your Job
[Business]
2015/11/16 11:23
In the future, Uber or Google will take you to work in an autonomously-driven car. Soylent (or something like it) will replace eating meals with other people. A gigantic robot arm will eliminate the workers in an Amazon warehouse.This is the extremist position, of course; Soylent tastes terrible.But Andy Haldane, chief economist of the Bank of England (the United Kingdom’s central bank), yeste...
