TREND REPORTS
Multi-Purpose Electrochemical Sensors Preview the Future of Fitness and Medical Wearables
[Tech]
2019/05/19 09:05
In this scenario, an armband measures blood and sweat and sends the information to a smartphone app. Wearable health-monitors are everywhere, from Fitbits for the health conscious to continuous glucose monitors for diabetics, but most are limited in what they can tell us, and there are issues around accuracy, calibration and reliability. Researchers in Sweden are working to change that.The tech...
World's First Modular Smartphone for Kids - Novus
[Product]
2019/05/19 09:04
Novus combines kids’ smartphone, watch and smart speaker in one modular system.Smartphones and smartwatches for kids aren't exactly new – even FitBit has a kids' watch these days – but China-based Abardeen has done things a little differently. The company has taken a modular approach with its latest offering – launched this week on Kickstarter – in an effort to inject some extra flexibilit...
(Infographic) Nearly Half of Americans Make Purchases Based on Influencer Recommendations
[Consumer]
2019/05/19 09:03
Influencers are still going strong, but as the novelty fades, should brands keep including them in their strategies? New research from Toluna suggests they should.While there’s still skepticism—30.4% of American consumers don’t trust influencer recommendations—almost half (49.2%) follow influencers on social media, and 49.3% have bought something based on a recommendation from an influencer...
(PDF) BCG - Decoding Global Talent
[Consumer]
2019/05/16 08:34
This report is the latest in the Decoding Global Talent series about workforce changes and skills of the future.At a time when companies find themselves badly in need of people with expert digital skills, these same people are more willing than those without digital expertise to move to another country to gain work experience or better their careers. This makes for a talent pool that is either...
Snapchat’s Gender Swap AR Face Filter Is A Big Hit
[Product]
2019/05/16 08:34
Snapchat unleashed their new AR gender swap face filter over the weekend, and the internet has been thrown into a tizzy as users reimagine themselves, their friends—pretty much any image of a face they can get their hands on—as the opposite sex.In some cases, the AR filter—available now in your face filter carousal—has been giving users some surprising results, many of which so realistic it...
Unicorn Hunters : These Investors Have Backed The Most Billion-Dollar Companies
[Investing]
2019/05/16 08:33
Tiger Global Management has the highest number of unicorn portfolio companies, while SV Angel has made the most early-stage investments in $1B+ companies.[click to enlarge]There are 344 private unicorn companies globally valued at $1B+ as of 5/5/2019 — all featured on CB Insights’ real-time global unicorn tracker.Over the years, a total of 2,018 disclosed investors have backed those unicorns....
Meet the World’s Most Bio-Tracked Man
[Tech]
2019/05/16 08:33
Scientist Michael Snyder tracked his own basic measurements for years. Now he’s released a study of over 100 people using similar data to make lifesaving discoveries about heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.Michael Snyder might be the most bio-tracked man in the world. He’s tested 14 of his “-omes,” such as the standard genome and microbiome as well as the less-well-known metabolome, trans...
Target Now Carries a Non-Toxic Skincare Line Built on the Insights of 16 Million Women
[Product]
2019/05/16 08:32
The new brand comes from Clique Brands, the company behind women’s lifestyle blog Who What Wear, which recently spun off a fashion label also sold at Target. Last year, Clique announced it would begin incubating new startups through a holding company called Offspring, and Versed is the first fruit of this effort.If you asked 16 million women what they wanted out of their eye creams and face wa...
China's Mobile Payment Adoption Beats All Others
[Consumer]
2019/05/16 08:32
More than half a billion people in China will be paying with their phones in brick-and-mortar shops, cafes and restaurants this year, according to the Statista Digital Market Outlook. That equals a penetration rate of more than 35 percent, the highest in the world.China’s booming payment apps market is dominated by big players Alipay and WeChat Pay which have been adopted widely by shopkeepers...
