Category: Allgemein
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The 100 Project: getting neighborhood businesses on the grid
Originally posted on Hajj Flemings – I am Design: What is the 100 Project? The 100 project is about the small business owners in Detroit neighborhoods who are working 10-12 hour days as the primary employee, with no foot traffic to the business, no marketing budget and no website. Welcome to the world of Alicia George…
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5 things to know about coworking
Originally posted on Justine T. Polonski: May 5, 2016 OSWEGO, N.Y. – With working from home and freelancing on the rise, coworking is taking the world by storm. But what is it exactly? A cowork is an office community of people who are either self-employed or work for a variety of employers. This creates an environment where…
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The World Is Our Interface: Design Beyond The Screen
We are in an exciting age of design: Welcome to a new era in history where our bodies, cars, bedrooms, heaters, streets and just about everything is beginning to become an interface. This article will present a number of exciting technologies and various interfaces to interact with them, ranging from touch to VR, as well…
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Are We Creating An Insecure Internet of Things (IoT)?
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been an industry buzzword for years, but sluggish development and limited commercialization have led some industry watchers to start calling it the “Internet of No Things”. Double puns aside, IoT development is in trouble. Aside from spawning geeky jokes unfit for most social occasions, the hype did not help;…
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Domesticating the Internet of Things
The smart home technology boom is upon us. Despite lucrative projections for the market, and ever increasing numbers of connected devices, we have yet to witness much social impact from consumer adoption into the home. As a potential tipping point looms, there are several debates surrounding privacy, integration and other technical issues. Yet, there seems…
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Travel start-ups to watch 2016
Start-ups have and will disrupt the travel and hospitality industry. What`s new, what`s hip, what`s next… Here is my latest selection of start-up companies in travel and hospitality, which might be a game changer of travel and hospitality! Brentwood, USA What is it many people want to do more? Travel! 3RD HOME enables second home owners…
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Innoreads
Here are my July/August highlights of the best innovation articles. Get inspired! The surprising way to come up with your next business idea By Hal Gregersen August 2015, fortune.com By simply observing others, Intuit founder and CEO Scott Cook built one of America’s biggest companies. Our best observations are frequently powered by our best questions.…
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How the Internet of Things will impact Hospitality Industry
The digital world has fundamentally changed the retail ecosystem. Especially smartphones are changing the way we shop. We are moving from E-Commerce to M-Commerce. Our mobile won´t be the only device anymore having the capability of collecting data and communicating with other devices. Whether it be referred to as Connected Devices, Intelligent Devices, Wearable tech…
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Top 3 reasons to watch Tajikistan as a destination
Feel the friendship I just recently traveled to Tajikistan and yes, I felt the friendship. If you visit the website of the Tajik Tourism you see a video underlining their marketing headline, however, if you go further you realize that content is missing or outdated. For instance, the forum has two members, 2 posts and…
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Innolights
What`s cooking in service innovation? What`s new and next? Here are my monthly innovation highlights. Get inspired! Differentation MINI offers stranded motorists a lift, turning breakdowns into test drives A very clever campaign from Mini, in getting people who are questioning if their current cars are worth repairing to consider driving a Mini instead: After…
Innovation drives Emotion, Value, Experience 