In more ways than have yet to be realized, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the day-to-day lives of nearly every consumer the world over. This is especially true for office workers with traditional nine-to-five day jobs, where in-person meetings were the standard and the dress code called for something more formal than leisurewear. In the U.S., the country’s quarantine for...

Helping you enter the perfect ‘flow state’.Developed by audio tech company IRIS, who are backed by legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor and Concord, one of the biggest independent record labels, the new IRIS Flow Headphones feature advanced technology that not only restores sound quality that is unavoidably lost in recording, but also helps the listener achieve a ‘flow state’, a powerful ne...

Since their invention, automobiles have been a driving force of the global economy.Used by millions of people to get to work, transport goods, and travel, the modern automobile has become ubiquitous in our daily lives. So much so, that a whopping 92 million cars were produced in just 2019.To help us understand the might of the auto industry, this infographic from Parts Geek breaks down the earn...

U.S. patent application, 20200255021, discloses an apparatus for computer assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD) vehiclesthat determines a driving strategy based on road surface conditions, which indicate friction between the road surface and surfaces of the vehicle’s tires at the current location and at a future location of the vehicle. The illustration below depicts an example environment fo...

With pandemic habits still driving shopping, Walmart blew away expectations for the second quarter, with U.S. comparable sales up 9.3% and e-commerce sales up 97% year over year.Sam's Club sales also spiked, with comps up 13.3% and e-commerce sales growing 39%. New memberships at Sam's increased more than 60% in Q2.Operating income in the U.S. also grew, by 8.5%. After adjusting for restructuri...

Digitization has played a key role in reducing the spread of the virus and promoting a safe recovery. Now, it’s even more critical to the country’s longer-term economic health.Japanese leaders have long promoted productivity improvements to drive economic growth. That has become an even greater priority as the country’s low birth rates and rising life expectancy have reduced the domestic wor...

Washington-based Datasembly aims to take the guesswork out of the pricing for consumer goods.The company founded by Ben Reich and Dan Gallagher initially started as a project the two men developed after working at a retail analytics firm in the DC area.What they observed while trying to collect information on pricing for goods and services for large consumer brands and national retailers was th...

This Apple Watch band lets you control your smartwatch without touching the screen.Nobody’s ever really thought hard about this but there’s only one way to use the touchscreen on your Apple Watch – with the opposite hand. You can use either hand on your smartphone or tablet screen, but when you’ve got a watch strapped to your left-hand wrist, you can pretty much only control it with your ri...

When people think of Apple, they think of hardware first. iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac – those are the products that made Apple what it is today: the most valuable company in the world. Despite having always emphasized the advantages of its hardware and software working seamlessly together, the latter was long considered a means to an end at Apple, rather than a worthwhile business opportuni...