Predicciones para el 2012 « Titonet
Este año Marc Cortés no ha organizado su clásico navideño de las predicciones 2012 para el año venidero del mundo digital. Siempre me pareció un ejercicio interesante de reflexión, por lo que este año aunque sea de forma individual, me gustaría escribir sobre ello. Estas son alguna de las cosas que creo que serán noticia u ocurrirán durante el 2012: las predicciones 2012. 1. Gaming la nueva moda: veremos la aparición de millones de medallitas e insignias como premio por haber hecho algo. Existen tres peligros: el primero es no entender que esto tiene poco que ver con jugar o entretener, y tiene que ver más con identificar las motivaciones de tus consumidores. El segundo peligro es olvidar que, a los consumidores, la mejor recompensa es un buen producto no una medallita. El último tiene que ver con mal entender que con estas mecánicas se fideliza. 2. 3. después de varios años de boom con modelos como Lets Bonus o Groupon, nos encontramos en el difícil momento de la consolidación. 4. 5. 6.
Organize An Offline Class With Skillshare
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Skillshare Quick Pitch: Skillshare turns cities into classrooms and all of their residents into potential teachers. Genius Idea: Creating an open, online marketplace for offline classes. Skillshare co-founder Michael Karnjanaprakorn is very good at poker. When he agreed to host a poker class for them, the idea for Skillshare clicked. Skillshare, which launched in April, is a marketplace for offline classes. Typically tickets for classes on the platform cost less than $50, of which Skillshare takes a 15% cut. Less than two months after launch, the site's teachers are mostly in New York and only a handful of businesses have signed on. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, mattjeacock Series Supported by Microsoft BizSpark
The Social Cloud: Promising Social Media Startups for 2012
The Social Cloud: Promising Social Media Startups for 2012 While Facebook continues to dominate the Social media scene and rumors abound as to its next acquisition (probably Digg according to some people) many more startups are joining it by providing services somewhat different from the usual. Promising Cloud Based Social Media Startups to watch for in 2012 include Tumblr, Pinterest and Wooplr. Tumblr While it may seem like Tumblr.com is just another blog platform (or in their own words: microblogging) like WordPress and Blogspot, in reality it is much more like a social sharing site for pictures, text, media, video or whatever else that strikes your fancy, with more emphasis on the social than the media. Pinterest Despite the fact that it shares remarkable similarities with Tumblr, the approach of sharing for Pinterest.com is more like little snapshots with multiple comments on a big online or Cloud pinboard. Wooplr By Muz Ismail
The Technique Zone: Acrylic Paint Transfer - StumbleUpon
Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, photocopy of an image, water spritzer bottle, paintbrush, card stock, craft sheet and heat tool (optional) Take the lid off the dabbers and brush the paint onto the card stock, ensure you get a good coverage Take your photocopied image ( remember that you will get a reverse of the image, so don't use bold words), flip it over and place it in the acrylic. Lightly press it down making sure it's smooth and not wrinkled Leave to air dry for at least 15 minutes and then if you wish give it a blast with the heat tool Only move onto this step when you are sure your paint is completely dryTake your water filled spritzer bottle, spray the back of the paper no more than two squirts, you don't want it too wet Next start to rub the paper very gently with your finger Keep rubbing and extra spritzing if you need too Eventually you will get rid of all the paper, but it does take a bit of patience as you have to be careful not to wet it too much and rub the image away
Reporte de tendencias 2012 | L1452
En Leonardo1452, todos los días hacemos una curaduría de las mejores ideas que nos permite abrir los ojos a indicadores de cambio en el mundo y en México para trazar mapas de Tendencias de Consumidor. En este reporte de Tendencias 2012 abordamos las que consideramos generarán movimientos y cambios en el mercado mexicano en este año. Podrás descargar (en español o inglés) el reporte en iBook para tu iPad, PDF para cualquier dispositivo, infografía o impresos en distintos espacios de co-working en México.
A Groupon For Sports? Crowd Seats Brings The Daily Deal Model To Sports Tickets
Daily deal sites, by and large, seem like they’re here to stay, much to Rocky Agrawal’s chagrin, surely. Whether or not you agree with Rocky’s flurry of posts last month about Groupon and its claque of clones, the daily deals model is not perfect, and it’s certainly a worthy endeavor to make sure that small businesses and merchants are not coerced into structuring one-sided relationships with daily deals sites. Justin Cener, the Founder and CEO of Crowd Seats, agrees that the daily deal model is not ideal for every industry and merchants shouldn’t force the model just because daily deals are all the rage these days. That being said, Cener thinks he’s found a niche that is suited well to the daily deal and group buying model: Sports tickets. What’s more, businesses that make money on complementary goods and can create purchases that make up for the money lost in the discount stand to do more than just break even on these kind of deals. As to how it works?
Startups to Watch: 2012
Startups to Watch While the world may be on the cusp of apocalypse there are also many startups to watch in 2012. We wanted to share some of the most interesting start ups to watch in the technology industry this year. Some of these have already gained some recognition in 2011 and we believe that many of them will become household names as the year progresses. Dwolla hit the ground running last year by becoming one of the first companies that allows users of social media sites to easily purchase products by linking their bank accounts to their Dwolla account. So whats the fee? Payments of up to $10 are free and anything larger costs $0.25 — which is cheaper than paying a credit card fee. In December, the company launched a new feature called Instant that lets users pay on up to $5 of credit while waiting for bank transfers from their accounts, making this process instant. Skillshare may not be accommodating your area yet, but be on the lookout. It’s on a growth streak.
The best hyper realistic painters
Art & Design Here is a selection of some of the best hyper realistic painters around. Enjoy and be impressed! Roberto Bernardi Steve Mills Erich Christensen
2012 and beyond
Payment in a heartbeatNovember 11, 2014 | 5:26 pm Our recent report on the future of payments and currency spotlights the rise of biometric payments—using a unique physical characteristic to authenticate transactions—which promise to greatly improve security and help remove friction. So far we’ve seen systems that rely on fingerprints (e.g., Apple Pay) and the palm’s unique vein payment (see Quixter). Now, the startup Bionym is exploring ways to harness its Nymi wristband, which uses the wearer’s unique cardiac rhythm as authentication, for payments.Bionym is linking with MasterCard and the Royal Bank of Canada for a test in which an NFC chip in the wristband enables contactless payments. Escape is a triple-screen system from Barco that “allows you to truly be in the movies, not just at the movies”—in line with the rise of immersive experiences, one of our 10 Trends for 2014 and Beyond.
