Top 35 Travel Ideas in November – From Social City Guides to Poignant Drifter Photos (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) Romance and luxury play a huge role in this collection of November 2014 travel ideas. Although people might assume that these would be more prevalent closer to Valentines as people focus on family…

Smart Suitcases – The Bluesmart Carry-On Suitcase is the World's First Connected Travel Piece (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It used to be that taking a flight meant having to disconnect from your digital devices, but the Bluesmart Carry-On Suitcase enhances the experience. Featuring a GPS locator chip, sensors that will…

Modular Kitchen Series – The Foodlab Set Contains Customizable Kitchen Furniture on Wheels (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If a customizable kitchen is important to you, this modular kitchen furniture comes on wheels and is likely exactly what you’re looking for. From Studio Rygalik for Siemens and Polish…

Hilarious Christmas Cards – This Christmas Card Features Jesus Christ and Santa Clause

(TrendHunter.com) This hilarious Christmas card by Tay Ham illustrates the tension between the religious and the secular. Or is it between spirituality and consumerism? While the meaning of the card is up for…

Sleeping Giant Sculptures – This Garden Sculpture Has Been Creates as Part of Art Market Budapest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Artist Ervin Loranth Herve’s massive garden sculpture was created for Art Market Budapest, an event that celebrates the city’s creative scene. This temporary art installation is large in…

Crass Romantic Cards – This Hilarious Card Proves that Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

(TrendHunter.com) This crass romantic card by Near Modern Disaster is a hilarious way to tell your long-distance love that you’re thinking of them.

Instead of pining away for someone you don’t have the…

Alibaba Profit Beats Estimates as More Shoppers Lure Advertisers


Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group posted profit that beat analysts’ estimates in its first earnings report as a public company, with increased shopping traffic and mobile spending in China generating more advertising.

Alibaba Group, with 307 million active buyers as of September, is luring more sellers to its e-commerce sites by providing advertising tools that analyze user preferences.

Alibaba, which raised a record $25 billion in its September IPO, has jumped 50% since it sold the stock at $68 per share. Revenue jumped 54% during the quarter.

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GOP Provided Social Analytics to Key Senate Campaigns


On Oct. 23, Georgia Senate hopeful David Perdue was interviewed at a local Dairy Queen in Forsyth where he discussed a top international concern: Ebola. Two days prior the Republican’s campaign suggested on Twitter that “The American people are concerned about Ebola, but Obama is just concerned about his political allies.”

Social-media analytics helped influence the campaign to step up messaging about Ebola. The Republican National Committee facilitated the social-data research that the Perdue for Senate camp has used to detect what Georgia voters care about, and how that differs from what voters in other closely watched Senate-race states such as Arkansas care about.

The RNC has been using a customized version of Sprinklr’s social analytics platform, and feeding daily and real-time reports to campaign consultants, directors and field staff for messaging, early voting and election-day get-out-the-vote pushes. RNC communications staff is also referencing the reports.

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Série “Fatos Reais” traz infográficos sobre a realidade do dia a dia

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O B9 já falou sobre a série “Truth Facts”, do grupo criativo New Creations, responsáveis pelo desenvolvimento de infográficos que esclarecem algumas das situações corriqueiras da nossa vida, como quais são as principais mentiras na internet, quanto realmente ‘mede’ um minuto e qual foi a evolução dos cargos profissionais nos últimos anos.



A parte 2 da mesma série traz agora outras verdades do mundo real, detalhando o que vem no seu pacote de batatinha chips, quais são as novas funções do próximo iPhone, como o sinal do seu telefone funciona, entre outras duras verdades. Sarcástico, mas muito verdadeiro.

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Se você pudesse mudar uma única coisa no seu corpo, o que seria?

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A proposta desse vídeo era bem simples. E se convidássemos 50 pessoas para citarem o que elas gostariam que fosse mudado em seus corpos, o que elas diriam?

Podendo sugerir apenas uma grande mudança, os produtores primeiro questionaram adultos comuns, de diferentes etnias, tipos físicos e gêneros, que deram aquela respostinha mais padrão: seria mais alto, olhos maiores, testa menor, esses pequenos ‘reparos’ estéticos que sempre pensamos.

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Depois, uma série de pequeninos são convidados a responder a mesma pergunta. Se pudessem mudar apenas uma coisa sobre os próprios corpos, o que eles mudariam? As melhorias são divertidíssimas – um rabo de sereia, pernas rápidas como de um leopardo, teletransporte, asas.

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Ou seja, a gente cresce e esquece que quando alguém faz uma pergunta hipotética como essa, a gente pode sonhar mais alto do que apenas crescer alguns centímetros ou diminuir as próprias orelhas.

Ao final, uma senhorinha de cabelos brancos manda a real: talvez seja uma questão de aprender a estar confortável consigo mesmo, no fim das contas.

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Armando Testa / Avvenire / Famiglia Cristiana: Words can kill


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Australian Birds Paper Art

Basée en Australie depuis deux ans, l’artiste française Marine Coutroutsios s’est inspirée des oiseaux d’Australie pour réaliser des oeuvres de papier circulaires et envoutantes imitant les plumes et les yeux des oiseaux. Le processus est long : les découpes sont faites au scalpel et de multiples couches de papier sont intriquées de manière à bien aligner les couleurs des oiseaux.

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Top 60 Sports Ideas in November – From High Tech Golf Gear to Reflective Cyclist Apparel (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) These November 2014 sports ideas range from high tech golf gear to reflective cyclist apparel that is both practical and fashionable in its aesthetic.

While sneaker products are becoming more…

ESI Media boosts digital capability with Stent and Balch hires

ESI Media, home to the London Evening Standard and the Independent, has appointed Caroline Stent as digital business development director and Matthew Balch as head of mobile.

John Lewis feeds Christmas 2014 ad hype with 'Twitter Twinkle' app

John Lewis is gearing up for the highly-anticipated reveal of its Christmas 2014 campaign with the launch of a Twitter app that will post festive messages from fans’ accounts.

Diageo reveals plans for first hackathon

Diageo Technology Ventures, the drinks giant’s global innovation programme, is planning to host a hackathon weekend with the aim of building digital tools that promote responsible drinking.

Quais as qualidades de um grande diretor de criação?

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Quais s qualidades de um grande diretor de criação? São muitas as respostas para esta pergunta, feita exatamente a profissionais de algumas das principais agências dos Estados Unidos.

O vídeo produzido pela agência Pitch, produzido para divulgar a 3% Conference, ajuda a ter uma ideia daquelas habilidades que são valorizadas pelo mercado e que não podem, necessariamente, ser visualizadas em um portfolio. Capacidade de tomar boas decisões, conseguir ser ao mesmo tempo um professor, um líder, um companheiro e disposição para inspirar sua equipe são algumas delas.

A 3% Conference é um evento que tem por objetivo apoiar e incentivar a presença feminina em cargos de liderança em agências – já que apenas 3% dos diretores de criação são mulheres. Para saber mais, basta clicar aqui.

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“Minions” ganha o primeiro trailer

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Responda rápido: qual a melhor coisa de Meu Malvado Favorito? Certamente não é o vilão Vetor, que é cruelmente divertido. Tampouco é Gru e suas tentativas de ser reconhecido como um grande vilão ou as fofíssimas Margo, Agnes e Edith. As melhores coisas são os minions, que de coadjuvantes roubaram a cena e se tornaram os personagens favoritos da garotada (e de muitos adultos, também).

Tanto sucesso, é claro, rendeu um filme só deles, Minions, que deve chegar aos cinemas em junho de 2015. E se você é fã e acha que não vai conseguir esperar até lá, então vale dar uma olhada no primeiro trailer do longa de animação, que acaba de ser divulgado.

A trama gira em torno de Stuart, Kevin e Bob, que embarcam em uma viagem no tempo que vai levá-los a Nova York de 1968. E a se julgar pelas risadas causadas apenas pelo trailer, o filme vai ser muito bom.

Com direção de Pierre Coffin e Kyle Balda, a dublagem ficará a cargo de Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney e Steve Coogan. Chega logo, 2015.

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Samsung Restructures U.S. Marketing Team as Mobile Division Falters


Samsung Electronics is making changes to its U.S. marketing team, aligning it with the conglomerate’s morphing goals.

Todd Pendleton, CMO of the company’s U.S. mobile business, now oversees creative content for mobile and other units; Vince Hudson, hired from P&G in March, leads brand strategy. And the company is recruiting a separate executive to handle all media planning, according to two executives familiar with the company.

Shifts to the U.S. marketing ranks began quietly earlier this year, following the announcement that Samsung would combine its U.S. mobile division — Samsung Telecommunications America, based in Dallas — with its consumer electronics and home appliances. That unit, internally dubbed One Samsung, is for the first time under the supervision of one president and CEO, Gregory Lee

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Tony Hawk's Media Empire Grows With Help From Complex


Former professional skateboarder Tony Hawk — who has earned millions from video games, apparel and amusement park rides bearing his name — is teaming up with young men’s publisher Complex Media for TheRideChannel.com, a website about skate culture.

The site is a joint venture between Complex and Mr. Hawk’s production company, 900 Films, which is responsible for the bulk of the site’s content, including skateboarding news, as well as tips and how-to stories mostly in the form of video. Complex handles the technology behind the site, along with the promotion and advertising sales.

“Tony has some entrepreneurial moxie and we’re going to do some cool shit together,” said Marc Ecko, founder of Complex. He said the partnership could lead to events and products, but declined to elaborate further.

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