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Not sure if this fits in a "trend" but it's interesting that when communications are essentially instantaneous a company can lose 23 billion in value in 8 hours. 16 hours later it's clear that the bendgate horror was a bit overblown, Apple release an update to the flawed update and the stock recovers about 16 billion of the 23.

Interesting. Polarizing. Why I'll have more than one wearable.

You forgot Terrifying. "What we are after is data," Vu says. "Where we get the data from-our tracker or another-we don't care."

Interesting article overall. I think the author is specifically focused on journalism as I don't think that 95% of media helps anyone make better life decisions;-)

very interesting

"McDonalds beacon case study (retail) 26 McDonald's franchises in Columbus, Georgia tested out iBeacon technology with its customers. Over the four week trial, the franchises were pushing special deals for McChicken Sandwiches and 10 piece Chicken McNuggets. The iBeacon powered promotions pushed McChicken Sandwich sales up 8 percent and Chicken McNugget sales up 7.5 percent. Based on the initial results of the pilot it looks as though McDonald's will continue to explore the technology for an additional 263 retail stores in the southeast. "Everyone is looking at their phones, millennials especially, and that's where we've decided to engage," Jack Pezold, a McDonald's franchisee of 40 years, said in a statement. Spotless beacon case study (enterprise) Spotless is an Australian owned and managed provider of integrated facilities management services. In 2014, Spotless partnered with Lighthouse to build and deploy a custom workforce management solution with the goal of reducing litigation claims in the commercial cleaning service line. The solution allowed Spotless to understand when cleaning KPI's are missed in real-time and produce employee location reports that can be used as legal defense against slip and fall litigation claims in shopping malls. Spotless has also been able to optimise their workforce and reduce operating costs by analyzing Lighthouse powered heat mapping of employee movements. The solution has been so successful that Spotless are extending the capability across other service lines including facilities management, security and maintenance. Read the full case study here. Pause Fest beacon case study (events) Pause Fest is Australia's premier digital event, aimed at supporting and showcasing the best in creative and tech from Australia and all over the world. In 2015, Pause Fest partnered with Lighthouse to deploy a network of beacons that delivered proximity based content and experiences to attendees, while enabling real-time event analyt

interesting how directors view 3D- some like after-the-fact conversion, others hate it, geoff boucher likes it

Ok so I thought this was sort of interesting when I first saw it, but now I think it's really interesting due to the following:    -"And this fall it will launch the Starbucks Digital Network, a partnership with Yahoo that will provide customers free unrestricted access to pay sites such as the Wall Street Journal. Additional content providers in the new, in-store network offering include iTunes, The New York Times, Patch, USA Today and Zagat." 

stats from asia, interesting to keep in mind

UX Mag identifies three major "types of trends" impacting the future of online experiences. 1) Capabilities: Changing Technology Platforms - tablets, ambient devices and smart alarm clocks + anytime, anywhere expectation for rich online experiences. 2) Consumers: Evolving Online Behavior - broad consumer interest in new technologies and a desire to experience them and rapid rates of tech adoption. 3) Competition: Millions of New Entrants - flood information providers. The article also features the CARS attributes of online experience by Forrester. Customized. Aggregated. Relevant. Social. CARS. See? They then go on to discuss the Nationwide Insurance iPhone app and the Avis car rental site/iPhone app.

very interesting- file sharing has weakened copyright, but has promoted progress of art (which is the point of copyright law)

Jet gets 30 mins flight time and is fuled by regular gasoline.  No pilot's license is required. The pilot must weigh between 140-240lbs.COST: $86,000 Interesting note:  The FAA is developing 3D highway maps of Highways in the sky, not ready for 10 yrs but will help with personal aircraft travel.

interesting to see how political debate can play out between head corporate offices or w.e and the businesses theyve bought out reddit rebelled against conde nast when they refused to have these pro weed ads on their site by showing them fo free

Nintendo's first ever video game competition (can that be true?) launches July 16. Competing teams can be composed of parents, kids, teens, "super adults" (55+).

This may be better for daily since it launches tomorrow...

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interesting article about the "ultimate professors of popular culture"- trendspotters :-)

one of the largest developers of social games and apps has signed a 5-year deal to only use facebook credits will be interesting to see if this was a good idea or not, reminds me of what joel was saying about how everything is plugging into facebook

examples of socially enhanced communities- get to know your neighbors, design your community, report whats going on in the community interesting take on local- not just local businesses, but communities as a whole being enhanced by technology