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Serial podcast attracts new audience to long-format audio storytelling

Serial, a new podcast featuring a true-crime narrative told over multiple full-length episodes, is leading to renewed interest in audio storytell...

Podcast : Radio : Binge Culture

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International Biennale Interieur 2014 Review

Outside the 24th International Biennale Interieur furniture fair in Kortrijk, Belgium, this month, a single concept was announced loud and clear o...

Space Caviar : Bulo : Glithero

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Luxe Pack Monaco 2014: Overview

In its 27th year, premier luxury packaging show Luxe Pack featured more than 400 exhibitors from over 30 companies presenting the latest ideas an...

Luxe Pack : Luxe Pack Monaco : Beauty Packaging

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Marvel, Warner/ DC and Sony reveal superheroes of the big screen are here to stay

Marvel, Warner/DC and Sony have revealed plans to produce 29 superhero films between them over the next six years.

DC Comics : MArvel : The Sharded Self

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Facebook is now accessible via the dark web

Social media platform Facebook has developed a version of the site accessible to the dark web via Tor.

Facebook : The Dark Web : The New Value Economy

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App predicts when you will die down to the last second

The phrase ‘there’s an app for that’ has been taken to dark new levels with Deadline, the app that predicts when you’re going to die.

Deadline : Coca-Cola : Gist LLC

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Future highways: The photo-luminising powder replacing street lights

Dutch design firm Studio Roosegaarde has developed Glowing Lines, strips of photo-luminising powder, to replace street lamps along Dutch roads.

Studio Roosegarde : Dan Roosegarde : Glowing Lines

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New low-cost smartphone aimed at young people in emerging markets

Former Apple CEO John Sculley has launched a low-cost smartphone aimed at young people in emerging markets.

Obi Mobiles : John Sculley : New Emerging Affluents

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Fortnum & Mason collection goes on sale at Lane Crawford

Piccadilly luxury retailer Fortnum & Mason has joined forces with Hong Kong department store retailer Lane Crawford on a new range of pro...

Fortnum & Mason : Lane Crawford : China's New Emerging Affluents

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HP’s new Sprout PC set to change how we interact with digital content

HP is releasing Sprout, a new desktop computer that aims to end mouse-and-keyboard interaction and change the way we engage with digital content.

Awakening Tech : Hewlett Packard : Sprout

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Mobile phones used to help people in Angola locate water supplies

Development agencies are using mobile phone technology to help communities in Angola to access clean water.

Smart Philanthropy : Mobile Enabled Community Services : Angola

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Accidental lock-in inspires Airbnb to host sleepover in book store

Airbnb has hosted a sleepover in Waterstones’ flagship store. The inspiration for the event came when tourist David Willis was accidentally locked ...

AirBnB : Waterstones : Symbiotic Branding

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Online tool lets consumers understand how advertisers see them

Floodwatch is an online tool that enables users to track the advertisements they are presented with while browsing the internet.

Floodwatch : Big Data : Data Visualisation

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Global snackers opt for health and convenience

A shift toward healthy snacking and meal replacement signals growth opportunities for the global snacking industry, according to a new Nielsen rep...

Snacking : Nielsen : Meal Replacement

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Mobile app for life’s awkward moments

Dorothy is a new product for use in awkward social situations allowing users to call an Uber, text their friends or trigger a fake phone call simpl...

Dorothy : IStrategyLab : Everyday Re-Enchantment

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Mozilla Foundation launches Appmaker

Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit arm of Mozilla Firefox, is launching Appmaker, part of a new range of tools to empower internet users around the...

Mozilla Foundation : App Maker : New Emerging Affluents

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Poundland launches own-brand beauty range

Discount store Poundland has announced plans to introduce its own beauty range, launching in stores from October 2014.

Poundland : Budget : Price-conscious

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Start-up aims to connect emerging markets to internet

Outernet is a global broadcast data start-up that plans to address the fact that about two-thirds of the world’s population still lacks internet ...

Outernet : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems : Emerging Markets

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Dutch Design Week 2014

With a strong focus on storytelling and art direction, this year’s Dutch Design Week was a showcase for emerging design talent and curatorial bri...

DDW14 : Sense-Nonsense : Jules Van Den Langenberg

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US urban cores gain young, well-educated residents

Urban cores across the US are attracting an outsized share of young and educated residents, even in cities where the overall economic picture is...

City Observatory : Demographics : Urban Policy

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