Oh it’s happening that dream of being on a hoverboard just like Marty McFly in Back To The Future, check out this Kickstarter Campaign ! Read more on the amazing Mashable.com
The Epiphany: Jessica Alba’s Honest & Co. is a Billion Dollar Empire.
Hollywoodreporter.com did an amazing article on Jessica Alba’s, Honest & Co. The fact that her business was born from her experience with the chemicals in a baby detergent is proof that the business model can come from a difficulty. Jessica has built a billion dollar company on transparency and well honesty to her audience has created an empire. Read more
Creative Alert: They had us at Movie Poster
Fastcodesign asks ” how many of these posters can you guess.” Designer John Taylor creates abstract posters to gauge if you can figure the movie out without the iconic focal piece.
It is unfair that GE wins in this Ad. They used Jeff Goldblum!
Of all the ways GE intended to get you interested in Smart Lightbulbs ( Yes even our bulbs are now smart) did any of you anticipate them using a shirtless Jeff Goldblum? I mean the unmitigated gall to parade him shirtless in a quest to gain your favor and buying power. Well it worked. Check this video out!
Paypal & the Wallet War?
You know that old saying, about there being no second acts in American Life? Don’t tell that toPayPal, whose eBay parent announced today that it’s spinning off the payments company by mid 2015.
PayPal’s new independence is at least the third act for PayPal, which was founded by tech luminaries Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Peter Thiel in the late 1990s. PayPal first rose to prominence as the defacto standard to pay for things on the Web before secure, online credit card transactions were widespread. It was then acquired by online marketplace eBay in 2002, for whose merchants it has served as a primary financing mechanism for sales.
In freeing itself from eBay, PayPal will have the mobility it needs to face competitive challenges from the likes of Apple Pay and Alipay, the payments subsidiary of the newly public Alibaba. But it may also be able to get back to its entrepreneurial roots, and develop new lines of business not specifically tied to its former parent.
“PayPal has fallen flat in mobile [payments] and perhaps now they can focus on a competitive strategy to capture a larger part of the mobile payments market,” says Nathalie Reinelt, an analyst with Aite Group.
In recent years, PayPal has tried to tackle a growing consumer and business demand for payment options by allying itself with companies such as Home Depot, which allow customers to pay at the cash register using their PayPal accounts. PayPal has also ventured of late into business finance through its working capital loans. Via INC
Windows 10 ? Where did 9 go?
Microsoft just announced the newest version of Windows. It’s called Windows 10. Yes, Microsoft has decided to skip a digit in search of the perfect name. More importantly, Windows 10 will be a single operating system that finally spans all of Microsoft’s Windows powered devices, from desktops and laptops all the way through to tablets and phones. “Windows 10 will be our most comprehensive platform ever,” says Windows boss Terry Myerson. Via Gizmodo
Creative SPACE(r) Alert: Jimmy Choo the Bull Terrier
Rafael Mantesso has done an incredible job of creating scenarios for his Bull terrier Jimmy Choo. He entered into this creative moment after a divorce and being left with an empty white house and his trusty friend. Armed with markers and a hell of alot of creativity he created these amazing scenes.
4 Habits to be Successful
Entrepreneur.com shares four habits to be successful, our favorite is number 1. “Focus your energy”. Read More
EEK: Watch the Bending Iphone 6
Anyone else get uncomfortable watching this?
Oculus Rift
Norm goes to Oculus Connect to get a hands-on demo of the new “Crescent Bay” feature prototype of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. We interview Nate Mitchell and Palmer Luckey of Oculus VR to talk about what’s new in the headset, reveal some technical specifications, and then walk through the entire demo experience–with video from the private demo room! Via Tested