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Smart suitcase designed to make travelling less stressful

A smart suitcase, which travellers will be able to control via an app, promises to make travelling less stressful and more efficient.

Bluesmart : Smart Suitcase : Awakening Tech

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Design Miami/ 2014 Overview: Part 2

On the 10th anniversary of the show, Design Miami/ 2014 fully lived up to expectations and the city was awash with colour and energy. Here LS...

Miami : Art : Collaboration

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Pizza Hut tests ‘subconscious menu’ in UK stores

Pizza Hut has tested a new tablet-based ordering service across its 300 UK branches that uses retina-scanning to help diners choose their food.

Pizza Hut : Subconscious Menu : Generation D

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Publishing group introduces buy button on Twitter

Publishing group Hachette has introduced a buy button on the Twitter feeds of its more popular authors.

Hachette : Twitter Buying : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems

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Design Miami/ 2014 Overview: Part 1

The sun was shining and the champagne was flowing. Collectors, gallerists, celebrities and enthusiasts were out in full force in Miami for the 10...

Miami : Design Miami/ : Art

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Developers create minute-by-minute novel from real tweets

A Dutch development team has produced a novel compiled of tweets.

Twitter Novel : Studio Moniker : Generation D

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Spare5 app offers users a way to earn money in their spare time

A new app enables users to earn money during their downtime.

Spare5 : Nanoentrepreneurs : The New Value Economy

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YSL introduces Google Glass make-up tutorials at Selfridges

Yves Saint Laurent has launched a make-up tutorial service at its beauty counter in Selfridges, where the make-up artist wears a pair of Google Gla...

Google Glass : YSL : Wearable Tech

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16 Ways To Change The World

Flying cars and invisibility technology were among the game-changing innovations proposed at the boldly named 16 Ways To Change The World conference.

100 Year Thinking : Urbanisation : Climate Change

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App makes shopping on Instagram more intuitive

Mobile app Dash Hudson is the latest attempt to make Instagram shoppable, simplifying the path from inspiration to purchase.

Dash Hudson : Instagram : Retail Futures

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The Guardian aims to understand happiness levels with new app

A new app from The Guardian in association with life insurance group Beagle Street is designed to help understand what makes us happy.

Happy For Life : The Guardian : The New Sublimity

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Online browsing and physical shopping both key in the purchase decision journey

Global – The Connected Shopper, a study into the role of the digital world in the customer’s purchase decision journey, has revealed the importance...

Global Connected Shopper : Online Browsing : Retail Futures

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Masters in food design grows out of contemporary converging food practices

A Masters degree course in food design, to be introduced in Milan in 2015, will educate aspiring food designers in creative approaches to food pr...

Milan : Food Design : New Foodscapes

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Google to create child-friendly versions of leading services

Video platform YouTube and browser Chrome are among products to be given the child-friendly treatment in 2015.

Google : Generation I : Coder Kids

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New luxury hotel opens during Design Miami/ 2014

The Miami Beach Edition hotel, which had its grand opening during this week’s Design Miami/ 2014 show, features a four-lane bowling alley and a 2,0...

The Miami Beach Edition : Design Miami/Basel 2014 : The Convergence Economy

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International CES 2015 Preview

LS:N Global will be in Las Vegas in January to cover the International CES 2015 show as global mega-brands and fledgling start-ups alike ...

International CES : Consumer Electronics : Las Vegas

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Fashion magazines release special editions for Chinese tourists

Fashion titles such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Condé Nast Traveller have released special editions of their magazines specifically for Chin...

Chinese Tourists : Luxury : Magazines

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Google introduces new ad blocker subscription service

Google has launched Contributor, a crowdfunding platform that gives internet users the option to avoid adverts on their favourite websites.

Google Contributor : Ad Blocker : The New Value Economy

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Taxi company in Stockholm offers free therapy sessions

A Swedish taxi firm is offering free therapy sessions with journeys in Stockholm.

Taxi Stockholm : Mental Wellbeing : Cosnumer Health Market

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ASOS unveils online personal stylist platform

Retail e-commerce brand ASOS has launched a personal stylist service, introducing customers to a range of different outfits to match any personality.

Asos : Personal Stylist : Transmedia Futures

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