DESIGN, BUSINESS & INNOVATION

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The homepage is dead, and the social web has won—even at the New York Times. Zachary M. Seward in Quartz writes about how social media and mobile technology made push media replace pull media. "Traffic to the New York Times homepage fell by half in the last two years, according to the newspaper’s internal review of its digital strategy. That’s not necessarily a reflection of any problems at the Times but the reality of how news is now distributed on the internet. Homepage traffic is declining at most news sites as readers increasingly find links to news articles from social media, email, and other sources". Read full article, that includes a link to The New York Times leaked strategy report via BuzzFeed, in Quartz. E.T.P. 3'

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"Data collected via Google Glass could soon be used to deliver advertising tailored to the wearer's taste, mood, and location, according to Tony Gaitatzis, a leading figure in the wearable technology sector. "The potential is incredible and hyper-targeted to the point where it is no longer advertising," said Gaitatzis, who is chief technology officer at PND, a company developing wearable technology that monitors the human brain. PND is developing PND Wearable - a "personal neuro device" that gathers information on the wearer's moods, emotions and health. This data could be used by advertisers to target wearers of Google Glass head-mounted computers." Read full Ross Bryant interview to Tony Gaitatzis in Dezeen. E.T.P. 14'

La vie en Instagram. Another type of glasses for those who truly believe everything looks better in Instagram, well now with Tens Tinded Sunglasses, they can look at life through an Instagram-like filter and probably, look better and have more fun (?). Read full article in Fubiz. E.T.P. 3'

DESIGN, BUSINESS & INNOVATION

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"Twitter is sharing its massive trove of data with the academic world — for free. The social networking outfit has long sold access to its enormous collection of tweets — a record of what the people of the world are doing and saying — hooking companies like Google and Yahoo into the “Twitter fire hose.” But now, through a new grant program, it wants to make it easier for social scientists and other academics to explore its tweet archive, which stretches back to 2006 . . . 'It will be biased towards people who are on the internet, says Devin Gaffney — a developer who holds a master’s degree in Social Science of the Internet from Oxford University — but it’s still better than before. Plus, it’s less work. You don’t have to talk to 10,000 people. You just write some code to do it for you.' " Well done Twitter! Read full article by Klint Finley in Wired. E.T.P. 4'

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There are very successful and absolutely iconic city emblems like “I NY” and “I amsterdam,” that is why Paul Hiebert explores in his article in The New Yorker if a logo can change a city’s reputation, and this relatively new trend called destination branding, "which aims to package cities, regions, and countries as marketable products to lure potential tourists and investors". Read full article in The New Yorker. E.T.P. 8'

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This is absolutely fabulous, lovely example of meaningful procrastination: "Famous film set designs are translated into detailed cross sections that resemble the insides of dolls' houses in this series of illustrations by architect and illustrator Federico Babina." Have a look in Dezeen. E.T.P. 5'

DESIGN, BUSINESS & INNOVATION

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Architect and writer Sam Jacob in his latest and very interesting Opinion column in Dezeen magazine, argues that objects tell us more about ourselves than literature or imagery and sets out his manifesto for understanding objects and for "a culture of design informed by archeology and anthropology". Sounds quite logical, right? Read full article in Dezeen.

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What is innovation? David Brier in his latest article in Fast Company connected the dots between some iconic lectures and manifestos of three innovators: Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Seth Godin and, discover one common action defining and promoting innovation: connecting the dots. Read his article here.

DESIGN, BUSINESS & INNOVATION

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Have a look at this lovely movie that Lebanese designer Najla El Zein has sent Dezeen showing her 5000 spinning paper windmills being installed in a doorway at the V&A museum in London, The Wind Portal, a walk-through installation that represents a transition space from an inside to an outside area. To watch the movie and read full article in Dezeen click here. E.T.P.: 7'

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After promising to never run banner ads in Serch Results, Google does just that. That's the article in Fast Company that tell us how Google has broken a major promise. The problem is, Google said it was never going to do this. In a 2005 blog post written by none other than Marissa Mayer, Google promised "there will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or Web search results pages,” and also said there wouldn't be "crazy, flashy, graphical doodads" on the site to distract users. And then there's the keyword: "Ever." Read full article here. E.T.P. 2'