One indicator of how the market is apparently more comfortable with AR than it is with its immersive sibling, VR, is that one of its earliest adopters are toymakers. Read More

via Toymakers are the early adopters pushing AR into the mainstream — TechCrunch

by Dr. Donna Roberts The Story “I feel like that’s been done before,” chimes Heidi Klum to the hopeful designer facing Project Runway’s latest red carpet gown challenge. And just like that, hope flies out the proverbial window, replaced by the dread of knowing he may be the newest ex-runway contestant. It’s a grave […]

via Fads and Crazes, Trends and Rages: Why we’re always looking for the next best thing | Easy Street — psych pstuff

Considering video content? These sites use video to draw their readers in.

via Use Video Content to Enhance Your Front Page — Discover

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We love podcasts: they’re like the blogging version of radio, a medium anyone can jump into and use to share their story. They introduce us to new voices and give us glimpses into new perspectives… and they pair perfectly with blogs and websites, where they can add more texture and interest to what you’re already […]

via Better Blogging Through Podcasts: Announcing RadioPublic Embeds — The WordPress.com Blog

Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.

via Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now — Longreads

“Little things — things that used to be simple and all my own — became packaged and delivered out into the world. My life was ready to be consumed.”

via When Media Stops Being Social — Discover

Forty-six percent of small businesses do not have a website. Rebrand Cities is a civic design and brand project in the US that helps to close this digital divide and aims to get small and neighborhood businesses online. Learn how to participate — as a business owner, partner, or sponsor.

via Rebrand Cities — Discover

“And she never reflected upon ‘the five questions to ask when discovering your personal brand.’ Her personal brand was the purple and silver blouse she bought herself after my grandfather died but she didn’t think of it that way because grandmothers don’t have personal brands.”

via Questions My Grandmother Never Had To Grapple With — Discover

Mario Livio on his new book about human curiosity, his work as an astrophysicist, and why we shouldn’t fear our expanding universe.

via Why Are Humans So Curious? — Longreads

The writer at Scattered Scripturient on the social media generation: “I define my worth by how many likes I get on a picture or a post, and the realization of that fact actually causes my stomach to flop.”

via Pretty Girls Don’t Get Less Than A Hundred Likes On Their Selfie — Discover