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Even with a head start, fitness wearable makers haven’t figured out how to beat the Apple Watch

Jan10
by on January 10, 2015 at 9:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Opinion

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In the absence of Apple’s wearable, fitness makers like Jawbone, Fitbit, Withings and others have seen a boon of popularity as they race to tell the world that wearables are here to stay. It’s been a golden time of opportunity for these new companies to try set their own bar, since nobody had already done it for them, but now their time is limited. With Apple’s Watch now on the horizon, it seems to me that these companies are now simply living on borrowed time. Wearables that exclusively perform basic fitness activities aren’t here to stay for long. A new class…

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This smart mirror lets you try on different clothes without visiting the fitting room

Jan10
by on January 10, 2015 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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For some people, shopping is entertainment. For others, it’s something to get through without visible or psychic damage. Those emotions, either way, are likely to be heightened with the debut of MemoMi’s new MemoryMirror, a digital mirror that rolls video, 360-degree viewing and social networking into one high-end retail package. MemoryMirror, introduced last year at the National Retail Federation expo, is now rolling out for real at the Walnut Creek California branch of Neiman Marcus, a luxury department store. MemoMi worked with Neiman Marcus to customize the product for that company’s customers. “The Intel CTO saw our technology when we just started development…

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How making breakfast can inspire a photographic series

Jan10
by on January 10, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's

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Taylor Mathis is a food and lifestyle photographer based in Charlotte, NC. He is the creator of photographingfood.com and author of The Southern Tailgating Cookbook. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission.  Do you ever struggle to find inspiration for your shoots? Inspiration is all around you! You just have to be looking for it. Think about what you had for breakfast this morning. Personally, I love blueberry muffins. Not only are muffins delicious, but they are loaded with a variety of different food shots. Let’s walk through the process of making…

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How making breakfast can inspire a photographic series

Jan10
by on January 10, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's

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Taylor Mathis is a food and lifestyle photographer based in Charlotte, NC. He is the creator of photographingfood.com and author of The Southern Tailgating Cookbook. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission.  Do you ever struggle to find inspiration for your shoots? Inspiration is all around you! You just have to be looking for it. Think about what you had for breakfast this morning. Personally, I love blueberry muffins. Not only are muffins delicious, but they are loaded with a variety of different food shots. Let’s walk through the process of making…

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How to set up Google Analytics widgets and heatmaps to track email conversions

Jan10
by on January 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

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Sean Kim is the creator of The Growth List, helping you create a business around your lifestyle. This post originally appeared on AccelBlog. Many of you have probably heard of Google Analytics already. It tracks the basic website activities of your blog/website, such as unique traffic, traffic channels, visitor demographics, and more. Sure, this is great information to get an overall understanding of our users. But the action that we want our visitors to take is to sign up for our email list, right? So how do we know how many emails we are collecting on a daily basis, which traffic channels are giving…

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