StoryTales Aug 15, 2013 ... , photos, video, and audio to physical objects via scan-able QR or bar codesStorify allows users to create stories by pulling content from multiple social networksSent is “the world’s first novel told by emails”; subscribers receive an email exchange between characters everydayThe Blurb Mobile app allows users to create mobile, sharable stories from an iPhone or iPod TouchA Tale to Tell is an illustrated, collaborative storytelling project; each week a different illustrator/artist submits a new segment ...
No Money, More Problems Sep 16, 2019 ... Overseas Bank (UOB) is using gaming to help young consumers save. UOB's mobile app, called TMRW, allows users to level up the more they save and unlock different items to build out their virtual cities. The bank hopes that the app will attract today's digital-first customers. Ys gave rise to mainstream gaming culture, and brands that can align themselves with this cohort’s penchant for gamification have a leg up on the competition.Among Trendsetters, 37% in the U.S. and 31% in the UK say their debt is ...
Social Live Jun 20, 2017 gen z social life technology friends social media ... 10 in the UK say their social life mostly happens online. Live video is poised to steal a larger share of it and grow beyond the early adopters given how instinctive and comfortable it is for Zs to connect digitally, as well as the greater flexibility it affords them. It’s only fitting that a generation that leads mobile, on-the-go lives would embrace get-togethers with friends that can happen wherever they are. As Zs spend less of their social lives physically alongside their friends and more of ...
Humanology Sep 17, 2018 ... capacity to create emotional resonance through humanistic design. By imbuing technology with human characteristics—such as voice, the capacity to listen, and compassion—technology can help meet people’s need for emotional connection. Voice has become an important tool in creating tech that’s warmer and more personable. For example, voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Microsoft’s Cortana are always available to us whether it be “at hand” via smart mobile devices or “in ...
Overboredom Jun 19, 2017 career gen z media & entertainment relationships social media ... are seeing or hearing something we think is boring, we immediately do something else. If we are playing a boring video game we leave it and do something else.ISAAC, 13, U.S.Thanks to the culture of on-demand entertainment, the bar has been raised for capturing and sustaining young people’s attention. They’re part of a larger societal trend towards diminished attention overall; research has shown that the average attention span has fallen from 12 seconds in 2000, or around the time the mobile ...
Consumed Global Mar 19, 2014 global luxury retail e-commerce sharing economy shopping ... . Lamoda, an e-commerce company with about 1.5 million active customers, has approximately 700 couriers who deliver products to shoppers, typically the day after they’ve placed an order. Messengers wait 15 minutes while customers try on the clothes, offer styling and sizing tips, take returns, and process payment either via cash or credit card. By bringing products to consumers’ homes, Lamoda and similar services essentially act as “mobile stores.” Russian consumers spend 60% of their pretax income on ...
Bot or Not Sep 14, 2016 retail customer service shopping Venture Consumers ... more Millennial friendly, Citizens Bank in Providence, RI captures a customer's mobile number when they fill out a loan application through the bank's app or website. It then sends texts to their phone prompting them to provide the remaining info needed to complete the application.DBS Singapore's national bank launched the country's first video conference-based teller machines that allows customers to talk to a live teller via video chat. The virtual teller will perform regular ATM services and ...
(Net)Work Hard, Play Hard Dec 08, 2017 career community social life apps coworking spaces ... community of individuals who believe the world is at the verge of a collective conscious evolution, transitioning from a society defined by individualism and separation into one of interconnectedness.” Bumble Bizz Mobile dating app Bumble is now also a professional networking app. A new section called Bizz connects people interested in building business connections. While it uses the same swiping system as Bumble (or similar apps like Tinder), it reveals potential matches a separate, more job ...
Marketing Tips Sep 19, 2016 marketing retail brick-and-mortar e-commerce shopping ... , for example by easing one’s discovery and decision-making when in-store and guiding product selection to help reduce choice overload (see Cease & Assist). Aldo Footwear and accessory brand Aldo unveiled the Connected Store, a concept shop in the Westfield World Trade Center Mall that streamlines the in-store experience by offering connections to e-commerce. Upon entering, visitors receive a mobile notification directing them to open the Aldo app. They’re then able to scan products to access ...
Hands On Mar 11, 2014 retail brick-and-mortar personalization shopping ... deliver consumer insights on individual shoppers directly to store staff, thereby allowing sales associates to offer more personal service and recommendations. Nordstrom is experimenting with mobile technology that delivers shopper profiles to salespeople as shoppers enter the store. Consumers can opt in to receive the resultant personalized attention by downloading a designated app. Burberry’s Customer 360 program invites shoppers to share their buying history and preferences digitally. The platform ...
