TREND REPORTS
A Startup’s Plans for a New Social Reality
[Tech]
2015/04/07 11:17
AltspaceVR is building virtual hangouts that it hopes you’ll use to watch a movie with friends or play a game of life-size chess.[In AltspaceVR’s virtual spaces, avatars can mimic your actual head, arm, and hand movements with the use of an Oculus DK2 headset and Microsoft’s Kinect.]Virtual reality could be used for all kinds of activities, from virtual sightseeing to science-lab dissections...
Business Card Reignites Old-Style Matchbook Advertising
[Design]
2015/04/07 11:17
Wildfire and Cossette collaborate with a business card that "sparks" conversation.Cossette Branding developed a memorable business card for event management company WildFire. The red letters in the “W” of their name is rough enough to strike a match, standing slightly raised above the sharp, glossy surface of the rest of the card.WildFire prides themselves on being a company that brings event...
(PDF) BCG - Earning Consumer Trust in Big Data
[Consumer]
2015/04/06 11:50
A European Perspective on Regulatory Issues and Legal Risks.Big data provides an enormous upside for businesses. By supplying granular insight into consumer behaviors and habits, it enables companies to better develop new products and services, improve existing offerings, reinforce relationships with consumers, and boost revenue.And the data keeps coming. Traditional data sources?such as paymen...
(PDF) Counterfeit Watches and Jewelry are the New Counterfeit Handbags
[Business]
2015/04/06 11:50
The US, and its vast swathes of people with disposable income who shop for fun, is an ideal destination for counterfeiters, which makes life difficult for the agencies dedicated to patrolling the US borders and enforcing customs. Every year, they process about 24 million commercial cargo shipments arriving via sea and land and another 250 million international and express mail parcels. In all t...
BetterBack - Perfect Posture Effortlessly
[Product]
2015/04/06 11:50
Make every chair ergonomic! Use BetterBack for 15 mins a day to improve your posture, ease back pain and improve your health.Check your posture right now. How is your back? And your neck? Probably not too great. Or you’re already in so much pain that someone sent you here (hugs). BetterBack allows you to effortlessly sit in perfect posture, easing back pain.BetterBack makes every chair ergonom...
(PDF) Bain & Company : The Net Promoter System’s “Inner Loop”
[Business]
2015/04/06 11:50
The secret to individual learning and connections with customers.The Net Promoter SystemSM transforms this unhappy dynamic. It creates a mechanism for employees of all kinds to get real-time feedback directly from customers. The feedback is usually positive?most employees do their job pretty well?so people typically become more engaged and enthusiastic. The occasional criticism or complaint abo...
Facebook Accounted For 75% Of Social Ad Spending Globally In 2014
[Business]
2015/04/06 11:50
The global social advertising market grew 41% to $15.3 billion in 2014; Facebook is maintaining dominance despite lack of presence in the giant China market.Facebook’s status as king of the social hill shows no signs of slippage. In 2014, the social network pulled in 75% of total advertising spending on social networks, according to a new report by Boston-based Strategy Analytics.Facebook acco...
(Video) Robocar Technologies to Guard the Smart Home
[Tech]
2015/04/06 11:49
In March 2012 Alex Teichman was a Ph.D. student in Stanford University’s computer science department, working on self-driving cars. His goal: to help a self-driving car understand the environment around it, in particular, to be aware of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other moving objects that might come into its path.His approach: instead of traditional image analysis, use depth information abou...
Raindrop-Proof Umbrella Protects Itself (and You) from Water
[Design]
2015/04/06 11:49
Hydrophobic fabrics on unnurella simplify the rain drying processUnnurella is an umbrella that’s dry as soon as you get indoors or under cover.Made by Japanese design firm Doogdesign from high-density hydrophobic fabrics, the umbrella makes water roll completely off rather than stick to it. Once the user reaches shelter, the fabric is completely dry, allowing for fast storage without worrying...
