Ok, this is a whole new spin – China has been one of the quickest to adapt to using drones to light up the sky with shows competing for entry into the Guinness Book of Records. But no one has used them to create QR codes for Product Downloads! Yes, #qrcodes (hey Scott Stratten didn’t you write a book…
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If you saw the 2018 movie Ready Player One, you may remember the Oasis: a glitzy, fast-paced #metaverse with gleaming cities, beautiful people (or, avatars, to be precise), and excitement of many varieties; in short, the perfect escape from the drudgery of real life. Epic Games has just raised $1B to start on its quest to build its…
#Canadian NFT crypto player Dapper Labs is raising money at an over $7.5 Billion valuation! The rush of enthusiasm for blockchain-based collectibles is driving an extraordinary surge of investor interest in Dapper Labs, the developer of collectibles like NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties. Just a few weeks after Dapper Labs raised $305 million at a valuation of $2.6 billion,…
It’s 2021. You’re at home for the 390th day in a row. Candles have become an essential part of the mix. But you’re longing for the office -right?! Well our friends at R/GA have you covered – No, not the rich and smoky Le Labo 26 or the Byredo Bibliothèque, with notes of peach, peony, leather, and…
California was the first state in the US to announce plans to ban new fossil-fuel-powered cars by 2035. Massachusetts followed. But a new report says that it’s feasible for the entire US to make the shift to 100% electric car and truck sales by the same year, something that’s necessary to avoid the worst impacts…
A dozen bottles of Chateau Petrus Pomerol recently completed a 438-day, 19-hour stay on the International Space Station. Now, one of the $5,000 bottles has been uncorked and tasted for the first time. Several wine experts who sampled a glass of the ‘#spacewine‘ said it was delicious and perhaps two to three years more evolved…
Gartner‘s fascinating look at emerging tech trends, adoption, and the future – with 3 themes – Interfaces and experiences; Business enablers; and Productivity revolution. The rings represent the range, which estimates the number of years it will take until the technology or trend crosses from early adopter to early majority adopter. The size and color…
Following the video of Pager the 9-yr-old macaque’s release, #ElonMusk took to Twitter and explained Neuralink’s short-term goals. “First Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone with their thumbs,” he stated. Musk added that later versions would be able to shunt signals from Neuralinks in the brain to those implanted in the…
Ah, yes the #cookie. Marketers and advertisers have come to love and rely on the cookie. But as we have seen with Google and Apple – #privacy comes first (I truly think Tim Cook is trying to put the world in a better place). We should own our data and decide who sees and uses it and for what purpose. Only then…
Lada Gaga is back in the #luxury realm (remember Tiffany & Co. x Gaga). Dom Perignon and #LadyGaga have created the #Queendom with Nick Knight whose trippy visuals of crystal castles that morph into catwalks and an endless party blend perfectly into Lady Gaga’s music and zeitgeist. Let the expensive pink bubbles flow. #wakeupimagine #DomPérignonxLadyGaga #creativity #luxurybrands