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FACILITATE MY LIFE
- DESTRESS INVITE
- THE RISE OF APPS CULTURE
- A CONTINUOUS, CONTINUOUS, CONTINUOUS
24/7/365 LIFE HABITUS
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The San Francisco based start-up UBER is alleviating
the taxi drive industry. Founded in 2009, the taxi app is
now available in fifty cities worldwide.
Key value is the facilitating part of it: by use of the
application, UBER seamlessly connects passengers to
drivers by not only by making cities more accessible, but
more importantly, by taking out all the extra links and
replacing it with intuitive technology.
The simplicity of the app makes the service very practical
and useful. A smooth taxi ride is now literally just a few
screentaps away.
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UBER

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Just as Spotify has changed the way we listen to music,
Netflix might just do the same for the television
landscape. The pay-per-month-streaming-service offers
unlimited access and HD views for a small amount of
money.
Not too long ago, this concept of letting customers pay
for content was deemed the unthinkable. Now, initiatives
with a progressive (on-demand) subscription model are
becoming increasing popular and even revolutionizing
segments such as the journalistic field. With the help of
15,000 newly found members, Dutch journalistic start-up
The Correspondent (De Correspondent) reached its
crowdfunding goals in just eight days.
As for Netflix, the company has also teamed up with
Khan Academy to bring free education to those in need
and who cannot afford it. Now that is solving real
problems.
Yet, in this age of information overload, it is vital to
emphasize that quality above all, remains key.
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NETFLIX

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Designer Dave Hakkens had a vision. What if we could
customize our phones to our own satisfaction and
needs? Why not use Phonebloks that we can replace
and recycle, instead of manufacturing traditional one-
piece-phones? The video explaining Hakkens’ vision
became an instant Internet hit. Ultimately, Motorola who
had also been working on a similar idea, purchased his
Phonebloks concept.
The concept is great in many ways. Besides the fact that
it is much more sustainable, it is also considered Cool
because of the personalization aspect and the simplicity
of it: a key value of Facilitate My Life.
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PHONEBLOKS

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Thanks to British multinational Tesco, shopping for
groceries has become so much more easy. Through the
use of barcodes, the virtual supermarket – in this case in
a South Korean subway station - has actually become a
reality. As shoppers can see the items as if they were in
a customary grocery store, the barcodes of the products
can be scanned with your cell phone (after downloading
the adjacent app, that is).
This smartphone-friendly online shopping system isn’t
just convenient for customers, it’s also a much more
efficient method for the food commerce retailers.
Tesco is currently working on a Minority Report style like
means of advertising, so we can expect more similar
novelties in the near future.
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TESCO

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SQUARE & ONLY
Then there are two U.S based start-ups, Square and
Only Coin, that are trying to revolutionize the way we
pay.
Square provides hard- and software that turns your
iPhone or iPad into a payment system, making it possible
to swipe your bankcard or credit card through your
phone.
Only Coin aims to replace all credit cards with just one
smart card. As a nice feature that is connected to your
phone, an alarm goes off when Only Coin is separated
from your phone.
Both Square and Coin will help you transform your
smartphone (or any portable device for that matter) into
the centrepiece of your life, catering your every need.
COIN

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