Month: May 2016
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Mobile searches + more
Saying a third of mobile searches are local, Google brings “Promoted Pins” to Maps – but still no development platform for third party integration. Google Maps is still behind Baidu Maps in this respect. But the pivot towards local mobile searches offers opportunities for many small and medium sized businesses. More on where 2.0 related topics…
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Gawker-Peter Thiel in context
Why do a post about the Gawker-Peter Thiel court case? Because the Gawker-Peter Thiel court case marks a step change in Silicon Valley culture and will likely change media practices in new media companies. What is the Gawker-Peter Thiel court case? Silicon Valley veteran financier Peter Thiel was behind the financing of a court case…
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Competition in logistics + more
Failure of competition in logistics market – The EU thinks this website is the key to fixing its weak e-commerce market — Quartz – surely there is some arbitrage play for ‘trumpeting’ deliveries in and out to take advantage of lowest cost parcel routing? Given the amount of parcel carriers why is there a failure of…
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100 soundscapes + more things
The 100 Soundscapes of Japan: A list of Japan’s greatest natural, cultural, and industrial sounds – this is the kind of project that the web was made of. It’s an inspired piece of work. Not to over-egg it but these 100 soundscapes are amazing. More Japan-related posts here. Burberry explores Mr. Burberry’s narrative via GQ…
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Consumer Packaged Goods innovation
Consumer packaged goods innovation – CB Insights put together an interesting presentation on the changing landscape of the consumer packaged goods sector. The key takeouts for me were: The similarity to the technology sector in terms of startups developing a brand and selling out to a bigger firm A key part of what they are…
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Credit card + more things
Satan’s Credit Card: What The Mark Of The Beast Taught Me About The Future Of Money – BuzzFeed News – interesting read on the human factors of credit cards and payments in general. What happens when your credit card sits underneath your skin? In Sweden you can actually do this. Sweden has already gone virtually cashless…
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The New Nokia
The New Nokia can rise from the ashes of the old. Microsoft finally let go of its licence for the Nokia brand license on May 19, 2016. There is a lot of logic to this move: Microsoft has already written down the full value of the business acquisition It has got the most valuable technical…
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Hong Kong Strong
Brandon Li put his short film Hong Kong Strong on Vimeo last week. The video sprang up all over my Facebook feed as proud Hong Kongers shared the video. There were a number of things happening. The Hong Kong Tourist Board was having its strategy and spend challenged by some of the public and Wan…
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Disaster at BBC + more
A recipe for disaster at the BBC | Broadstuff – really good guide for people outside the UK on what is happening to the public service broadcaster. From beloved Aunty Beeb to disaster at the BBC Nokia back in mobile phone business | TotalTelecom – interesting move via HMD. It will be interesting to see how much…