TREND REPORTS
Worldwide App Downloads Grew 15% and Revenue Soared 40% in 2016
[Business]
2017/01/18 10:50
Downloads, revenue, and time spent in apps all grew by double digits during 2016, according to a report by market researcher App Annie.Time spent in apps grew more than 20 percent to nearly 900 billion hours in 2016, according to the year-end report. That’s just one sign that the global app economy saw healthy growth during the past year.In its year-end retrospective, App Annie said U.S. time...
Innovative Packaging Doubles as Entertainment
[Design]
2017/01/18 10:50
About six in 10 young people in the U.S. and UK like when packaging materials provide entertainment, and brands are taking note. In an age in which advertising is expected to do more than inform, brands are innovating with multipurpose packaging that both contains and entertains.coca-cola Attendees of Coca-Cola Summer Love, the biggest branded outdoor event in Israel, didn’t have to pause from...
The Rise of the ‘Boy Beauty’ Movement
[Business]
2017/01/18 10:50
The 29-year-old was growing dismayed by the lack of discourse in the media about men’s beauty. As his months as a reporter went on, he soon noticed that his pieces on male grooming seemed to generate the most buzz; his stories on topics including runway hairstyles at New York Fashion Week: Men’s and a man who transformed his face using makeup garnered thousands of shares and comments. Yi, who...
Zoom Video Conferencing Service Raises $100M from Sequoia on Billion-Dollar Valuation
[Investing]
2017/01/18 10:49
Zoom, the cloud video conferencing service, announced a $100 million Series D round, entirely funded by Sequoia. The company now boasts a $1 billion valuation, putting it in the vaunted unicorn club.It also announced a significant update to the product that includes the ability for customers and third parties to build applications on top of the Zoom platform.The company, which was cash-flow pos...
AUDIOINFINITY - Tunes to No End
[Design]
2017/01/18 10:49
Today, when we think of “radio,” the first thing that comes to mind is an app or streaming music website.However, in the past, listening to your tunes was always associated with a tangible, dedicated device. Modern in form yet old-school in functionality, AUDIOINFINITY aims to bring back this type of interaction.Users can tap in to any radio around the world. With just a twist of its intuitiv...
(Infographic) How Google Tracks You – And What You Can Do About It
[Consumer]
2017/01/18 10:49
Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?It’s because you are – and for a rough proxy of this, use the browser extension Ghostery to see how many tracking scripts are watching you on a typical media site. (It doesn’t work for everything, but a large media site like Vice.com has 50+ trackers, with 40 of them focused on advertising).Capturing this user data helps sites sell their inventory t...
(Patent) Microsoft’s Next Surface Trick May be a Foldable Phone
[Tech]
2017/01/17 11:26
Microsoft has made it pretty clear that its upcoming Surface Phone will not be a traditional mobile experience, but it’s yet to provide any defining features. A new patent filed by the company could provide the answer: a foldable device that turns into a tablet.A patent discovered by MSPoweruser shows Microsoft considering a device that when folded over acts as a phone, but can be unfolded and...
This Smart Billboard Coughs If You Smoke Near It
[Business]
2017/01/17 11:26
When smokers walk by a certain billboard in Stockholm, something strange happens: The billboard coughs at them. The innovative advertisement is paid for by a Swedish pharmacy chain that wants to encourage smokers to kick their smelly habit.At first glance, the digital screen positioned outside a metro station shows only a simple photo of a model. But walk by with a lit cigarette and the man in...
(PDF) BCG - Competing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
[Business]
2017/01/17 11:26
Until recently, artificial intelligence (AI) was similar to nuclear fusion in unfulfilled promise. It had been around a long time but had not reached the spectacular heights foreseen in its infancy. Now, however, AI is realizing its potential in achieving human-like capabilities, so it is time to ask: How can business leaders harness AI to take advantage of the specific strengths of man and mac...
After Mixed Year, Mobile AR to Drive $108 Billion VR/AR Market
[Business]
2017/01/17 11:26
Our new Augmented/Virtual Reality Report 2017 base case is that Mobile AR could become the primary driver of a $108 billion VR/AR market by 2021 (underperform $94 billion, outperform $122 billion) with AR taking the lion’s share of $83 billion and VR $25 billion.What went right (and wrong) last yearLet’s start with less than happy times. Facebook (Oculus Rift) and HTC (Vive) had growing pains...
(Video) Fraugster, A Startup That Uses AI to Detect Payment Fraud, Raises $5M
[Investing]
2017/01/17 11:26
Fraugster, a German and Israeli startup that has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help eliminate payment fraud, has raised $5 million in funding.Earlybird led the round, alongside existing investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp and an unnamed large Swiss family office. The new capital will be used to add to Fraugster’s headcount as it expands internationally.Founded in 2014 by Max...
The Incredible Shrinking Computer
[Tech]
2017/01/17 11:25
The Incredible Shrinking Computer.[click to enlarge]Website : https://twitter.com/lukew[lukew]
