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75% of consumers made purchases as a result of SMS marketing

60% expect brands to text them at least once a week, but 71% said too many messages are why they no longer want to get them. Constantine von Hoffman on February 6, 2024 Three-quarters of U.S. consumers say they buy things as a result of SMS messages from companies, according to a new study. What’s … Continue reading 75% of consumers made purchases as a result of SMS marketing →

Black History Month: The mistakes waiting to be made

Discrimination

Without an authentic commitment to the community you want to connect with, you’re riding a pogo stick across a minefield. Constantine von Hoffman on February 5, 2024 When it comes to marketing and Black History Month, remember the words of chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower as looked at an empty board, “The mistakes are all there, … Continue reading Black History Month: The mistakes waiting to be made →

Why we haven’t made the ‘Citizen Kane’ of gaming

Reading

Jessica Conditt @JessConditt Pippin Barr is what happens when you hand a philosopher a video game controller. He received a Ph.D in Computer Science in 2008 with a thesis titled, Video Game Values: Play as Human-Computer Interaction. He’s built a tongue-in-cheek series of games based on Greek mythology where players are handed impossible tasks, … Continue reading Why we haven’t made the ‘Citizen Kane’ of gaming →

Trackable Digital Refunds And Payments Made Possible Through SKUx, Emplifi Partnership

Payments Services

Trackable Digital Refunds And Payments Made Possible Through SKUx, Emplifi Partnership by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 18, 2023 SKUx, a payments and consumer engagement platform founded in 2018, plans to announce a partnership with Emplifi that will make it easy to send a one-to-one serialized, encoded and trackable digital payment to consumers. The instantaneous payments … Continue reading Trackable Digital Refunds And Payments Made Possible Through SKUx, Emplifi Partnership →

Canon made a prototype 180- and 360-degree VR camera

Cameras Innovation

Insta360 Evo captures 180- and 360-degree content for VR headsets Richard Lai @richardlai Following the powerful One X 360 camera (and some fun updates), Insta360 is now back with a rather eccentric device that aims to make better use of your VR headsets. The new Insta360 Evo is a dual-mode camera that captures … Continue reading Canon made a prototype 180- and 360-degree VR camera →

LG made a 49-inch HDR monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate

LG TV

Sam Rutherford @samrutherford| Earlier this year, Alienware released what’s arguably the best all-around gaming monitor on the market right now: the AW3423DW. But last week, LG quietly announced its latest batch of UltraGear gaming monitors and after getting a chance to check them out in person, I can say that Alienware’s display has some formidable … Continue reading LG made a 49-inch HDR monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate →

Saying no to meetings made my team more productive. Here’s why

Productive Meetings

By Dave DuBois February 16, 2023 Ever feel like you’re in too many meetings? You’re not alone: 92% of employees consider meetings costly and unproductive, according to the Harvard Business Review. Now, many organizations are trying to cut down on the meeting clutter. In a dramatic step to improve productivity, Shopify went … Continue reading Saying no to meetings made my team more productive. Here’s why →

Netflix killed its Surprise Me button. Here’s why the shuffle-play feature never made much sense

Streaming Services

By Mark Wilson February 15, 2023 With very little fanfare, Netflix has sunset a UX feature that was half a decade in development. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the company’s Surprise Me feature, which played a randomized movie or show with the click of a button, has been discontinued due to low use. … Continue reading Netflix killed its Surprise Me button. Here’s why the shuffle-play feature never made much sense →

This 3D-printed home is made from wood chips and sawdust

3D-Printing

By Nate Berg January 05, 2023 There were more than a million tons of sawdust with nowhere to go. In Maine, where about 90% of the state is forested, sawmills are one of the state’s main industries. Their sawdust byproduct had typically supplied one of the state’s other main industries, pulp and paper mills. … Continue reading This 3D-printed home is made from wood chips and sawdust →

Apple’s future iPhones and Macs will use TSMC chips made in Arizona

Apple Hardware

Apple reportedly plans to use US-made chips starting in 2024 Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Apple is gearing up to source chips from a factory in the US within the next couple of years, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Company CEO Tim Cook reportedly made the revelation during a meeting with local engineering and retail … Continue reading Apple’s future iPhones and Macs will use TSMC chips made in Arizona →