09 2018 September
How To Tell If You’re An Asshole (And Why It’s So Hard)
Last week a small army of cruise ship passengers disrupted a funeral in the tiny Norwegian city of Honningsvåg and took pictures of the mourners. According to The...
Read Now23 2018 August
Why Facebook Rating Your Trustworthiness Is Good News
The Washington Post story this week revealing the “previously unreported ratings system” used by Facebook to rate the trustworthiness of users on a scale of zero...
Read Now06 2018 August
The Big Question Facing The Future Of Media and Publishing Online
Recently a contributor to Forbes named Panos Mourdoukoutas wrote an opinion piece suggesting that local taxpayers would be better off if libraries were replaced with...
Read Now01 2018 August
Binge Rooms: The Ultimate Immersive TV Experience
Back when I worked at a marketing agency I remember those times when I would see a campaign so inspired it would immediately make me...
Read Now15 2018 July
How The Backlash Of Superfans Might Ruin Entertainment For The Rest Of Us
Logan director James Mangold is worried that “the fear of upsetting an eager mob” of online fans might drive smart, creative people out of creating...
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 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 Now12 2017 August
What If Smart Home Devices Sold What They Know About You?
If your smart robot vacuum cleaner created a map of your home in the process of cleaning it, that data could provide new insights to...
Read Now02 2017 August
Trend Watch – The Rise Of Media Escapism
Is it ever ok to take a break from your outrage and the 24-hour news cycle? We all should hope so. Yet taking this kind...
Read Now24 2017 July
Tinder’s Redesign Prioritizes Your Looks and Profile Photos
Judging whether you want to get to know someone romantically solely based on their photos has become such a commonplace behavior that “swiping left” has...
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...
Read Now25 2017 May
IKEA’s Secret Insights, Google Explains Syria And The “Avolatte”
What is the most hipster-centric product you could imagine? The answer is just one of the six interesting stories curated for you in this week’s...
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