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(Video) Projecting Change in Colorado
[Business]
2015/03/22 11:09
The highly-anticipated film Racing Extinction (racingextinction.com) made its Colorado debut at the 2015 Boulder International Film Festival (biff1.com). Racing Extinction, directed by Academy Award-winner Louie Psihoyos (The Cove), is a project of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) that features an unlikely team of activists and innovators that hatch a bold mission to save endangered speci...
(PDF) How Millennials Get News : Inside the Habits of America’s First Digital Generation
[Consumer]
2015/03/22 11:08
Millennials may have no problem paying for Netflix, Pandora or the most recent video games, but when it comes to news content they are surprisingly thrifty. That’s the result of a report published by The Media Insight Project, a joint research initiative by The American Press Institute and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Based on a survey of 1,046 Americans aged 18-34, the repo...
(Video) Magic Leap Shows Off its Augmented Reality Gaming Experience
[Tech]
2015/03/22 11:07
Magic Leap, the mysterious virtual reality company funded by Google, has today released a first look at its AR games experience with its headset. The video, which was created in collaboration with Weta workshop (the studio behind movies like Lord of The Rings) supposedly shows a game where the user can interact with real-world and virtual objects and impressive graphics.Considering the collabor...
Nielsen Studies Impact of Facebook Video Ads Beyond View Counts
[Business]
2015/03/22 11:06
Facebook users are impacted by video ads even before viewing them for a full second, according to a Nielsen study commissioned by the social network’s marketing science team.Facebook explained the motivation behind the study in a Facebook for Business post:Online channels like News Feed changed how people consume content, giving them the power to decide what content (including ads) warrants th...
Bike-Sharing Is Taking Off Around the World
[Consumer]
2015/03/22 11:05
Over the past decade, more and more cities around the globe have adopted so called bike-sharing systems, which enable citizens and visitors to pick up bicycles at some point in the city, use them and leave them at another point in exchange for a small fee. The pricing structure of bike-sharing systems is often designed to encourage short-term use, which makes them a great option for urban dwell...
Nendo's Innovative New Suitcase Is As Versatile As It Is Beautiful
[Design]
2015/03/22 11:04
The Kame suitcase combines the best virtues of hard-shelled and soft-shelled designs.If you're a seasoned traveler who is convinced that a hard-shelled carry-on is the only one worth considering, Nendo wants to change your mind, at least partially. The Japanese design house has teamed up with Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano to create a hybrid suitcase with a hard-shelled body and a unique soft-shel...
These Mega-Cruise Ships Look Like Small Cities From the Air
[Design]
2015/03/22 11:03
The stacks and stacks of cabin windows make today's ocean liners look gargantuan enough from the shore. But the view from directly above gigantic cruise ships is even more startling.Jeffrey Milstein, a former architect who specializes in photos of planes and infrastructure, recently finished a new project that focuses on cruise liners. "After 14 years of shooting up at aircraft I thought it was...
Which are the World’s Most Prestigious Universities ?
[Business]
2015/03/19 11:18
Harvard is the most prestigious university in the world. Cambridge and Oxford are next in line, with MIT, Stanford and Berkeley completing the top six.“No surprises there,” you might think ? and you’d be right. According to the results of Times Higher Education‘s World Reputation Rankings, this sextet of universities has dominated the prestige rankings for five years.While the top 100 of th...
Building a More Personal Shopping Experience
[Business]
2015/03/19 11:18
Personally curated shopping experiences are helping unlock the power of mobile commerce.Whether you love it or hate it, shopping is a commitment. Even when you have a good idea of what you’re looking for, the process can involve time-consuming research and multiple store visits as you sort through the available choices to find the product that’s right for you. When that same experience gets t...
