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(Video) Lego's Holiday Store Windows Feature an AR Snowball Fight
[Business]
2023/11/23 09:08
People will be able to toss snowballs across the Atlantic Ocean.It’s no secret that collaboration is essential to growth, but the how of it isn’t always so clear—and it's the understanding of how that is a true competitive advantage. Join Adweek X, a uniquely formatted event on December 4 in LA, to unlock fresh perspectives, true collaboration and growth.For the 2023 holiday season, Lego wor...
October Global Smartphone Sales Break Two-Year Losing Streak
[Business]
2023/11/23 09:07
In October 2023, the global monthly smartphone sell-through recorded its first YoY growth since June 2021, breaking the streak of 27 months of consecutive YoY declines.October also marked the biggest monthly smartphone sales since January 2022.Emerging markets led the recovery, with MEA showing the highest YoY growth, followed by China and IndiaGlobal monthly smartphone sell-through volumes gre...
Adidas Unveils Euro 2024 Official Football with Real-Time Kick Detection
[Product]
2023/11/23 09:06
Adidas announced yet another tech-driven product to improve the game of Football. The FUSSBALLLIEBE (German isn’t the most elegant language) is a connected ball that detects kicks in real-time, and has also been adopted as the Official Football for the upcoming UEFA EURO 2024. Beyond its mouthful of a name, which translates to “love of soccer,” this ball is a groundbreaking fusion of sport a...
Comparing Weekly Work Hours and Salaries in OECD Countries
[Consumer]
2023/11/23 09:05
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is generally regarded as a collection of highly developed, high income countries. However with 38 member states from across the globe, economic prosperity can still vary widely between these nations.To illustrate this, Truman Du from Genuine Impact charts the average weekly work hours and salaries across the OECD in 2022.For wage...
AI-Powered Photo-Sorting App Ollie Raised $3.6M
[Investing]
2023/11/23 09:04
AI-powered photo-sorting app GoodOnes raised $3.6 million in seed funding earlier this year and dropped into the Apple App Store in April. Six months and 400 million photo sorts later, it is changing its name to Ollie and having a bit of a relaunch. TechCrunch spoke to the newly named Ollie’s CEO and co-founder, Israel Shalom, to find out more about the name change and what they’ve learned si...
How Mugler and Balmain are enriching the consumer experience via emerging tech
[Business]
2023/11/23 09:03
The roundup and the verdict on this week’s hottest Web3 activations. It’s been a rocky road for the Web3 lexicon this year, with terms like “metaverse” and “NFT” losing their luster. In response, luxury labels are opting for language that’s a little less loaded — cue digital passports.Essentially an NFT, the past 11 months have seen brands including Loro Piana and Panerai incorporate bl...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Arts in the UK : Seeing The Big Picture
[Business]
2023/11/22 09:10
Connections within the ecosystem are critical to the arts sector’s ability to achieve and sustain impact.As we have seen, the arts sector has a direct economic and noneconomic impact on society, beyond the intrinsic value of the arts. How does the sector achieve this impact, and how can it be sustained? Our analysis shows that it depends not only on the individual efforts of those in the arts...
Amazon Announces Astro for Business, A Robotic Security Guard for Workplaces
[Product]
2023/11/22 09:09
Introducing Astro for Business: A Customizable Security Solution Bringing Peace of Mind to Owners of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.Help reduce blind spots and protect business inventory in spaces of up to 5,000 square feet with flexible camera viewpoints powered by Astro’s intelligent motion and periscope cameraUse the Astro app to control privacy settings and check in on your business 24/...
Exploring OpenAI's Corporate Structure, After Sam Altman’s Shock Dismissal
[Business]
2023/11/22 09:08
It’s been a chaotic few days for OpenAI, the artificial intelligence giant behind ChatGPT.In the ~72 hours since our Friday send, co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was shock-fired by the board; a host of high-profile resignations were tendered; chief technology officer Mira Murati was appointed as interim CEO; momentum to reinstate Altman gathered steam; the board reportedly agreed to reverse the...
