A never ending Blabla blog
News from the digital age which might be interesting, collected on this website. But on a very irregular basis...
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Future of shopping and dining starts at Hema
If you’ve ever wondered where the food at your grocery store comes from, and how long it took to get there, you’ve probably never shopped at Hema. It’s not the HEMA but a…
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China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
China is home to the world’s largest network of CCTV cameras — over 170 million — and its police have adopted Google Glass-like ‘smart specs’ to seek out suspects in crowds, but now its surveillance…
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Samsung redesigns sound for the hearing-impaired
When it comes to horror movies, sound plays a crucial role in building fear and excitement in the audience. While this experience isn’t the same for the hearing-impaired, Samsung Nordics is out to change…
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Pantone Color of the Year 2019 – Living Coral
Pantone has announced that Living Coral is the 2019 color of the year. The color authority has bestowed the honorable title on a special hue every December for the past 20 years, taking into…
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New Zealand AR game
The thrill and excitement of great tourism generally requires visitors to take part in the country’s local fare in person. But Air New Zealand’s new augmented reality experience for the Magic Leap One gives…
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Vimeo goes holograms
Vimeo has long regarded itself as the video-sharing site for those that want to get experimental. Well, the company has found a new medium to get creators pumped about, and I think it’s…
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The “Falling Stars” challenge
What is the Falling Stars challenge? The new #fallingstars2018 challenge invites those taking part to share their best fake fall. They in turn nominate their friends and followers to do the same. People have…
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Single’s Day in China is real “retail-tainment”
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Shopping Festival is like no other. It’s a combination of commerce, entertainment and an exuberant celebration of consumerism. Retail as entertainment is one of the hallmarks of Singles Day.…
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Xinhua’s first English AI anchor makes debut
The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor made “his” debut at the ongoing fifth World Internet Conference in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday 7 November 2018. The news anchor, based…
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Dot watch
An estimated 285 million people in the world are visually impaired; this includes legally blind and visually limited persons. For the past two decades there have been no new innovations regarding visually…
