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(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...
(Infographic) What Is Your Business’ Greatest Cyber Threat ?
[Business]
2015/04/06 11:49
In the past year, cyberattacks have littered our new feeds, displaying the high cost of a corporate hack. In the last year behemoths like Target, Home Depot, Sony and Anthem have paid the price and are still working to improve their systems and repair their reputations. Despite recent discouraging occurrences, many organizations are looking at potential opportunities to safeguard their business...
(PDF) The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050
[Consumer]
2015/04/05 11:10
Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population. What will the world’s religious landscape look like a few decades from now? A new Pew Research Center study attempts to answer that question by projecting the changing size of eight major global religious groups through the year 2050 based on a variety of demographic factors.The study uses...
Apple and Google have an Astonishing Plan to Replace Everyone's Locks and Keys
[Business]
2015/04/05 11:09
The August smart lock is on sale at the Apple Store in the US right now. Locks and keys are physical objects, and the technology behind them hasn't really changed since the first set was invented in the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh in about 612 BC.Now, more than 2,600 years later, all that might be about to change. In Citi analyst Jim Suva's new note to investors on the future of Apple, the...
