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Skinny Manhattan Skyscraper Will Boast Private Sky-High Gardens
[Design]
2015/11/19 20:15
Construction of the East 44th tower is due to begin April or May of next year.In the world of skyscraper design, thin is most definitely in at the moment, and several svelte upmarket residential towers are currently proposed for Manhattan. ODA New York's East 44th Street arguably trumps its rivals in the luxury stakes however, as it will offer some residents their own spacious sky-high garden.E...
XPAND Amblyz Electronic Glasses for Lazy Eye Proven Effective in Study
[Product]
2015/11/19 20:14
XPAND-3DThe Amblyz glasses from XPAND, a company better known for 3D movie glasses, offer visual occlusion without the anxiety of eye drops or the embarrassment of patches. Lazy eye, or amblyopia, is typically treated with eye patches or special eye drops that block vision in the good eye so that the weaker one is forced to develop better. This normally involves young children who all too often...
(Infographic) Marketers Are Spending 500% More on Millennials Than All Others Combined
[Consumer]
2015/11/19 20:14
To reach the 75 million U.S. millennials, advertisers need to recognize the different types. There are 75 million millennials in the U.S., and everyone knows advertisers are infatuated with the idea of winning over the biggest buying bloc. But just how much more is being spent on Generation Y than on those who came before them?It's about 500 percent more, according to a new analysis from advert...
(Video) World’s Most Complex Face Transplant Operation Made Possible with 3D Printing
[Tech]
2015/11/18 11:30
Surgeons at NYU Langone Medical Center Perform the Most Extensive Face Transplant to Date & First in New York State.Fourteen years ago, 27-year-old volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison responded with his colleagues to a call for the Senatobia Fire Department in northwest Mississippi. Inside a burning mobile home on September 5, 2001, searching for one of the homeowners, Hardison was caugh...
Harvard Business Review - Where the Digital Economy Is Moving the Fastest
[Business]
2015/11/18 11:30
The transition to a global digital economy in 2014 was sporadic – brisk in some countries, choppy in others. By year’s end, the seven biggest emerging markets were larger than the G7, in purchasing power parity terms. Plus, consumers in the Asia-Pacific region were expected to spend more online last year than consumers in North America. The opportunities to serve the e-consumer were growing...
(Video) Yallo Raises $2.5M and Launches Its Slick Call-Recording App
[Investing]
2015/11/18 11:30
Forget instant messaging, photo messaging, ephemeral messaging, or any other kind of “messaging” — Israeli startup Yallo is going all-in on the humble telephone call.First launched for Android earlier this year, Yallo is a slick call-recording app for both inbound and outbound calls that works with your existing mobile telephone number. And today it launches for iPhone too.Alongside the new...
(PDF) US Shoppers are Trimming Their Budgets for the Most-Requested Holiday Gift
[Consumer]
2015/11/18 11:30
Americans may be getting out the wrapping paper, scissors, and tape more this holiday season: US shoppers plan to spend less on gift cards for the first time in six years.Historically, holiday shoppers have devoted greater shares of their budgets to gift cards—easy alternatives to traditional gifts that let recipients choose what they want. But after boosting average holiday spending in the ca...
Underwear for the One in Three Women Suffering From Light Incontinence - Thinx
[Product]
2015/11/18 11:29
THINX aims to normalize incontinence with Icon, an underwear for young women who experience light bladder leaks.THINX, a women’s menstrual underwear company, has been making waves with an advertising campaign that went up this past week around New York City. Committed to breaking the negative stigma around menstruation, THINX has launched an offshoot called Icon which will be tackling another...
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...
