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Sustainability

Stat: Glassdoor advanced filters reveal employee priorities

US – Glassdoor, the world-leading job and company insights platform, has introduced advanced filters that include company ratings on work-life balance and diversity and inclusion.

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Technology

This dating app only works on Thursdays

Thursday is a new dating app that only works on one day a week.

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Culture & Media

A text-based daily paper combatting news fatigue

The New Paper is a text-based news services that curates concise updates into a single daily message.

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Marketing & Branding

Stat: British viewers are sceptical of TV adverts

Research by YouGov has shown that more British people are likely to feel sceptical of TV adverts than not, with many finding them intrusive and annoying.

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Culture & Media

Blockbuster trolls Netflix with a movie hotline

The last remaining Blockbuster is offering human recommendations as an antidote to algorithm fatigue.

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Marketing & Branding

Waitrose’s latest ads cut through the noise

Waitrose & Partners is focusing on individual ingredients and taste sensations in its new slow tv-style advertising campaign.

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Culture & Media

Cinema becomes the antidote to digital distraction

A new ad by Vue Cinemas draws attention to the world’s digital distractions – and encourages people to remain focused by heading to the cinema.

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Technology

Skincare Networks

New online platforms are cutting through hyperbolic content with peer and expert advice designed to improve personal routines and product development.

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Technology

Why mid-air haptics will transform how we interact

Anders Hakfelt, vice-president of product and marketing at Ultrahaptics, explains how digital touch will revolutionise our interaction with products, each other and the world around us.