TREND REPORTS
A Space Startup That 3D-Prints Its Rockets Just Got Its First Customer
[Tech]
2019/04/11 11:25
LA-based Relativity Space announced a deal with Telesat today to launch a portion of its new internet satellite constellation.The news: Canadian communications company Telesat has committed to sending some of its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites up on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket. The deal is the first large launch contract for the startup, which plans to manufacture its satellites with 3D pri...
(PDF) The Future of Voice in Entertainment
[Consumer]
2019/04/11 11:25
Google-Backed Study Finds People Willing To Trade Sensitive Data For Personalized Media.At a time when consumers, advocacy groups and regulators seem to be more vigilant than ever about consumer data privacy, a new study by Google and the National Research Group (NRG) finds a significant number of consumers are willing to share some of their most personal data with voice assistant technology in...
Lego’s Spike Prime Brings New Programmable Bricks to the Table
[Product]
2019/04/11 11:25
Lego is announcing its new Spike Prime robotics kit, which is designed to introduce a younger, middle school-aged customer to robotics, engineering, and coding in a way that’s simpler and more goal-oriented than its Mindstorms kits.The new $330 Spike Prime kit is targeted toward children in grades 6–8. It includes over 500 Technic pieces, and it’s programmed using a Lego-made app built off t...
Breaking Down Mobile Video Ad Spending
[Business]
2019/04/11 11:25
Video remains the only digital ad format that isn't majority mobile.This year, US advertisers will spend two-thirds of their digital budgets on mobile placements. Mobile ad spending has taken the majority of digital spending every year since 2015, and both search and display spending skew heavily mobile. But even though it falls under the display umbrella, video is the only digital ad format wh...
Teamlab Fills Former Oil Tanks with 'Digital Universe of Water Particles' in Shanghai
[Design]
2019/04/11 11:24
Art collective teamlab will inaugurate the opening of a new art museum in shanghai this weekend with an immersive exhibition that explores water through digital manipulation. Entitled ‘universe of water particles in the tank’ the exhibition will transform five massive former oil tanks that constitute a new ambitious and long-awaited museum project aptly named ‘tank shanghai’.Located inside...
(Infographic) The State of Influencer Marketing 2019 : Benchmark Report
[Business]
2019/04/11 11:24
Instagram’s Popularity has Grown Phenomenally over the Last Few Years.Two years ago, we conducted our first influencer marketing survey. We thought it was time to update our statistics and discover how perceptions about the industry have changed between 2017 and 2019. We partnered with Viral Nation and NeoReach to survey 800 marketing agencies, brands and other relevant professionals to determ...
(PDF) PwC - Opportunities for the Global Semiconductor Market
[Business]
2019/04/10 10:42
Growing market share by embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI). Semiconductor sales totaled US$481bn in 2018.We expect the market for AI-related semiconductors to grow from a current US$6bn in revenues to more than US$30bn by 2022. Of the US$67.9bn global automotive electronic-component market, AI’s impact will be most felt in infotainment at US$8.5bn.Strong semiconductor industry growth set t...
The Big Business of Japan’s Cherry Blossoms
[Investing]
2019/04/10 10:42
There’s a popular saying in Japanese: dumplings over blossoms—meaning substance is better than beauty. But that might sell short the phenomenon of cherry-blossom season in Japan. Over the course of a few weeks, cherry trees across the country burst into bloom, painting the country in shades of pink and white. It’s become a national obsession with growing global appeal—and it’s a boon to Ja...
Venture Capital In Q1 2019: The World Pulls Back From Record Highs
[Investing]
2019/04/10 10:42
In venture, there are two tables, and VCs are the go-between. There’s one where VCs listen to founders hawk their shares and make deals to gain purchase in growing companies, all for a cut of the eventual upside.And then there’s the table where venture capitalists negotiate subscription agreements with limited partners—the institutional money managers and (ultra) high-net-worth folks who, mo...
