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Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2018 - WEF
[Tech]
2018/09/18 11:36
What do lab-grown meat, a holographic museum guide and a supercharged version of Amazon’s Alexa have in common?They’re all breakthrough technologies that are likely to shape our lives in the near future, according to a list published by the World Economic Forum. Selected by a panel of scientists and experts, each one has been identified as having the potential to be disruptive by altering dee...
(Infographic) Comparing Cryptocurrency Against the Entire World’s Wealth
[Investing]
2018/09/18 11:36
Given the 8-month long crypto bear market, lots of bitcoin naysayers are feeling smug right about now.[click to enlarge]From JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer and Nobel economist Robert Shiller, every media personality seems to think bitcoin’s downward trend will continue. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest things will turnaround, but that’s beside the point. B...
ROBO ADVISOR : Are Robos Managing $1 Trillion of Digital Wealth Yet ?
[Investing]
2018/09/18 11:36
The center of gravity for digital wealth in the US is the In|Vest conference, and the update this week from its publishers is excellent. Let's call attention to the following phenomenon. All of a sudden, everyone wants to claim to have roboadvisor / digital wealth assets, and to get rewarded from a valuation perspective for understanding the future customer. As soon as JP Morgan started braggin...
Handjet Portable Printer - EBS 260
[Product]
2018/09/18 11:35
State of the Art, that is the EBS 260 Handjet Portable Printer. Prints large stenciling characters up to 2.20 inches in height, in multiple lines of print. The ebs 260 Handjet Printer has a built-in touchscreen and connects to WiFi networks.The EBS 260 HandJet Portable Printer is a handheld inkjet printer that directly marks products such as concrete, currugated boxes, metal pipes, poly woven b...
Artificial Intelligence Edge Device Shipments to Reach 2.6 Billion Units Annually by 2025
[Business]
2018/09/18 11:35
Mobile Phones, Smart Speakers, PCs/Tablets, Head-Mounted Displays, Automobiles, Drones, Robots, and Security Cameras Will All Drive Greater Use of AI at the Edge.Artificial intelligence (AI) processing today is mostly done in a cloud-based data center. The majority of AI processing is dominated by training of deep learning models, which requires heavy compute capacity. In the last 6 years, the...
The Smartphone That’s Kind On Nature - Friendlui
[Design]
2018/09/18 11:35
A phone’s battery life is something which we must deal with on a daily basis, especially as phones often requiring a recharge part way through the day, and this only gets worse as the phones age! Not only can this be an annoying inconvenience, but it also has a negative impact on the environment!Friendlui could be a solution for this issue and not only be kinder on the environment, but also ma...
(PDF) BCG - Corporate Venturing Is on the Rise
[Investing]
2018/09/17 10:37
Over the past couple of decades, corporate venture capital (CVC) investing has been characterized by its boom-and-bust cycles: companies would increase their investments during frothy markets to boost financial performance and then pull back during economic downturns when the prospect of quick financial gains evaporated.The future belongs to those who can integrate corporate venturing into a br...
(M&A) Co-Founder of Salesforce buys Time magazine for $190 million
[Investing]
2018/09/17 10:36
Time Magazine is being sold by Meredith Corp. to Marc Benioff, a co-founder of Salesforce, and his wife, it was announced Sunday.Meredith announced that it was selling Time magazine for $190 million in cash to Benioff, one of four co-founders of Salesforce, a cloud computing pioneer.Meredith had completed the purchase of Time along with other publications of Time Inc. earlier this year.The Beni...
(M&A) Microsoft Acquires Lobe to Help Bring AI Development Capability to Everyone
[Investing]
2018/09/17 10:26
Lobe’s simple visual interface lets people easily create intelligent apps that can understand hand gestures, hear music, read handwriting, and more.Technology has already transformed the world we live in. Computers are ubiquitous, from the machines on our desks to the devices in our pockets and in our homes. Now, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning are helping scien...
