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Gothic Givenchy Goggles
[Design]
2017/12/05 09:56
Virtual reality… how could something so cool look so uncool?! Until now, that is. Introducing, Givenchy VR, also known as Ombré.Taking on VR would be a foray for any fashion house, but for some reason Givenchy seems to be the brand of choice for designers considering it’s one of a couple of Givenchy VR concepts floating around.Here, the brand’s signature gothic style is introduced to the go...
Bitcoin Is Now Bigger Than Buffett, Boeing and New Zealand
[Investing]
2017/12/05 09:55
Bitcoin’s extraordinary price surge means its market capitalization now exceeds the annual output of whole economies, and the estimated worth of some of the world’s top billionaires.With the debate over its bubble status still raging, the flagship cryptocurrency continued its march higher on Monday, solidifying above $11,000 and bringing its climb this year to more than 1,000 percent. With ma...
Facebook, Google Leading to Internet Domination of Advertising
[Business]
2017/12/05 09:55
The investment management firm GroupM said Sunday that the dominance of Facebook and Google “is exceedingly bad news for the balance of the digital publisher ecosystem.”Facebook and Google will capture a phenomenal 84 percent of the digital ad spend worldwide this year as the two online companies account for all of the growth in internet advertising this year, according to GroupM.The investme...
Eye-Tracking Study: How Consumers View Google Search Results for Hotels
[Consumer]
2017/12/05 09:55
The way consumers view Google results pages related to hotel searches has changed significantly over the past few years, according to recent research from Travel Tripper.The report was based on an eye-tracking study conducted using the Sticky platform. As part of the study, 100 consumers were shown desktop Google search engine results pages (SERPs) for three hotel names (Capitol Hill Hotel, Par...
The Dublin Simon Community Stamps
[Design]
2017/12/05 09:54
Every year Simon, a charity working with the homeless in Ireland, ask businesses to donate some or all of their corporate Christmas card budget to help Simon help the homeless. It's called the House of Cards Appeal.Print advertisment created by BBDO, Ireland for The Dublin Simon Community, within the category: Public Interest, NGO."€14 Buys Him A Bed. This Christmas don’t send a card, address...
(Infographic) Why Tech Investors Love the SaaS Business Model
[Investing]
2017/12/05 09:42
Investors love businesses that have a reputation for minting cash. And as far as tech companies go, the Software as a Service (SaaS) model is as good as it gets. It provides predictable, quantifiable, and fast-growing revenue for any company that can execute correctly – and everyone from venture capitalists (like Marc Andreessen) to asset managers (like Blackrock) love investing in companies w...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2017 Technology Fast 500™ Winners
[Business]
2017/12/04 11:25
59% Of Deloitte's 2017 Technology Fast 500 Are Software Companies.- Seven of the top ten 2017 winners are software companies including ClassPass, Toast, Liftoff, SalesLoft, ShipHawk, iSpot.tv and Cylance.- Notable enterprise software companies on the 2017 North America Technology Fast 500 include Adaptive - Insights, Alteryx, Apttus, Domo, Cloudera, Couchbase, Gainsight, Hortonworks, HubSpot, I...
The Latte Index : Using the Impartial Bean to Value Currencies
[Investing]
2017/12/04 11:25
Using the price of a coffee to estimate currency value. Like any other market, there are many opinions on what a currency ought to be worth relative to others.With certain currencies, that spectrum of opinions is fairly narrow. As an example, for the world’s most traded currency – the U.S. dollar – the majority of opinions currently fall in a range from the dollar being 2% to 11% overvalued,...
(Video) Wearable Computing Ring Allows Users to Write Words and Numbers with Thumb
[Tech]
2017/12/04 11:25
Technology provides eyes-free way to interact with smart devices.A thumb ring for controlling digital devices may seem like the latest in a long line of interface gimmicks, but there's method to this jewelry madness. The Fingersound ring developed by researchers at Georgia Tech features built-in microphones and gyroscopes that allow the wearer to discreetly give commands or input data to connec...
