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(Patent) Walmart Eyes Virtual-Reality Shopping System, Patent Filings Say
[Tech]
2018/08/21 09:17
Trekking through a crowded, cavernous Walmart supercenter isn’t much fun. But what if you could do it from the comfort of your own home through virtual reality? The world’s biggest retailer wants to find out, according to filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.The company has applied for two patents that detail a “virtual show room” and fulfillment system that would connect shopp...
Google Closes Gap on Amazon in Global Smart Speaker Market in Q2 2018
[Product]
2018/08/21 09:17
Thanks to its head start in the prospering smart speaker market, Amazon stayed on top of the competition in the second quarter of 2018. According to the latest estimates from market research firm Strategy Analytics, the e-commerce giant shipped 4.8 million Echo devices between April and June, edging out its closest competitor Google by 1.6 million units. Having extended its smart speaker line-u...
(M&A) Pepsico Betting $3.2 Billion That The Future Of Soda Is Sparkling Water Made At Home With SodaStream
[Investing]
2018/08/21 09:17
Pepsico Betting $3.2 Billion That The Future Of Soda Is Sparkling Water Made At Home With SodaStream. Pepsi is spending $3.2 billion, or $144 per share, to acquire at-home seltzer maker SodaStream. Pepsi is betting that the future of soda is at home and more in the realm of sparkling water than in aluminum cans laden with 41 grams of sugar: The beverage giant announced Monday morning that it is...
Gen Z Is Set to Outnumber Millennials Within a Year
[Consumer]
2018/08/21 09:17
Millennials are about to be surpassed by Generation Z. Almost one-third of world’s 7.7 billion people born since ’01. Newest generation is less ‘self-centered’ than millennials.Gen Z will comprise 32 percent of the global population of 7.7 billion in 2019, nudging ahead of millennials, who will account for a 31.5 percent share, based on Bloomberg analysis of United Nations data, and using 2...
These Modular Pods are Designed to Replace Homes for Future Generations
[Design]
2018/08/21 09:16
Shanghai-based architect florian marquet proposes ‘the org’, a second breath in the current and future housing market, contributing to the balance and equality between the young upcoming and existing elder generations. The modular system is easy to fabricate and responds to the current needs of its inhabitants. First time ever, an actual community living space is equipped with full autonomous...
Streaming TV Services Now Reach 5% of U.S. Wi-Fi Households, Up 58% Since Last Year
[Consumer]
2018/08/21 09:16
Over-the-top (OTT) adoption is on the rise, increasing 17 percent year-over-year. With such astounding growth, it isn’t a surprise that the industry is buzzing about OTT and how it is impacting other traditional channels. But more than anything, the rise of OTT has highlighted how these channels – linear TV and digital – are converging. Virtual MVPDs, in particular, are a prime example of vi...
(Infographic) The Future of Design and Collaboration
[Design]
2018/08/21 09:15
New technologies are getting adopted faster and faster.In the modern business environment, it no longer takes multiple decades for new ideas to take root. Instead, thanks to increased connectivity, instantaneous communication, and big leaps in computing power, these new innovations can rise to prominence in much shorter time spans.As these changes surface, companies can either help pioneer thes...
(PDF) Deloitte - What Can Health Systems Do to Encourage Physicians to Embrace Virtual Care ?
[Business]
2018/08/20 11:29
With changing health care reimbursement models, growing consumer demand, and advances in digital technologies, virtual care is a must-have for health systems. But how can hospitals and health systems gain physician buy-in? It might be easier than you think.Executive summaryVIRTUAL care programs will likely become increasingly important to health systems that want to retain and attract custome...
(Patent) New Apple Patent Hints That Siri Could Offer Multiuser Support
[Tech]
2018/08/20 11:29
Apple has been stubbornly resistant to the idea of adding multiuser support to iOS. But according to the company’s newly granted patent for “User profiling for voice input processing,” it may be implementing that idea with Siri.Siri can already distinguish an iPhone owner’s voice from other people, but it has so far been unable to provide customized responses for different users.The goal of...
