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says the move by Instagram is part of an ongoing initiative to add more e-commerce features to the platform, as well as more ways to display and interact with products

"Mobile commerce is definitely a space we are looking at closely.

Instagram has become increasingly more interested in advertising and has deployed a variety of new products and ad formats for advertisers.

distributors are usually loathe to discuss VOD specifics publicly. When consumers are used to seeing $60 to $100 million opening weekends for major blockbusters in wide release, VOD numbers, no matter how “good,” look miniscule in comparison. Add on the fact that Snowpiercer is the widest multi-platform release ever, and the tricky exercise of figuring out how to combine theatrical earnings with weekend estimates from digital and cable providers, and the territory gets even more unfamiliar.

Snowpiercer earning an estimated $1.1 million from VOD this past weekend, nearly twice as much as the $635,000 it earned in theaters. “From a layman’s perspective these numbers are possibly not that interesting,” admits RADiUS-TWC co-president Tom Quinn. “But from an industry perspective, it’s a game changer.”

VOD is both cheaper and more profitable. “That $1.1 million gross is actually worth almost double to me in terms of how it nets out in our bottom line,”

the ODE efficiently mobilizes supply chains and workforces while enabling collaboration and asset sharing. Uber harnesses the supply effortlessly because their workforce is essentially any person with a smartphone and a car. Sharing and access by phone is nothing new, but Uber was one of the first to apply it to the ODE in a massive scale.

One-Click Interface

While the one-click interface creates a compelling user experience, the optimized value chain is what makes the user stick around in the long term

A new browser plugin for Windows and Mac computers has turned The Pirate Bay into the world's biggest streaming site

plugin lets people stream torrents embedded in webpages without needing to use an external client or download the torrent itself

A new 'Stream it!' button has appeared alongside existing options to download, although the feature is still in beta with poor image quality and slow speeds the main issues.

Using hand gestures may be important for more than just making a point; they could help children to learn.

Once something is learned, however, it’s a challenge to unlearn and inhibit the reflexive response. That’s why it helps to develop good habits early

It’s easier to learn something correctly the first time than it is to unlearn ineffective techniques and relearn better ones.

We can tell a story in 3 minutes. We can tell a story in 6 minutes. But that doesn’t rule out longer-form content -- Netflix is living proof of that

UK government invests £60 million in Skylon 'super-plane' that could cut London to Sydney flights to just four hours

Its 'Sabre' engine - a hybrid rocket and jet propulsion system which theoretically allows travel anywhere on Earth in four hours or less - could become a reality in a decade.

A full ground-based engine test is currently planned for 2020.

Microsoft Hyperlapse is a new technology that creates smooth and stabilized time lapses from first-person videos.

you can time lapse those experiences, distilling them into easily consumable, enjoyable experiences.

wearable system that tracks human movements to understand what task you’re doing, how difficult it is, and when you switch to something else. His goal is to help us control our multitasking lives

Gathering patterns of data that describe humans doing different tasks has more potential than just helping us work more efficiently.

the device could turn your phone to silent or deliver only emergency notifications. It could also tell you when you need to take a break

Banks are quickly approaching their "automation tipping point," and they could soon reduce headcount by as much as 30%.

"Banks' Uber moment will mean a disintermediation of bank branches rather than the banks themselves

it will mean the shift to mobile distribution being the main channel of interaction between customers and the bank