Last week, the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences announced that they would be awarding prestigious Emmy Awards in an expansion of the short-form series category. The deeper explanation of categories and requirements is: The Emmys has expanded the short-form series awards to four categories: comedy or drama; variety; reality/non-fiction; and animation. Series must have a minimum of six episodes with an average [...]
Yesterday, Uber launched a completely separate app utilizing their infrastructure in a super smart way - delivering food. They had been testing a version where drivers had a pre-selected set of food items for quick delivery in limited markets. They launched a menu every day, and if you wanted any items, they were meant to [...]
With crazy-high download speeds being provided as an alternative to mobile data while you traverse city blocks, it might seem like the connectivity gods have answered our prayers. Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal found that she could download a 2-hour film weighing 1GB in a mere 45 seconds while standing near one NYC's [...]
Last night, while doing some insomnia-induced Facebook feed flipping, I came across a piece of Equinox Gym's "Commit To Something" campaign as a sponsored ad. It showed up in my feed because 6 of my Friends "like" Equinox. My eyebrows were raised by seeing a bunch of white folks with somewhat unimpeachable looks being touted by [...]
Some (or most) news blurbs deserve (or require) more big-picture consideration than what is immediately prevalent on the surface. Coverage of GM's investment of $500M in Lyft is just one example. While part of GM's hoped-for returns is based on the opportunity for providing fleet cars for Lyft's services, a more "sexy" consideration is the [...]
As we head into a new year amidst Star Wars insanity (among other, less fun, insanity) it's a time to ponder future plans both personally and professionally. One of those might be the future makeup of your team at work - which drives the question of whether you'd hire Han Solo for your team. He [...]
This morning, while putting gas in my car, I pulled out my mobile device and placed a mobile order for a Venti Latte (1% Milk and No Foam) with around 5 button presses on the Starbucks mobile app. When the gas was filled, I jumped in the car and drove 100 yards to the nearest [...]
It wasn't so long ago that people would provide a quizzical stare when presented the concept of eSports as an industry and an even shorter time since people would laugh at the thought of eSports becoming big business with a huge following. Now, adding to the list of new generational tastes and trends that bucked [...]
Often, there's a name that really sticks among the founders of the company. There's a ring to it... It makes people smile... It seems obviously right... Or, frequently, in these times, the cute omission of vowels in a product name is just plain cool. Unfortunately, some of those names get lost in translation. The BBC's [...]
If you have time to look away from the numerous sales hitting your in-box, you might want to check out a list of the Greatest Innovations attributed to 2015 that Popular Science just published. The cool thing about it is that it is not limited to one vertical, and while some lists of innovation only [...]
