twoyearsfromnow

19/09/2014

Doing it the Chinese way: what western brands can learn from smartphone leader Xiaomi http://ow.ly/BFwRv

With Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba getting set for the biggest stock market flotation ever (it is looking to raise up to $24.3bn in...

17/09/2014

Brands push for India but fall short on space. Could open up new opportunities for mobile and special events? http://ow.ly/BA4n0

India is an attractive market for international retailers with its growing middle class and hordes of affluent young people conversant with global...

11/09/2014

China's fragmented retail infrastructure drives click and collect on the go http://ow.ly/BmrRP

Imagine Donald Trump, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, and Google's Larry Page unveiling a new, $814 million e-commerce platform to rival Jeff Bezos'...

10/09/2014

Will technology bring us closer together in our socially connected lives or the evolutionary treadmill keep us apart http://ow.ly/Bjl9p

Does modern life make us happy? We have gained much but we have lost a great deal too, argues Yuval Noah Harari. Are humans better suited to a...

10/09/2014

interactive experience brings to life the The Rubens House exhibition with iBeacons http://ow.ly/Bjhvp

Digital communication agency Prophets recently created an iBeacon prototype in the Antwerp museum The Rubens House. With iBeacon, Prophets is...

05/09/2014

Western brands still missing a link when engaging in Chinese social media networks http://ow.ly/B7AtM

Check out China's versions of Instagram, Pinterest, Foursquare, and more.

01/09/2014

... my place is compact, this is Micro living Hong Kong style: re:form — Medium http://ow.ly/3pDQN4

From chicken-wire cages to glassed-in galleys, designers are working to make the city’s tiniest spaces livable

30/08/2014

Still a few places left to escape! A map showing devices around the world connected to the Internet http://ow.ly/3pnf4F

Where is the internet? This map might explain it better than any statistics could ever hope to: The red hot spots show where the most devices that can access the internet are located.

27/08/2014

Mixing it up with a younger demographic: the social lives of networked teens http://ow.ly/ALrFA

danah boyd's new book, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, explores the nuanced reasons and ways teens use social networks--and...

24/08/2014

Will Coin be a hit or has it already missed the mark: Digital credit card replacement Coin is almost ready to swipe http://ow.ly/3oQfpS

Since digital card holder Coin was announced last November, the team behind it has done a lot of thinking. To battle fraud, they've implemented an optional morse code unlocking system. To help...

24/08/2014

Amazon launches physical card reader for merchant payments: Local Register vs. Square Register: http://shar.es/1nVMFP

Does Amazon Local Register service stack up to Square, the oldest player in the mobile payment processing game?

19/08/2014

Touch to play: touch-sensitive LCD basketball court http://ow.ly/3owWCY

Nike has created this huge touch-sensitive LCD basketball court for a training session with Kobe Bryant. The court has built-in motion sensors that track every player's movements individually. It can also display training exercises for them to follow and show statistics on performance. Check out ...

15/08/2014

I've not purchased from app store in yrs, as pretty uninspiring. Like the idea of human curators to add a little soul http://ow.ly/3onAYa

With one million titles and no human guides, the Apple App Store has become incomprehensible for mere mortals. A simple solution exists: curation by humans instead of algorithms. Here's an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook making that case: Dear Tim, You know the numbers better than anyone—I don’...

15/08/2014

After watching the film Transcendence: The Internet Of Things Will Develop By 2025 | http://ow.ly/3hkBlr | http://ow.ly/3onAd1

15/08/2014

This app for fashion brands is like Instagram with a “buy” button – Quartz http://ow.ly/3onz8Y

Remember when people window-shopped for fun? The founders of the new mobile shopping app Spring, launching today, want to recreate that feeling on your smartphone: an enticing, browsable place where each brand controls its own "window," and inspired users can easily make purchases. Imagine Instag...

15/08/2014

Perspective Pixel: playing with shapes and making music on a giant touchscreen http://ow.ly/3omhGI

Deadmau5 revealed late last year that he was working on some sort of live performance system involving Microsoft's giant Perceptive Pixel touch displays, and now the EDM superstar has given a...

13/08/2014

Paint the rainbow: the Scribble Pen that lets you draw in 16 million colours | Artanddesign | The Guardian http://ow.ly/3ofJPt

This magical pen can recreate 16 million colours in an instant, and save 100,000 of your favourites in its internal memory. Its makers spill their secrets

09/08/2014

supermarket powered by food waste http://ow.ly/3o5OSF

The U.K.'s second-largest supermarket chain is collecting food throwaways at 1,200 stores and turning it into enough energy to power a total of three...

07/08/2014

Who are you designing for? Using data in the design process http://ow.ly/A38rq

Facebook’s “like” and “share” buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret...

05/08/2014

Singapore demonstrates how to keep tourists away: the sale that wasn’t Bloomberg http://ow.ly/3nVvfx

Retailers billed it as the Great Singapore Sale. Chinese tourist Zhu Liang bought it, only to regret afterward.

05/08/2014

Asian's rise to and demand for Asian brands http://ow.ly/zXbKE

Why 'by Asia, from Asia, for Asia' is the region's hottest consumption story.

01/08/2014

Time for China's brands to shine: grounding morals of luxury consumers http://ow.ly/zOVZ1

LUXURY in China is no longer simply about possession, status or exclusivity. Rather, it is about what the consumer stands for. Once upon a time,...

29/07/2014

Nike FuelBox lets users cash in fuel points for sports gear - PSFK http://ow.ly/3nIa1f

The Nike FuelBox lets users cash in their wearable wristband for sports gear like socks, shirts, and hats

25/07/2014

Sums up pretty well how Apple will plough their way into mobile payments | TIME http://ow.ly/3nyOYp

This spring, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered a vision of the company’s future - to anyone reading between the lines. “We have almost 800 million…

22/07/2014

Love this: azuma makoto sends bonzai tree into space http://ow.ly/zqUnB

azuma makoto sends a japanese white pine bonsai - and an arrangement of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, among other plants - into the...

21/07/2014

Smart worlds collide where gamification puts politics in the bin http://ow.ly/zoiSf

Tech pioneers in the US are advocating a new data-based approach to governance – 'algorithmic regulation'. But where does this leave governments,...

21/07/2014

Much to explore and adapt ... Asia's financial futures, reinventing the financial customer experience http://ow.ly/znGd8

As Asia’s diverse marketplace continues to mature and the region’s emerging middle class seeks out options to manage their finances, the banking...

20/07/2014

the most visited place in the world comes at a price http://ow.ly/i/6hRAJ

17/07/2014

Have M&S got it so wrong? From Obamacare to Marks & Spencer: when websites go wrong | Business | The Guardian http://ow.ly/3nh5oF

Charles Arthur: M&S's unpopular new website is not the first to damage a firm

17/07/2014

Essential building foundations for kids and the impact of technology http://ow.ly/3nh4xg

Sedentary bodies bombarded with chaotic sensory stimulation are resulting in delays in attaining child developmental milestones, with subsequent negative impact on basic foundation skills for achieving literacy.