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This iPhone Pro Concept is The Perfect Bridge Between the Smartphone and the Tablet
[Design]
2019/12/11 11:42
Now that Jony Ive is no longer running Apple’s design team (he’s off their website too), a folding iPhone may just be a possibility. Here’s what Seong Jun Park believes it should look like. Park’s flexible iPhone manifests itself as an intersection between a phone and a tablet (like most folding phones), but the advantage Apple has over its competition is its complete dominance in the table...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Winning in Automation Requires a Focus on Humans
[Business]
2019/12/11 11:42
While organizations are often tempted to use automation to eliminate work, looking at the customer experience for growth opportunities can maximize returns on automation investments.Although corporate adoption of automation technology is becoming more widespread, success remains elusive. Three-quarters of respondents in a 2018 McKinsey global survey say their companies have begun to automate so...
Hands-on : Solving Virtual Murder on Real Streets in True Crime AR Game
[Product]
2019/12/11 11:42
The team behind Misadventure in Little Lon researched the story in detail, even working with the descendants of some of the people who appear in-game.It seems like a no-brainer to combine the phenomenon that is Pokémon Go with the trendy popularity of true crime, and that’s exactly what Misadventure in Little Lon does. This location-based, augmented reality (AR) mobile game asks players to he...
AI-Powered Bedside Virtual Assistant - OrbitaASSIST
[Product]
2019/12/11 11:42
Boston-headquartered Orbita, a healthcare innovation company offering conversational AI platform and virtual health assistant solutions, has released the OrbitaASSIST, a voice-powered, AI-driven bedside virtual assistant. Patients use a smart speaker to make requests, and the system intelligently triages and sends requests to various care team members.OrbitaASSIST can be used as a replacement f...
Amazon Dominates Public Cloud Market
[Business]
2019/12/11 11:41
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has been looking into Amazon's dominant position in the e-commerce market in recent months, has reportedly broadened its investigation of possible anti-competititve behavior to include Amazon Web Services, the company's highly successful cloud division. According to people familiar with the matter, the FTC is trying to figure out whether Amazon is discr...
Instagram Founders Join $30M Raise for Loom Work Video Messenger
[Investing]
2019/12/11 11:41
Why are we all trapped in enterprise chat apps if we talk 6X faster than we type, and our brain processes visual info 60,000X faster than text? Thanks to Instagram, we’re not as camera-shy anymore. And everyone’s trying to remain in flow instead of being distracted by multi-tasking.That’s why now is the time for Loom. It’s an enterprise collaboration video messaging service that lets you se...
(Video) Architecture Firm BIG's Friday Smart Lock is its Smallest Ever Product
[Product]
2019/12/11 11:41
Danish architecture firm BIG has branched into smart home products with the Friday lock, which combines a minimal form and enhanced security features.Controlled via smartphone, the Friday Smart Lock can automatically unlock a door when it senses the resident approaching, lock it as they leave, or allow them to remotely control who has access to the property.The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) designe...
(Infographic) What Influences Women to Consider New Products
[Consumer]
2019/12/11 11:41
Nielsen found they're looking for proven value.According to Nielsen, women consume dozens of hours of media a week. Within that consumption come ads, so the research firm also looked at how ads influence women to try new products in a disparate age of brand disloyalty. Data shows women are really looking for proven value, and are likely to be heavily influenced through recommendations of friend...
(Patent) Apple Wants a Patent for Configuring a Wearable Device Using Images
[Tech]
2019/12/10 11:10
US patent application 20190369569 discloses an enhanced configuration method that includes receiving an indication that a wearable device has started a pairing process with an electronic device and obtaining images corresponding to the wearable device. The images are analyzed to determine aspects of the wearable device and configuring the wearable device, accordingly. The figure below depicts c...
