News: Zara AR App Brings Virtual Models to Life in Stores
Department store chain Zara is temporarily ditching its mannequins and dressing up its stores with augmented reality experiences featuring virtual versions of real fashion models.
Department store chain Zara is temporarily ditching its mannequins and dressing up its stores with augmented reality experiences featuring virtual versions of real fashion models.
Augmented reality software maker Upskill has released the latest version of their Skylight platform, adding a number of new tools to ease implementation and improve functionality for enterprises, including a new application builder.
Meta CEO and founder — and Next Reality 50 member —Meron Gribetz unveiled a new operating environment for augmented reality called Meta Workspace for the audience at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, California, today.
The Galaxy S8's Bixby Vision feature isn't working up to its full potential for Verizon customers, according to a recent CNET report.
Jeep has now jumped on the AR-retail trend with their introduction of the Jeep Compass Visualizer. Customers can now view and customize a Jeep Compass to their liking, all without a real Jeep even present.
Kryptowire, a company specializing in mobile security solutions, released a report on Tuesday, November 15 that exposed firmware in a number of Android devices that was collecting personally identifying information (PII) and uploading it to third-party servers without users' knowledge.
According to multiple users on Reddit, the Pixel and Pixel XL's camera can have some serious auto-focus issues if you're using a certain type of case with Google's new flagships. When the problem occurs, your camera app will refuse to settle on a focus point, making almost everything in the frame blurry. Redditor HeshoMike uploaded a video of the phenomenon, and you can see it in action here:
With the brand new SMS-based ordering service called Magic, anyone with a mobile phone can order whatever they want—really, anything—by sending causal text messages. Who says magic isn't real?
Who says you have to cook on Thanksgiving? If you need a break, have surprise guests in town, or simply don't want to be in the kitchen cooking all day long, never fear: you have options.
In this next serious and important tutorial, you'll be taking a look at how to defuse or prevent any voilence from occuring in the workplace. This can range from a fist fight with a customer to an armed robbery. You'll find out what you need to do in order to stay alive and make sure that no one gets hurt.
In this clip, learn all about the importance of a URL for your Facebook fan page and how to choose the best, most memorable one. Facebook has offered the option of a unique web address that you can create so it is easier for your fans and customers to find your site. Follow along for a detailed step by step.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 250th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a unique list of customers within a unique list of sales representatives using a pivot table (PivotTable).
Selling stuff at the local flea market sounds easy enough, but it isn't anything like having a yard sale. There's a lot more to it that just getting rid of your junk, and the biggest things are being licensed and having a sales tax number. Flea market vendor may not be your first career choice but, like many, you may find it’s a lucrative full-time job or a profitable and fun sideline.
The HTC Inspire is a $99 4G-capable Android handset with a 4+ inch touchscreen. Really? That's pretty awesome. If you're an AT&T customer or thinking about switching to them, check out this video review and guide to the phone to learn all about it. Also check it out if you've already taken the plunge and want to get to know the phone faster.
If you're with AT&T and need to change wireless-user information, you can do it easily through the business mobility online customer portal, AT&T Premier. Whether you're needing to change email addresses, phone numbers or physical addresses, this is the place and way to do it.
If you're a small business operator and AT&T is your carrier, you'll want to take advantage of the AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers. This video shows how to request an online registration code (required to register your account), how to use it to register your account, and how to set up your username and password.
If you're looking for an easy way to manage your AT&T phone bill and cut down on paper usage, this how-to is for you. Using AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers, you can manage your account and billing prefrences.
Need some help figuring out how to utilize the Alchemy feature when selling things on Etsy? This brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using Alchemy yourself, take a look.
One thing that irks everyone, customer and seller, is fraud. And if you have an e-store, you're unfortunately going to come across some credit card fraud. There are some ways for you to protect yourself, your company and your customers from credit card fraud, and Volusion has five tips for you. From picking the correct e-commerce provider for your store, watching up for unusual large orders, to how to be proactive and avoid any case of fraud.
When customers come to your place of business, you want them to feel welcome and comfortable. In this video tutorial, Dave of Growing Wisdom discusses design principles to keep in mind when you're redoing the entryway to your business. For more and better information, and to get started redoing the entrance to your own business establishment, watch this landscaper's guide.
It's a known fact that women want the hair opposite of what they have. Those with curly hair try to straighten their locks, while those with straight hair try to add curls.
This video provides step by step instructions for how to start a lemonade stand. Learn how to create a business plan, how to advertise, how to make lemonade, as well as tips on how to attract customers.
Traveling abroad can be a hassle. Between the flight, hotels, food, and the languages barriers, it can be a lot to manage. There's one tool you have that can help with all of this — your smartphone. Fortunately, nowadays, you don't have to change your carrier to continue using your phone.
Back to the Future Part II missed wildly on many technological advances for the year 2015, such as flying cars and rehydration ovens. However, it connected on several predictions, such as video calling and biometric security, and it was in the ballpark (pun intended) on others, such as the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series.
At the moment, it would be safe to say that demand for devices running Tango, Google's augmented reality smartphone platform, is relatively low among consumers. Kaon Interactive, a B2B software company who has built more than 5,000 interactive applications for use at trade shows, remote sales demonstrations, and other customer engagements, is betting that there is a market for the devices in sales and marketing.
For quite some time, Netflix and Verizon have been duking it out, and it seems that things have just a little saltier between the two:
Facebook is a great tool for businesses. Watch these videos to learn how to maximize the effectiveness of your business' Facebook page. Reach out to your customers with social media and networking with the methods demonstrated in these how to videos.
AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers is a great place to manage a sea of information, BUT, it won't do you any good unless you know how to log in. This clear how-to shows you how to enter your AT&T username and password so you can manage your account online.
MySQL is a structured query language (hence the 'sql'), and is an open source language published by Oracle. If you want to learn how to manipulate and use databases (such as customer lists or membership rosters), you will need to learn MySQL.
Create a list with checkboxes and assign a price to each item. As your customers check or uncheck the boxes, they'll see the estimated price below change in accordance. This is a quick and easy trick visitors to your website will definitely appreciate.
The best thing about this application is that it's totally free - get the Rocket Dock program on a Windows machine to behave more like Mac Stack. Set up a download folder to make downloading files easier for your users and customers.
In this clip, you'll learn how to create email web forms with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular WYSIWYG HTML editor or a seasoned web development professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the CS5 workflow, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, include detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
New to Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 371st installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to calculate the average time between customer orders by adding a new column to a data set with an IF function formula.
Cell phone contracts might seem iron-clad, but loopholes may let you get out of your plan without paying a dime.
This first installment from Axosoft's own series of video tutorials on the OnTime Project Management Suite is about Notifications and Alerts—the way OnTime communicates with your employees, your customers, and you about events that occur in your database. Get started using notifications and alerts in your own OnSite projects with this how-to.
Check out this demonstrational video that illustrates how to replace a third generation slim iPod battery. Check out how this iPod battery was replaced for a customer. The slim ipod battery replacement can be replaced rather easily, so watch how and learn!
Adding a header or footer to your document is now much easier with Microsoft Office Word 2007 building blocks. In this tutorial, a Microsoft employee who uses Word himself demystifies the options and shows you exactly how to do it. The instructional video covers some common questions from customers, such as when to use a page number design versus a header or footer design, how to set up a cover page, and how margins and headers and footers work together.
It was on August 15, 1954, that Ramón "Monchito" Marrero Pérez first introduced the Piña Colada to the customers of the Beachcomber Bar at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. To mix up a Piña Colada you will need a light rum, Coco Lopez coconut creme, heavy cream, pineapple juice, ice, and a blender. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a Pina Colada cocktail.
This is a great coffee art design (latte art) design that is sure to impress your friends and customers. It was actually the design we used on the cover of our first book, bean there, drunk that… Enjoy!
Chris shows how to make one of the most popular cocktails ordered at restaurants and bars. The rum and coke and the screwdriver are drinks that are easy to make and please a lot of customers when served the proper way.