Not only has Headspace disrupted the ancient contemplative practice of meditation; it enables users to disrupt themselves by reducing stress and anxiety, improving relationships, and boosting performance at work.
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LIKEtoKNOW.it: Using digital technology to enable impulse shopping
As social media utilization has grown, so too have grown means to monetize it. LIKEtoKNOW.it is a platform designed to do just that, interfacing with social media app Instagram to deliver purchase information for items featured in blog posts to consumers. LIKEtoKNOW.it is growing in today’s environment, but does it have the potential to sustain beyond its short-term boom?
Picasso or House of Cards? How the Met is Vying for Your Attention in a Digital World
Who wants to spend an afternoon at a museum when you can binge-watch the latest season of House of Cards on Netflix? The greatest challenge that the Metropolitan Museum of Art faces is to stay relevant in the digital world and compete for the attention of an increasingly distracted audience.
Burberry: Digitizing the Trench
Burberry’s path to digitization through use of social media, online customization, and collaboration with tech companies.
From Facebook to finance: how kountable uses social media data to generate credit scores
A FinTech develops an innovative approach to credit decision-making in developing economies.
The Facebook Flu: How Social Media is Changing Disease Outbreak Monitoring
Annoyed by your Facebook friends constantly complaining about their flu symptoms? Don’t be! They are an important data source for your local public health service’s disease monitoring system.
“ZapZap”: How WhatsApp transformed communications in Brazil
WhatsApp has completely changed the way individuals and small businesses interact with each other in Brazil
PikiCast, the mobile media that sums up last night’s TV shows for you (and more!)
Meet PikiCast, the curated content service created for the busy modern person.
Lenddo: Increasing Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets through Social Media
Lenddo has been highly effective in revolutionizing microfinance through its social media-based credit rating system; now, it’s taking its algorithms to a broader set of applications. With offices in Manila, Bogota, Mexico City and New York, Lenddo has assisted more than 500,000 individuals in emerging markets since it was founded.
Beating Nike to Become Nike? Check out Oiselle
Nike, take note. Oiselle has figured out how to speak to and sell to female athletes. Can they keep it up?