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Paytech Frontier & Mixed Commerce
[Investing]
2019/06/25 09:08
Google, Facebook and Apple have dedicated massive budgets to building virtual and augmented reality hardware and software. Yet, there is very little understanding in Financial Services how such platform shifts will impact the products of industry participants. In this document, we solve this $200 billion question by analyzing an emerging new market opportunity for “Mixed Commerce”, which we d...
Nokia Reveals 5G-Ready Lithium Nanotube Battery with 2.5X Run Time
[Tech]
2019/06/25 09:07
True breakthroughs in the battery world are rarer than announcements might suggest, but sometimes a big innovation is as practical to manufacture as it is brilliant. That will hopefully be the case with Nokia Bell Labs’ latest invention. Working with researchers at Trinity College Dublin’s AMBER center, the company has developed a lithium nanotube-aided battery that promises to deliver 2.5 ti...
The Next Big Privacy Concern Is Up in the Air
[Business]
2019/06/25 09:06
As more drones take flight, wealthy homeowners grapple with how to shield themselves from prying eyes in the sky.Michele Dunn, a 53-year-old lobbyist in Atlanta, stepped out of the shower, wrapped herself in a towel, and wandered into her bedroom while drying her hair before work. Because she lives on the third-floor of a downtown high-rise with highly reflective windows, she only pulls the cur...
Meet Your New Chief of Staff : An AI Chatbot
[Investing]
2019/06/25 09:05
Navigator, the new project from the creators of Mailbox, launches with $12M.Years ago, a mobile app for email launched to immediate fanfare. Simply called Mailbox, its life was woefully cut short — we’ll get to that. Today, its founders are back with their second act: An AI-enabled assistant called Navigator meant to help teams work and communicate more efficiently.With the support of $12 mil...
Nipple Dust Mask
[Design]
2019/06/25 09:04
The Nipple Dust Mask is an unusual product that may just become a necessity in a few years, with rising environmental concerns about unchecked emissions. Designed to pacify as well as protect the baby’s young respiratory system, the Nipple Dust Mask keeps a child pacified, via a BPA-free polymer nipple, but also surrounds the nose and mouth with a HEPA filter that traps particulate matter, ens...
THE NORTH FACE's Geodome 4 Tent Provides an Unmatched Camping Experience
[Product]
2019/06/25 09:03
Previously only available in Japan and Korea, THE NORTH FACE recently released its Geodome 4 Tent globally.Building on the innovative geodesic tent design developed by architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller in 1975, the updated Geodome 4 focuses on expedition standards for an unmatched camping experience.Crafted to endure the weather elements and endure winds up to 60 mph, the tent features...
(PDF) Pew - Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019
[Consumer]
2019/06/24 09:10
37% of Americans now go online mostly using a smartphone, and these devices are increasingly cited as a reason for not having a high-speed internet connection at home.As the share of Americans who say they own a smartphone has increased dramatically over the past decade – from 35% in 2011 to 81% in 2019 – a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the way many people choose to go online is m...
(Paper) Google Team's Clever Tech Eliminates Face Distortion in Wide-Angle Photos
[Tech]
2019/06/24 09:09
Correcting wide-angle face distortion without ruining the rest of the picture is a tricky problem, but a Google team believes it has the answer.No, it's not just a simple distortion correction filter. A Google research team has been working on eliminating the face-stretching distortion you get from wide angle lenses, without the ugly bending of perspective lines you get by applying regular dist...
Infarm Raises $100M to Expand Its Urban Farming Platform to the U.S. and Beyond
[Investing]
2019/06/24 09:08
Infarm, a Germany-based startup that distributes “modular farms” to grocery stores and other urban locations, has raised $100 million in a series B round of equity and debt funding.Led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors including Balderton Capital, Cherry Ventures, Astanor Ventures, and TriplePoint Capital.The CO2 emissions produced by growing, farming, and transporting fo...
