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MySpace loses 10 million users in a month.

Is this the end of MySpace? It is very sad because MySpace was once the biggest online community. But I think everyone can learn from this. Once you are the market leader, you can’t sit back and wait until the concurrence strikes. FaceBook is now the biggest online community and they are always thinking about new concepts and ideas. That is the reason why FaceBook will exist and MySpace will disappear.

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Article Comment, by Daan van Schaik

#MySpace #Facebook #10 million #Users #Social Networks

Charge your Iphone with your hearbeat!

This is a big invention. We are able to use our own energy to charge electronic products. It will reduce the use of electricity which is good for the environment.

Link: http://www.dutchcowboys.nl/Technology/21951

Article Comment, by Daan van Schaik

#Iphone #Charge #Heartbeat #Environment

Ads on buildings?

The end of advertising on buildings in the city of Amsterdam. I think that this decision, made by the local authority, is very important for the image of Amsterdam. The ads are disturbing the beautiful architecture of the buildings.

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Article Comment, by Daan van Schaik

#Amsterdam #advertising #building

The importance of trend watching

Trend watching is becoming more and more important in modern society. Trends are changing at every level, from megatrends trough consumer trends to …trends. It’s very important for entrepreneurs at every branch to know what will happen in the near future to be able to adapt to it. You can imagine the importance of trend watching when you think of the changes that are going on consequently from for instance the digitalization or sustainability.

Try imagining a world without weather forecast, never knowing what the weather will be next day. If you can imagine that you know what a world without trend watchers would be like for entrepreneurs.

written by Floris Wagenaar Hummelinck, April 3, 2011

Fruit Ninja Goes Life-Size, Gets Virtual Reality Motion Control

An interesting article about the best wellknown smartphone game in the world. Fruit ninja is going to be life-sized. There will be tournaments.

International article by Martijn Majoewsky april 3th 2011

Google making app that would identify people's faces

The application to recognize music is already there. But the possibility to make a picture of someone and identify this person sounds like something that is impossible. Google is now creating an app that is been able to identify every user that is part of Facebook. Maybe for some it can be helpfull for me personaly it sounds a bit like scary because everyone can find my information on the streets.

International article by Martijn Majoewsky april 3th 2011

Why Nintendo isn´t making a phone

An interesting article by Nintendo. Why they are the only big gaming company who are not making Phones.

International Article by Martijn Majoewsky april 3th 2011

Online shopping is hot!

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics in the Netherlands more and more Dutch people are shopping online. This is interesting for our target group! (Parents with children between 35-55) Maybe we can use a online campaign for Amsterdam including a shopping system.

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Article comment, posted by Daan van Schaik

#Online shopping #CBS #DUTCH people #parents

about Floris Wagenaar Hummelinck, hunter for the cool

Hello fellow coolhunters, followers and the rest of you..My name is Floris Wagenaar Hummelinck. I was born about 24 years ago in Amsterdam. I’m a student at the HVA and at the moment I study trends in de media, which has made me a “coolhunter”.

I hunt after things that i see happening around me either in real-life or on the Internet. The presence and the nearby future interest me and I want to suck up all the information about current events. When is see or hear something that is new and amazing and preferably world-changing I'll write about it. My coohunts differ from gadgets, stores, food, hotspots, clothing and other cool things that are happening in the present plus.

This blog is purely to share my coolhunts with as many people as possible. If you feel like sharing back, don’t hesitate.

Thank you and enjoy.

700 Billion minutes!

The statistics considering the amount of users of Facebook is enormous. The time spend by users a month is 700 billion minutes. Facebook isn’t only one of the biggest social networks it have also an enormous amount of active users! I guess we can say that people are obsessed by this network! You can see a infographic developed by Jean-Jacques Parys which tell us something about the role that Facebook has is our modern world and the impact on our social life.

Article comment, posted by Daan van Schaik

#Facebook #700 billion minutes #Active users #Social Media

The "Actual potential" of Twitter

Twitter has 175 million registered users but how many users are actually active on this online platform? There are only 56 million active users on Twitter. They follow more than 8 people. This is very helpful to know for researchers and marketers. The potential to reach a lot of people is much lower as most of the people think. We will have to take this in mind.

Read this article in Dutch on Dutch Cowboys. Read this article in English on Bussiness Insider.

Article Comment, posted by Daan van Schaik

#Twitter #Reach #Potential #Social Media #Users #Active users

Get ready for the Fashion Lisst!

The Fashion Lisst is a unique concept in the Netherlands. It is the first mega sample and stock sale in Amsterdam. Sample and stock sales with a huge amount of discount are usually not accessible for the average consumer. I hope this concept will be a success, because it’s an event to be proud of for the city of Amsterdam.

Click here to go to the official website of the Fashion Lisst.

Article comment, by Daan van Schaik

#fashion lisst #fashion #design #brands #sample sale

Emilie van Geijn

I am Emilie van Geijn.

I’m the only female Coolhunter on this blog.

Maybe you can see this on my writingstyle or on thet topics I chose.

10 weeks ago I learned about a Coolhunting and right now I love doing ‘hunts’.

I like especially hunting in my own town Amsterdam. You look with a totally

other view to the city. I was amazed by the quantity of cool things that Amsterdam is hiding.

Hopefully you will enjoy my hunts and articles!

Bisous Emilie

Ancient Tablet Found: Oldest Readable Writing in Europe

Thinking about what we are learning now for the minor Trends in the Media it is nice to know where the first news came from. There first kind of media to send your message to other people. This article is about the oldest piece of written rock ever found in Europe. The one thing where actual media once begon

International article by Martijn Majoewsky march 31th 2011

Ten big ideas from TED

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, is a nonprofit dedicated to "ideas worth spreading." TED2010 has featured speaker after speaker for whom their subject matter is their life's work.

People give their own five minute talk about what they like to talk about. It are very inspiring speeches bout ideas these bright people from all around the world have. Very interesting to listen to one of these speeches ones in a while. It is nice that some of these speeches are on the internet because if you want to visit the event you have to bring a lot of money.

International article by Martijn Majoewsky march 31the 2011

Google mimics Facebook with the new +1 button

Google developed a button next to the links you can find on the internet. This so called +1 button makes it possible to share these links with contacts from your Gmail list. It is a good opportunity to look what your friends think of different links. Are you for example not familiar with Pasta recipes it now is possible to find the best recipes your friends advice to you.

International article by Martijn Majoewsky march 31the 2011

Marketers embracing QR codes, for better or worse

Described by some as a barcode on drugs, the QR or Quick Response code got people wondering what this new invention was. The QR-code was invented in 1994 in Japan and is quite common there. In the US and the rest of the world it is slowly conquering the mainstream.

The article states that marketers are embracing this invention cause of the low costs and high response it generates.

Further the article gives examples, some good and some bad, and some very creative. In the near future this marketing device is going to play a big part, according to this article.

Article by Floris Wagenaar Hummelinck on March 30, 2011

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