Will.i.am & Simon Cowell to debut TV show to find the next Steve Jobs
Television all-star Simon Cowell and popular musician Will.i.am will team up to create a TV show focused on finding the next big tech entrepreneur who will follow in the path of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg.“We’re working on a proje...
Kickstarter project for book on how to fund Kickstarter projects failed to fund itself on Kickstarter
Dude writes a book about how to get funded on Kickstarter. Chooses to get funding for the book in Kickstarter. Great idea, until the project was cancelled due to lack of funding.Dude probably should have thought that one through.http://uncrunched....
World's First 'Tweet' Shop Opens In London
http://designtaxi.com/news/353727/World-s-First-Tweet-Shop-Opens-In-London/
The Popinator // Innovation that happens when you enjoy coming to work
Say hello to the 'Popinator' - the world’s first fully automated, voice activated popcorn shooter triggered by the word "pop".Check out the video: People who work with popcorn having fun with popcorn. This is a great example of the innovation that...
7 things you need to know about mobile SEO
http://www.slideshare.net/aleydasolis/7-things-about-mobile-seo-you-need-to-know-aleyda-at-brightonseohttp://econsultancy.com/au/blog/10718-seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-mobile-seo
The truth about dishonesty // RSA Animate
Humans are torn by the conflict between the need to feel good about ourselves and the need to benefit from dishonesty. By rationalising our actions, we manage to do both on a daily basis.Think of this scenario: most people would never steal even 1...
Sir Martin Sorrel // The 9 things that will most affect Marketing Communications
Speaking at The Growth Faculty's Global Leadership Series in Sydney, Sir Martin Sorrell discussed nine key factors impacting the marcomms industry.1. Shift to DigitalBalance of power shifting from traditional media to digital media with the hyper-...
Study at Stanford. For free.
Ever wanted to study at a prestigious school like Stanford? Now you can, through their free series of online classes.To highlight Stanford’s free online offering, they will be delivering free classes online for sixteen courses covering topics as d...
Left brain + Right brain = Innovation
We all know that the human brain is split into two hemispheres: the left brain provides analytical thinking and the right brain provides creative thinking. The key to unlocking innovation is to apply both types of thinking with equal authority and...
Toshiba shows us it's the beauty inside that counts
Over the past decade, the notebook PC market has become commoditised as both manufacturers and retailers have focused all of their communications on high specs and low prices. Consumers have never been presented with a real reason to prefer one br...
My typical Facebook friend is male, aged 31, lives in Sydney and is named Ben Khan
Thanks to a brand new feature from Wolfram Alpha (the search specialist that powers a lot of your conversations with Siri), I’ve just pulled a report on my Facebook profile. The report tells me things like the words I most commonly use in my statu...
UX in action // 5 Design Tricks Facebook Uses To Affect Your Privacy Decisions
http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/25/5-design-tricks-facebook-uses-to-affect-your-privacy-decisions/
Pizza at the touch of a button
The multitude of nationalities and languages present in Dubai can make the seemingly simple task of ordering a pizza a bit of a nightmare. Red Tomato Pizza came up with the answer: a fridge magnet that magically orders your favourite pizza at the ...
Two words: Big Data
Social is all about conversations, right? Wrong.Social has now moved into its third phase – optimisation. The future is Minority Report, and whether you like it or not we are already on our way there. The future of social is in businesses that are...
CBA to launch Facebook banking by Dec 2012
Social networking is about to go financial. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia plans to let customers bank through Facebook by the end of the year.The move is a new development in a rapidly escalating mobile payments war being waged between major ...
INFOGRAPHIC: Mums are the biggest brand boosters on Facebook
Moms lead the pack when comes to liking brands on Facebook, according to a recent survey by Burst media. Fifty eight percent of moms follow or like brands on social media sites.The survey showed that moms are the group of consumers most likely to ...
Continuous Improvement for your life: Part 2 // Saga Ambient Companion
More info:http://www.getsaga.com/http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/16/a-r-o-reveals-saga-an-ambient-companion-that-watches-what-you-do-to-make-personal-recommendations/
Make Your Own MPee3 With A Guitar Urinal
Billboard Brasil has created the Guitar Pee, an interactive guitar/urinal that allows users to play their own music solos as they relieve themselves by the direction and pressure of their urine stream.When you're done, a number appears on a board ...
Forbes: Welcome to the era of design
All businesses, no matter what they make or sell, should recognize the power and financial value of good design.Obviously, there are many different types of design: graphic, brand, packaging, product, process, interior, interaction/user experience...
Amer Iqbal guest judging finalist presentations for the Integrated Communications course at UTS
Helping to judge presentations at UTS for the final year Integrated Communications course. Great to see some creative ideas from the finalists in response to real client briefs.Congrats to all groups who presented today, well done.