TREND REPORTS
CES 2019 is Flush with Smart Toilets. Here are the Best Bowls of the Bunch
[Product]
2019/01/13 09:04
The Consumer Electronics Show is almost always a good showcase for out-there ideas, and CES 2019 was no exception, with a strange but also somehow totally predictable trend emerging: Smart toilets. That’s right, toilets with internet-connected features, voice assistants built in, and more. Here are the best smart toilets on display at this year’s show.TOTO NEOREST NX2The Neorest NX2 intellige...
(Infographic) How Brands Can Make the Most of Their Subscription Services
[Consumer]
2019/01/13 09:03
56% of consumers unsubscribe because of renewal cost increases. 68 percent of subscribers prefer subscription companies to contact them via email over text, push notifications or a chatbot.From beauty boxes to streaming platforms, subscription services are becoming part of the norm. But with more services to choose from, how can brands make their subscription offerings stand out? New research f...
Annual Trend Report - 2019 Edition !
[Trendbird]
2019/01/10 16:23
글로벌 트렌드 리서치 서비스 TRENDBIRD, ‘Annual Trend Report 2019’ 발표 (2019년 글로벌 테크/비즈니스 핵심 트렌드를 한눈에)1) 글로벌 시장에서 포착된 핵심적인 글로벌 트렌드 및 미래 사업기회를 주요 Industry와 핵심 Function으로 분류하여 발행하는 보고서 (총12권)2) 인공지능, 블록체인/암호화폐, 음성비서, VA/AR, IoT, 로봇, 리테일 2.0, FinTech, 자율주행차등 핵심 기술을 활용한 미래 비즈니스 기회 총망라3...
(PDF) Mckinsey - What Singles Day can Tell Us about How Retail is Changing in China
[Business]
2019/01/10 11:03
Singles Day is the largest single-day sales event globally, but new trends are changing what it means inside and outside of China.This year’s Singles Day (China’s shopping event on November 11, or “Double 11”) clocked in as the biggest shopping spree the world has ever seen. Consumers purchased $45 billion (314 billion renminbi) worth of goods and services in a 24-hour period. To put it in...
Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2019
[Business]
2019/01/10 11:03
From delivery wagons and foldable phones to privacy crackdowns and corporate health tracking, the coming year will make good on some of the tech industry’s biggest promises.There aren’t many ways 2018 could have gone worse for the tech industry. It felt like every week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and friends were apologizing for some major privacy blunder or platform manipulation. Self-driv...
Leading Video and Connected TV Advertising Platform, Innovid Raised $30M from Goldman Sachs
[Investing]
2019/01/10 11:03
Leading Video and Connected TV Advertising Platform Will Use Investment to Connect Publishers and Advertisers, Creating the Only End-to-End CTV Solution.Innovid, the world’s leading video advertising platform, today announced it has secured $30 million in pre-IPO funding from Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Investing group. Innovid will use the additional capital to further its innovation and...
Q4 Venture-Backed Exits See More Dollars, Fewer Deals
[Investing]
2019/01/10 11:03
If it takes a lot of effort to put money into companies, it takes even more work (plus a fair bit of luck) to get it back out. By definition, there is no public stock market for private company equity, so liquidating one’s stake in a startup isn’t as easy as firing up a stock trading app on your phone and placing a sell order.Like with our Q4 2018 global investment report, which covered the m...
(CES 2019) These 5 Baby Tech Gadgets Rocked The Cradle At CES 2019
[Product]
2019/01/10 11:03
The average middle-income family will spend an estimated $12,000 during baby’s first year, the USDA estimated in 2010. The average baby delivery alone can cost upwards of $11,000. So what’s a few hundred (or thousand) more dollars on some baby tech to ensure you know everything that happens from conception to contraction?Since it's never too soon to digitize your offspring, CES, the consumer...
'Absorbed by Light' Highlights Our Obsession With Staring At Screen
[Design]
2019/01/10 11:02
Design Bridge has launched a topical new light sculpture in the heart of Amsterdam to highlight our obsession with technology and staring at screens. Absorbed by Light was created in collaboration with British artist Gali May Lucas and made especially for this year’s Amsterdam Light Festival.The installation, which sits outside the Hermitage Amsterdam, provides an arresting commentary on “how...
