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(Patent) Amazon Wants the Patent for Pay-By-Selfie
[Tech]
2016/03/15 11:03
First, Amazon patented one-click purchasing buying. Now it wants a patent for pay-by-selfie.The Seattle-based e-commerce company recently filed a patent application for a process that would allow shoppers to make a purchase by taking a photo and/or video of themselves rather than keying in their account password. The application is related to a separate patent Amazon holds for a technology that...
Elon Musk's Hyperloop Could Head to Europe Before California
[Tech]
2016/03/15 11:03
As two companies compete to make Hyperloop a reality, one looks to Slovakia as the first destination, ahead of the original Los Angeles to San Francisco rail plan. Take that Silicon Valley – Slovakia, a country at the heart of Europe, might become home to the first hi-tech Hyperloop train.[A trip from Bratislava to Vienna could take about eight minutes on Hyperloop. Photograph: Hyperloop Trans...
(PDF) BCG - The Winner-Take-All Digital World for CPG
[Business]
2016/03/15 11:03
Many companies do not realize it yet, but the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is facing a winner-take-all world. A world in which about half of all growth is online (more in certain categories and markets), brick-and-mortar market share and shelf-space prominence do not translate into digital sales, and nimble new competitors with disruptive strategies (as well as a few established playe...
(Patent) Hasbro Patented a 3D Scanner For Kids That Uses a Smartphone to Digitize Toys
[Tech]
2016/03/15 11:02
Mattel might be the first to market with a 3D printer aimed at kids, but Hasbro isn’t sitting by and letting its main competitor have all the 3D fun. The company just patented a kid-friendly 3D scanner that can digitize small objects using a smartphone’s camera and clever software.Given how the company has already embraced 3D printing when it comes to some of the its most popular properties,...
Dove and Twitter Built a Tool to Measure How Positive or Negative Your Tweets Are
[Business]
2016/03/15 11:02
#SpeakBeautiful gets personal with customized analysis.80 percent of women deal with negative comments on social media.After first teaming up to tackle negative social chatter a year ago, Dove and Twitter are now taking a deeper dive to examine how social media affects self-esteem.The team launched a new phase of its #SpeakBeautiful campaign at South by Southwest Interactive today with a tool t...
(Video) Spongy Polymer Grows to Fill Gaps in The Spine After Surgery
[Tech]
2016/03/15 11:01
Use of the polymer graft could provide a non-invasive and inexpensive method for filling gaps in the spine left after the removal of tumors.Removing spinal tumors can be problematic, with the current options for bridging the gap left by the procedure being either very expensive, or extremely invasive. New research could provide a better solution, with the potential to use an expanding polymer i...
Lamzac Hangout Air Hammock
[Product]
2016/03/15 11:01
Super packable and easy to inflate, Lamzac Hangout($72) acts as an air hammock that you can take with you wherever you go – no trees or posts required."The Lamzac Hangout is a new product from the Netherlands. The Hangout is a comfortable seat or sofa for two that you can fill with air within seconds using our unique filling technique (see our videos for a demonstration). While the hangout is...
(Infographic) The Video Sites Millennials Can't Live Without
[Consumer]
2016/03/15 11:01
A whopping 89 percent of millennials say they couldn't live without YouTube. Media consumption habits of the younger generation are increasingly relevant to marketers as Gen Zers begin to overtake millennials as the demo du jour. In its annual Acumen Report, Defy Media studies how Gen Z and millennials consume media."While last year's report revealed YouTube's clear reign over TV and the rising...
(Infographic) Honeycomb 3.0 : The Collaborative Economy Market Expansion
[Business]
2016/03/14 10:22
The Collaborative Economy enables people to get what they need from each other. Similarly, in nature, honeycombs are resilient structures that enable access, sharing, and growth of resources among a common group. [click to enlarge]Our latest version of the Honeycomb framework, Honeycomb 3.0, shows how the Collaborative Economy market has grown to include new applications in Reputation and Data,...
(M&A) GM Acquires Self-Driving Car Startup Cruise Automationfor $1B+
[Investing]
2016/03/14 10:22
General Motors (GM) continues its self-driving car push today with the news that it has acquired Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based self-driving car company that develops an autopilot system for existing cars.The news comes two months after GM first revealed its autonomous vehicle aspirations with a $500 million investment in Lyft, followed by acquisition of Sidecar’s technology and asse...
From Magazines to Multi-Media Brands
[Business]
2016/03/14 10:21
As traditional sources of revenue are further shrinking an outsider to the magazine world might be tempted to conclude that mag makers must be a pretty gloomy bunch. In truth, many publishers seem to have regained a positive outlook, at least those who have managed to transform their businesses.Indeed there has been an ongoing industry-wide transformation driven by digitalisation: Whereas it us...
Soothe Raises $35M to Bring You Massages On Demand
[Investing]
2016/03/14 10:21
The massage industry is getting a rubdown. Soothe has raised $35 million to bring on-demand massages to the masses.It’s one more example of how an on-demand app service can outmaneuver brick-and-mortar businesses, as Soothe says its costs can beat rivals in the traditional $14 billion U.S. massage market (according to the International SPA Association poll conducted by PwC). Therapists can be...
