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Happiness blanket
British Airways Happiness Blanket Changes Colors To Reflect Your Mood | PSFK – the happiness blanket is a nice bit of technology meets art, less sure how it works from a research point of view as being a valid output. The measurement is actually done using sensors in a headband. The blanket provides a visual cue though fibre optic fibres woven into the front of the blanket. The happiness blanket is a great cyberpunk maguffin.
Economics
Startup Incubator Economics, Revisited | Excapite – are incubators part of the problem or the solution
As China’s wages increase, so does its rich-poor gap, says study | Shanghaist – interesting challenge, explains crack down on corruption etc
Ethics
Data Science: What the Facebook Controversy is Really About | The Atlantic – the last Facebook emotional research link that I am going to post
Ideas
The Military Is About to Get New Spy Glasses – Defense One – closer to what the vision of Google Glass et al should be
A Breakthrough in the Checkered History Of Brain Hacking – Defense One – probably a little longer for the Johnny Mnemonic-style brain implants
Luxury
Why Chinese luxury consumption continues to surge | Marketing Interactive – driven by e-commerce
Marketing
Cannes 2014: PR’s Battle For Marketing Relevance | Holmes Report – interesting debate
The changing face of Facebook | iCrossing – handy infographic on Facebook
5 tips for B2B social media marketing | Marketing Interactive – nice piece for agencies
Online
Google Discontinues Q&A Services | Google System – no Yahoo! Answers competitors
Alibaba boss Jack Ma says he has never used Taobao or Alipay, and doesn’t plan to | Quartz – did Jack Ma use TaoBao or not?
Facebook Still Dominates Teens’ Social Usage | Forrester Blogs – Facebook is still important for teens with 28% saying that they use it all the time
“Buy Now” Buttons Start Appearing in Tweets. Is Twitter Shopping Here? | Re/code – Twitter follows where Weibo led
Google shuts down Orkut | Marketing Interactive – not terribly surprising. Though with all eyes on Brazil with the World Cup and Brazil having been Orkut’s lead market there is a certain amount of irony in the timing
Tencent’s SY Lau : Mobile First | Holmes Report – interesting interview with Tencent executive SY Lau on WeChat
Technology
24 million Internet-connected TV Sets Sold in China in 2013: iResearch Report – but nothing about how they are used
Web of no web
Smart Picture Technologies Turns Your Smartphone’s Camera into a Measuring Tape | TechnoBob – really nice idea
Multi-touch Haptic Display Vibrates Desired Points on Screen | Nikkei TechOn – this is exciting stuff, will change interface design