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Have Shopping Holidays Jumped the Shark ?
[Consumer]
2021/12/02 09:06
After years of unabated growth, Black Friday and Cyber Monday online sales dipped for the first time this year, as many shops spread out deals over the entire Thanksgiving week or even further. “With early deals in October, consumers were not waiting around for discounts on big shopping days like Cyber Monday and Black Friday,” said Taylor Schreiner, Director at Adobe Digital Insights.Accordi...
Fold Partners with Niantic to Create AR-based Bitcoin Rewards App
[Business]
2021/12/02 09:05
Fold is launching an augmented reality experience where players can earn Bitcoin in a kind of augmented reality environment.Fold, a reward and payments app, partnered with Niantic to create the Fold AR beta app, which overlays Bitcoin prizes over the real world. It uses Niantic’s real-world mapping tech and Fold’s feature for earning Bitcoin rewards. The company calls this a step into the rea...
The Nikon Coolpix 100 Just Got Reimagined as a Modern Teleconferencing Device
[Design]
2021/12/02 09:04
Nobody uses point-and-shoot cameras anymore… but everyone needs better webcams.It took Apple till the year 2021 to realize that laptops need better webcams (a sudden push towards WFH culture definitely helped), and even though we’ve all got pretty great video cameras in our pockets, our smartphones are capable of so much more that it seems quite reductionist to use them as just ‘webcams’ du...
Where Consumers are Most Comfortable with Secondhand Clothing
[Consumer]
2021/12/02 09:03
In China and the US, 59% of internet users are comfortable using secondhand clothing items, making those countries where the resale fashion economy is most ripe for growth. By contrast, far fewer internet users in Italy (37%), Spain (36%), and Japan (30%) are comfortable with apparel by way of thrift stores, consignment shops, and other resellers.[emarketer]
(PDF) The Metaverse : Web 3.0 Virtual Cloud Economies
[Investing]
2021/12/01 09:10
Crypto cloud economies are the next emerging market investment frontier and the Metaverse is at the forefront of this Web 3.0 internet evolution. The Metaverse is a set of interconnected, experiential, 3D virtual worlds where people located anywhere can socialize in real-time to form a persistent, user-owned, internet economy spanning the digital and physical worlds.The Metaverse is still emerg...
(Video) Invisible Power Delivery Through Glass - Power Tap (P-Tap®)
[Tech]
2021/12/01 09:09
P-Tap® is a transparent lamination of conductive and non-conductive glass. The arrangement allows power or data to be transferred across individual layers within the lamination. Pre-machined apertures create taps to the positive and negative charged inner coatings that supply power delivery to embedded devices. These connected devices appear to be freely floating within an optically clear glas...
The Word of The Year 2021 is... NFT
[Consumer]
2021/12/01 09:08
NFT Declared “Word of the Year” by Dictionary Stalwarts Collins.Notable wordsmith, Collins, of “the Dictionary” fame, has announced the winner of its annual terminology contest. It’s official, despite actually being an abbreviation, NFT is the word of the year 2021.NFTs rose to prominence throughout 2021, a period that also marked the breakout year for the non-fungible token. A remarkable...
New Tribes of the Metaverse - Community-Owned Economies
[Business]
2021/12/01 09:07
The gaming ecosystem is set to become more community-driven with the help of decentralized tech, empowering creators and coders.People have talked in glowing tones about the transformative properties of blockchain since Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin (BTC) back in 2009 — books have been written, thousands of panels and presentations have complemented its prospects, costumed Bitcoin maximali...
Apple Ring Concept Mimics The Apple Watch Design to Amp Up Their Wearable Game
[Design]
2021/12/01 09:06
Computing on a ring is a concept that has been explored over the years but unfortunately, there has been nothing concrete to state. In an effort to give Apple fans a new reason to be curious, a designer has explored the possibility of an Apple Watch-style ring that one can wear on a finger.If you’re someone who has felt the Apple Watch you wear is bulky and inconvenient for some reason, or if...
