Homes filled with "smart" products generating data for user monitoring and optimization is not as far off as you might imagine. How can your brand be a part of the home automation boom?
The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project released a report called "The Rise of the 'Connected Viewer." The key takeaway they chose to highlight was that "...52% of adult cell owners use their phones while engaging with televised content..."
But if we look beyond the statistical headline there are some interesting details about specific user behavior worth noting.
I can't stand crowds. They are slow-moving and loud and sometimes smelly and really just terrible. That's why I'm personally thrilled about Neiman Labs latest launch: GoCrowdless.com.
During the week of September 18, 2011 the location-based social platform foursquare achieved it’s 1 billionth check-in. An incredible milestone for the 2007 startup from Brooklyn, and also for location services in general. The idea of humans digitally checking in to locations is not going away; in fact it is growing like crazy.