The first iPhone hit the market in 2007. Suddenly, the fine line between work- life, entertainment- information and ‘maybe’- ‘must have’ was massively blurred. A decade later, M-commerce, or buying- selling conducted electronically by mobile phone, is an enterprising marketer’s best bet. Will 2018 be the breakout year when m-commerce finally stands atop the e-commerce…
‘The house always wins’ is the first axiom of gambling. Games of chance, monetary stakes and the sheer adrenaline rush have always fascinated those that were inclined to wager something of value, usually money, on the outcome of a specified event and hoping for a massive payoff. Today, thanks to the online gambling industry, this…
Christmas is fast approaching. With millions of people traveling to visit family and friends, Christmas is one of the most productive times of the year for the global transport infrastructure. Indeed, the holiday season is not only a big market for retailers, it is also a rewarding time for travel companies. The tourism industry has…
Growing live event infrastructure, a rise in disposable income, and the evolution of mobile ticket sales have created big growth opportunities in the global secondary ticket market.
Being one of the spookiest nights of the year, Halloween has always managed to gather a lot of attention from marketers, small business owners, as well as advertisers. Before going into the nitty gritty of how marketers can use the Halloween season to their advantage, it will be interesting to take a note of what…
From being an exotic recreational activity, to metamorphosing into a full-fledged global industry, the tourism business has come full circle. Adventure tourism, medical tourism, luxury tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, are subsets which have successfully garnered a lot of popularity and witness great turn overs across the globe. In this piece, our focus will be on…
“Space, the final frontier” thus began one of the most iconic 60’s sci-fi shows and the benefactor of the layman’s fascination with the great, empty void that stretches to infinite distances over our lovely home planet. No wonder, when the first opportunity presented itself, space tourism was already a sold concept. Space tourism today: Paper…
From the earliest days of the internet to the latest era of digitization, we have witnessed a myriad range of technological inventions pertaining to our adoption of information, and each of them has simplified our lives, and pushed for change and profitable progress. Herein, content filtering technologies have been an important area of study. The…
Think CGI, the latest Hollywood movies and the major role played by 3D animation is all but evident. Aside from the big screen, this delightful application has many practical purposes- from medicine to construction, from designing of automobiles to bringing lifelike imagery in desktop and online gaming. It’s obvious that the global market for 3D…
If you come to think about it, the human-computer interaction (HCI) is one of the most happening areas for any tech-crazy nerd. What started as a command-based, on screen interaction has today evolved into a more natural collaboration between man and the machine. Artificial intelligence (AI) surely is seen by many as the next big…
