Emerging Tech: Are we now “Beyond Beyond Meat”?
As noted here previously, they were marketing fake “meat” to meat consumers, in the meat department, at twice or thrice the price. Vegetarians are not generally looking for any meat,…
International: Business: KFC encourages German customers to “treat yourself” on Kristallnacht
This is why businesses desperately need workers with broader global understanding – this is tone deaf beyond words: KFC apologized this week for sending a mobile app alert telling German…
Others question the fundamentals of “the metaverse”
Mark Zuckerberg thinks we all want to live in a virtual world of interactive experiences, wearing VR helmets or futuristic VR fashion eye ware. Not everyone is buying this vision…
Amazon’s Fake Review problem
What percentage of reviews on Amazon are fake? According to the 2018 findings on Amazon, the category of products that recorded the highest rate of fraudulent reviews (64%) was the…
Hmmm: Virtual influencers seen to be huge marketing opportunity
Computer generated social media influencers: Sporting neon hair and flawless skin, Bangkok Naughty Boo is one of a new generation of influencers in Asia promising to stay forever young, on-trend,…
Iceland announces “The IcelandVerse”
It’s like a world where everything is surprisingly real 🙂 Saw this last night and had me laughing out loud, rolling with laughter. I already follow several Iceland YT channels,…
Fake Reviews and Fake Products on Amazon
Fake Reviews I get email spam like the following – soliciting my purchase of an Amazon product, whose price will be refunded if I post a positive review. In other…
Data mining is a questionable activity when databases are filled with crap
I need to replace an old toilet and had to order one at Lowe’s. It seems they only stock the “tall” version of toilets now days, rather than old fashioned…
Amazon Prime Air makes first package delivery via #Drones
Watch the video of the first trial:
Majority of Americans may not be able to use VR headsets
Most (nearly all?) virtual reality viewers available online can not be used by those who need to wear eyeglasses, which is a majority of Americans. The Problem VR viewers lack…