Sentences with phrase «catch it on»

As Claire Fallon, the Huffington Post's books and culture writer, points out, there are plenty of other reasons why ebooks may never catch on with a larger crowd.

Though she often hinted at her regular job — admitting that her husband says she drives too fast and follows too close, as well as telling a customer she loves making left turns — her passengers didn't seem to catch on, although they admitted to being big fans of Patrick on the track.

Later in life, when it looked like the regimen might actually catch on, Stefansson is said to have remarked to his wife with a tinge of sorrow, «I shall have to find myself a new heresy.»

Worse, it was caught on video doing it.

Still, its promotions struggled to catch on with customers: In the U.S., it offered 15 % off new blonde espresso drinks among other efforts, but customers did not show up in droves.

Many believe that mobile payments, even though they haven't caught on, represent the future of retail.

Should it be pulled or get caught on something, the cord will snap back upon release and possibly lash the wearer's face / eyeballs.

Who knows if the expression «Internet of value exchange» will catch on or if one day we'll be referring to the retronym «Internet of knowledge.»

Traditional drug giants have caught on to the not - so - dirty little secret that outsourcing drug research (and in - licensing) may be a more effective strategy than trying to create groundbreaking new molecules within the confines of a single lab.

But the proposals never fully caught on.

And don't even get me started with Beijing, where the concept of «stay in your own lane» never appears to have caught on.

An Australian banker caught on live TV showing a high interest rate in nearly - naked photos of supermodel Miranda Kerr has launched a viral video that has already drawn hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube — and fresh debate about employer Internet policies.

And though Cotopaxi has been around for less than a year, it seems to be catching on.

«Other people have to be able to speak for your brand,» says Jonah Berger, author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Simon & Schuster, 2013) and the James G. Campbell Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

But because it was the first smartphone Samsung launched after discontinuing its Galaxy Note 7 — some of which were found to have a battery defect that could cause it to explode or catch on fire — the company delayed the launch to implement a new safety - testing protocol to ensure the phones» batteries were safe, it said.

Windows phones have yet to catch on, although they've shown promise, and it remains to be seen if RIM can successfully re-establish itself as a mobile leader with its new BB10 operating system.

It should have: It was this scrappy, five - man team of mechanical engineers that first caught on to the German giant's emissions - cheating ways, kicking off the biggest business scandal of the year (and possibly the decade).

I'm sharing it with you, with his permission, in the hopes the act may catch on.

People catch on really quickly and see right through the teammate who offers to help only the boss, and no one else.

CEO of Japanese online broker, and former Goldman Sachs trader, says cryptocurrencies will catch on, just like derivatives did in the 1980s.

But all contain triggers that get people talking, says Jonah Berger, marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the bestseller Contagious: Why Things Catch On.

For evidence of that, consider what recently happened to United Airlines when that now - infamous customer service snafu was caught on video.

From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

They caught on like wildfire in sneaker fan circles, and since that popularity was combined with a relatively constrained supply, they started off relatively rare.

They catch on when people don't understand what they are saying, adjust their approach and re-communicate their idea in a way that can be understood.

Retractable dog leashes are too thin to be detected by the door sensor, and if the dog and owner get caught on different sides of the door, the leash could strangle the dog or dislocate the thumb of its owner.

And that visceral response is what separates viral breakouts from busts, according to Jonah Berger, marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On.

While waiting to be interviewed by UK station ITV about a merger with fellow grocery chain Asda, Sainsbury's CEO was caught on a hot mic singing «We're in the Money,» the New York Times reports.

It caught on.

«We gave ourselves six months to see if we could get it to catch on,» Campbell says.

One technology company that I worked with for a number of years couldn't catch on to this.

Nike has also caught on to a bit of luck in perhaps one of the most effective ways of engaging business in Asia: teaming up with the government.

The cord has a hard tip in the hood area of the top that can be pulled or caught on something and when released, it can snap back and result in injury, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

That formula seems to be catching on and driving the Wii U business.

The moment was caught on video, which went viral on social media.

There have been plenty of newsworthy incidents in the past that were caught on video by a bystander and streamed live on a social network or through an app.

Socialites, celebrities, and elite businessmen are catching on — Laura Prepon, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Palermo are just a few of the big names that have been spotted in one of Blade's three luxury lounges in Manhattan.

But he finally caught them on the right day.

You can also catch him on the red carpet on behalf of E! before pretty much any big, celebrity - filled event.

Companies are catching on to this, says Fenwick at Forrester, noting myriad «haptic» technology devices at CES this year.

Apparently, Spaces never caught on, and it joins several other messaging and social networking apps that Google has revamped or shuttered over the years because of a lack of popularity, including Google + and Wave.

But something wonderful happened along the way: Taco Bell never caught on globally like other Yum!

And no one knows how fast 5G services will catch on with consumers.

Apparently, other local companies have caught on, creating much local demand for handicapped workers.

Intended as a cute way to promote the mainstream adoption of Ethereum — a digital and decentralized ledger which records the game's smart contracts — CryptoKitties caught on with an irrational vengeance.

Called My Intelligent Communication Accessory, or MICA, the snakeskin bracelets are aimed at fashion - conscious women and are an attempt by the two companies to stand out in a growing field of often - clunky smartwatches and fitness brands that have yet to catch on widely with consumers.

Though it's called the burn rate, that term doesn't really capture the drip - by - drip unease of spending more money than you're making as you race to build something that catches on before the cash runs out.

This is easily one of the most interesting books I've read in terms of why ideas «catch on.»

Intel's many efforts to build chips for mobile devices have never caught on, despite billions of dollars of losses.

Despite the recent boom, however, digital currencies still haven't caught on as a mainstream payment method.