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Germophobes : Elevated Titanium Silverware Will Keep Your Radar Quiet
[Design]
2016/08/04 11:32
Untouctable is a set of titanium silverware that are engineered with precision by distributing the weight to the back of the silverware. This keeps the front-end of the silverware elevated away from contaminated surfaces. If you’ve gotten to the point where you worry about what surfaces your utensils touch, as you’re eating, you may have a germophobia problem. But it looks like instead of mak...
(PDF) Deep Learning Algorithm Paints Smooth-Moving Works of Art
[Tech]
2016/08/03 10:57
A team at Freiburg University has developed a neural network that takes an art style from an image or painting and applies it smoothly over an entire video.Last year, Google unleashed its Deep Dream Generator on the world, and a wave of images filled with bright lines, eyeballs and creepy dog heads flooded the internet. Now a team at the University of Freiburg in Germany has given neural networ...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Screening The Organizational Health of Korea’s Companies
[Business]
2016/08/03 10:57
Our survey shows that many have yet to adopt management practices that could help them compete in a challenging economy.Many South Korean businesses have flourished over the past few decades, and some have emerged as world-class makers of mobile devices, memory chips, LCD screens, automobiles, and ships. In recent years, however, Korean companies have seen their financial results slip as econom...
(Infographic) How The Didi-Uber China Deal Redraws The Ride-Hailing Landscape
[Investing]
2016/08/03 10:56
In the wake of Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber China, we analyze how the deal adds another level of complexity to the tangled webs of investment in the ride-hailing space.[click to enlarge]The fierce battle for ride-hailing supremacy in the world’s most populous market saw the two giants Uber and Didi Chuxing raise unprecedented amounts of funding as they rose to stratospheric valuations. U...
The Age of Tech
[Investing]
2016/08/03 10:56
Ten years ago, the world was a different place: the smartphone as we know it hadn’t been invented, Facebook was still in its infancy and ExxonMobile was worth six times as much as Apple. What a difference ten years make.Last Friday, for a brief period of time, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon were the five most valuable publicly traded companies in the world, relegating...
Tiffany Shifts Its Social Focus to Snapchat
[Business]
2016/08/03 10:56
Tiffany is the first luxury brand to sponsor a lens, which also draws a white heart with the text “Return to Tiffany Love” scribbled on top when users smile into the camera. The heritage brand is expected to have spent around $700,000 for the activation, the estimated price for sponsored lenses as the company doesn’t disclose cost.On Snapchat, Tiffany will also have a branded geofilter at al...
Fortune 500 Companies with Cash In Offshore Tax Havens
[Investing]
2016/08/03 10:56
When the taxman comes knocking at the door, there’s not a lot that the Regular Joe can do besides pay up.Fortune 500 companies, on the other hand, have the resources and wherewithal to give themselves options that regular folks do not. With billions of revenues, it’s worth it for these companies to do whatever they can to avoid the IRS – and much of the time, that means stashing cash in offs...
(Video) Levitating Smartphones ? New Magnetic Charger Makes It Happen - OvRcharge
[Product]
2016/08/03 10:55
Okay. There are dozens of new cell phone chargers that have come out in the last few years that do everything from disinfect your phone to shut down the charging process once your phone is topped up. They also come in all shapes and sizes now, including one that’s roughly the size of a credit card. But, there’s a new smartphone charger that’s trying to work its way into the hearts and minds...
(Infographic) How Digital Switchers Are Disrupting US Auto Insurers
[Consumer]
2016/08/03 10:55
A growing wave of digitally adept US auto insurance consumers, already 20% of the $180 billion market, is undermining customer lifetime values by switching insurers more frequently while using more channels, increasing costs to serve, and being more open to alternative providers.Infographic : https://www.bcgperspectives.com/Images/BCG-How-Digital-Switchers-Are-Distrupting-US-Auto-Insurers-July-...
(PDF) PwC : Tech Breakthroughs Megatrend
[Tech]
2016/08/02 11:18
The technological breakthroughs megatrend is manifesting itself in a proliferation of technologies. To remain relevant and to succeed, emerging technology strategy needs to be a part of every company’s corporate strategy. The most pertinent technologies—and the corresponding strategy—will of course vary from company to company; but our analysis of more than 150 emerging technologies pinpoint...
BMW is Using Faster Robotic Optical Scanners to Ensure Its Cars Measure Up
[Tech]
2016/08/02 11:18
BMW prides itself not only on integrating the latest technologies in its vehicles, but also in the process of designing and manufacturing them. The company claims to be the first automaker to implement a robotic optical measuring cell at a BMW Group pilot plant in Munich. It's essentially a fully automated 3D scanner that can create a digital model of a full-sized vehicle in half the time previ...
Finding (and Acting on) the White Spaces in Mobile Gaming
[Consumer]
2016/08/02 11:18
There’s no doubt that the mobile games market is growing—even before the debut of Pokemon Go. Not only are more people playing on smartphones and tablets, but they’re dedicating increasingly more time and money as well. To grab a bigger share of this growth, developers and publishers need to target the right consumers with the right content. The first step in achieving this insight is unders...
