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Anti-social networking

Global – Avoid Humans is a new web app that uses geo-location technology to appeal to full-time and part-time introverts eager to avoid the hustle and bustle of modern life.

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Culture & Media

Good Karma

Los Angeles – Browser extension Karma will make sure that no good deed goes unrewarded online.

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Technology

Holiday valet

Berlin – Never be caught short abroad with Travel Butler, a smart packing app that uses weather forecasts to recommend the ideal holiday wardrobe.

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Food & Drink

New Emerging Affluents

First identified by LS:N Global back in 2012, the New Emerging Affluents (NEAs) have come to define global luxury, retail and fashion, shifting the axis from North to South and West to East.

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Culture & Media

New app offers curated maps of city hotspots with recommendations

Location discovery app Favd has launched a series of curated maps timed to coincide with major fashion weeks.

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Technology

Big data start-up takes on public transport

Bridj, a start-up that promises to use big data to revolutionise urban transport, has launched its beta service on selected routes in Boston.

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Marketing & Branding

The Convergence Economy

Look to retail spaces, products, hospitality and entertainment these days and, increasingly, there’s one distinctive theme: it’s difficult to tell one thing from the other, or set one within particular parameters or boundaries. The borders between lifestyle industries, between forms of art and entertainment, and between the senses are…

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Technology

Foursquare and Nokia team up to cater for NEAs

Foursquare and Nokia team up to cater for NEAs

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Culture & Media

Multi-faceted networks

Social networking has become increasingly central to how consumers interact, function and shop. Sina Weibo and Twitter already have 500m users each, but video and picture-sharing sites are seeing the most rapid growth.