TREND REPORTS
(Patent) Apple Won 49 Patents Today Covering a Major One for a Folding iPhone
[Tech]
2018/09/06 09:09
The topic of future folding smartphones has been a popular one all year long with Samsung leading the way with patents and rumors. While Samsung's Q2 profits fell sharply, Samsung's mobile chief used that opportunity with the press to ramp up excitement over getting closer to having the world's first dual display smartphone. In August their display division announced that they'll be supplying X...
How Big Are the "Next Big Things" in Tech ?
[Product]
2018/09/06 09:08
Thousands of tech enthusiasts and industry insiders have been flocking to Berlin this weekend to find out about the latest developments in the world of consumer electronics at IFA 2018. Next to a slew of new smart home gadgets, consumers also got a first look at Samsung's first market-ready 8K TV, which will be available to affluent TV enthusiasts by the end of September. While it will probably...
A New Unicorn is Born : Root Insurance Raises $100M for a $1 Billion Valuation
[Investing]
2018/09/06 09:07
Root Insurance, an Ohio-based car insurance startup with a tech twist, said Wednesday it has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Tiger Global Management, pushing the company’s valuation to $1 billion. Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Scale Venture Partners all participated as follow-on investors in this latest round.The car insurance company, founded in 2015, plans to u...
Visualizing the Largest Coffee Exporters Across the Globe
[Investing]
2018/09/06 09:06
Drinking coffee means that you will live longer. So says a host of recent research. Even if the exact cause of increased longevity isn’t caffeine, about 2 out of 3 American adults drink a cup of coffee every day. [click to enlarge]That means the market for getting a cup o’ joe is absolutely enormous, and we decided to figure out which countries are responsible for supplying most of us with ou...
(Video) Fully 3D Printed An Array Of Light Receptors On A Hemisphere
[Tech]
2018/09/06 09:05
The research is published today in Advanced Materials, a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering materials science. The author also holds the patent for 3D-printed semiconducting devices."Bionic eyes are usually thought of as science fiction, but now we are closer than ever using a multimaterial 3D printer," said Michael McAlpine, a co-author of the study and University of Minnesota Benjamin...
The Apps Winning the Battle For Our Attention
[Consumer]
2018/09/06 09:04
With the smartphone as the centerpiece of the new global consumer economy, how we allocate our screentime between the myriad of apps that exist is becoming a very telling statistic.After all, the companies that win the battle for app mindshare will have unfettered access to billions of consumers, as well as the economic opportunities that emerge from that access.The Duopoly vs. Everyone ElseMos...
(Video) Volvo's Autonomous Car is Basically Architecture with Wheels
[Design]
2018/09/06 09:00
Let’s think about it for a second. If the most important aspect of a car (the driver) is removed, how much should a car look and behave like a car? It wouldn’t necessarily need steering wheels, a gear, pedals, rear-view mirrors, or a traditional dashboard, so what’s the difference between a self-driving car (without any of the above) and a cabin on wheels?The only true constant in the case o...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Fast Forwarding Last-Mile Delivery – Implications for The Ecosystem
[Business]
2018/09/05 15:04
What’s the outlook for the last-mile delivery ecosystem, given rapid development in technology? How will technological advances affect unit economics, customers, and competitive dynamics?One of the best parts of the e-commerce journey is the moment that you finally get your hands on that long-sought-after, much-anticipated item you ordered. As technology increases customers’ expectations of w...
(Patent) Apple Watch May Adopt Always-On Screen, Patent Suggests
[Tech]
2018/09/05 15:03
It's a matter of days until Apple reveals its latest products.We're expecting there to be three iPhones with, potentially, radically different designs and an all-screen iPad Pro with Face ID. Not to mention the long-awaited AirPower charging pad and the fourth-generation Apple Watch. There may be a new MacBook of some kind, likely an entry-level model which could replace the MacBook Air. And ma...
