09 2018 July
Cadbury Is The First Brand To Get Banned From Advertising To Kids
Cadbury is the first symbolic advertiser to have ads banned, but the real target may be sugary processed foods that pretend to be healthy snacks.
Read Now05 2018 June
Why Everyone Wants To Sell Everything As A Subscription
This week AirFrance became one of the first airlines to experiment with subscription pricing by announcing a new pre-paid travel product called Le Pass which...
Read Now26 2017 October
Snickers Launches Plan To Sell Candy Bars Based On Emotions
Forget using tech and big data for personalization – Snickers has a better idea … just let people tell you how they are feeling. The new versions...
Read Now20 2017 October
Google’s Cupcake Problem Shows The Dangers Of Tunnel Vision
Recently Google engineers tested a Maps feature that equated the distance you walk to a number of mini-cupcakes you would burn off in equivalent calories....
Read Now05 2017 September
Why Millennials Hate The Doorbell
When you ask Millennials to describe the doorbell, a surprising number use phrases like “panic-inducing,” “hateful” and “terrifying.” Sound overblown? It turns out many millennials...
Read Now23 2017 August
Books Are Getting “Swearier” And This Is What It Means …
Apparently the shift towards swear words in book titles and content has not gone unnoticed by researchers. As Cory Doctorow notes in this article: “books...
Read Now22 2017 August
How To Spot A Fake Viral Video
For a crash course in figuring out what is real and what isn’t online, who better to turn to than a YouTuber who has built...
Read Now16 2017 August
The NuturePod Offers A Scary Prediction Of Future Parenting
Sometimes art is the best way to shine a lens on how our culture may be changing for better … or worse, as is the...
Read Now08 2017 August
Your Next Camera Will Retouch Your Pictures While You Take Them
Starting with a set of 5,000 images that were retouched by five different photographers, Google and MIT built an algorithm that can automatically retouch a...
Read Now19 2017 July
Fully Automated Toothbrush Helps Lazy People Be Lazier
If you are one of those people who thinks that brushing your teeth properly takes too long, this new product will help. A startup called...
Read Now28 2017 June
Netflix Lets Kids Choose Their Own Adventure In New Episode
What if you could craft your own story in a television episode? Netflix is experimenting with letting kids do exactly that in a new episode...
Read Now21 2017 June
The Swiss Town That Banned Travelers Posting Photos On Social Media
How do you get attention for a sleepy little Swiss ski resort town that few people have ever heard of? Ban photos and promise to...
Read Now20 2017 June
Brazilian Publisher Offers On-Demand Clever Captions For Your Selfies
Sometimes it is hard to pick the perfect caption for your selfie, but Brazilian publisher Leya has a solution to help … and introduce you...
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