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(PDF) Pew - Home Broadband 2015 Report
[Consumer]
2015/12/23 10:39
Americans are slowly abandoning broadband just like they did with landlines. If you're already doing everything online on your smartphone anyway, why pay for home broadband service?That seems to be the conclusion of a growing number of Americans, particularly Millennials. According to the Pew Research Center, as charted here for us by Statista, the percentage of U.S. adults with home broadband...
(Video) Interactive Light Seesaws in Montreal
[Design]
2015/12/23 10:39
In Montreal there is a place called Place Des Festivals. Until January 31st 2016 a luminous playful and interactive installation, entitled Impulse and composed of thirty seesaws is watchable. Nine video projectors ornament buildings with luminous frescos. This creation is the result of a collaboration between CS Design and Lateral Office.Watch Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzpd57zMtY...
M&A 2015 : New Highs, and a New Tone
[Investing]
2015/12/23 10:39
Deal activity surged again this year—especially big deals and those in the United States.M&A activity reached a new high in 2015, both globally and in the United States—with large deals leading the way. Asia also reached a new record, with activity for the first time virtually tied with Europe as the second-busiest region for M&A.By the numbers, more than 7,500 deals with a combined v...
(PDF) Baidu’s Deep-Learning System is better at English and Mandarin Speech Recognition than most people
[Tech]
2015/12/23 10:39
China’s leading Internet-search company, Baidu, has developed a voice system that can recognize English and Mandarin speech better than people, in some cases.The new system, called Deep Speech 2, is especially significant in how it relies entirely on machine learning for translation. Whereas older voice-recognition systems include many handcrafted components to aid audio processing and transcr...
Google X Alum Flux Factory Raises $29M Series B
[Investing]
2015/12/23 10:39
One of Google X’s former moonshots is raising cash as it looks to disrupt the architecture design space with its specialized collaborative data exchange service.Flux Factory, Inc. announced $29 million in Series B funding co-led by Temasek and Surbana Jurong Private Limited. Far East Ventures, DFJ, South Park Ventures, Borealis Ventures, and Obvious Ventures also participated in the round. The...
3D Printing Will Disrupt Fast Fashion
[Business]
2015/12/23 10:39
3D Printing Will Disrupt Fast Fashion, Help Eliminate Sweatshops, Empower Consumers.Industry is, of course, completely centered on supply and demand. And while there are many facets to manufacturing and business, few areas are as fast-paced or as fickle as the fashion industry. Our simple, and often (ironically) unattractive vanity promotes an entire economy based on greed and speed–as well as...
Star Wars Coffee Cups
[Design]
2015/12/23 10:38
Two American designers Spencer Davis and Scott Schenone imagined a coffee line called Dark Brew.A brand created for the Star Wars fans. Elements take the color codes of the saga universe and cups decks take the shape of the Darth Vader and Stormtrooper helmets.[fubiz]
(Infographic) How Loading Time Affects Your Bottom Line
[Business]
2015/12/23 10:38
Page loading time is obviously an important part of any website’s user experience. And many times we’ll let it slide to accommodate better aesthetic design, new nifty functionality or to add more content to web pages. Unfortunately, website visitors tend to care more about speed than all the bells and whistles we want to add to our websites. Additionally, page loading time is becoming a more...
Goldman Sachs - Top Market Themes For 2016
[Investing]
2015/12/22 10:42
Our expectation for 2016 is ongoing cyclical recovery with unspectacular headline GDP growth rates, but further improvement in the labor markets," says Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs.Steady-as-she-goes global growth. Divergent monetary policy in developed markets. Higher-than-expected inflation. These are just some of the market themes our economists say will define the year ahea...
(Video) Makeup Mirror Mimics Lighting Colors That You Provide
[Product]
2015/12/22 10:42
The Wide-View Sensor Mirror's lighting strips take on color temperatures that are selected (or user-created) on an app.Although light-equipped mirrors are currently used for applying cosmetics, they can only show users what their makeup will look like in that one type of light. This means that if you're going to be spending your day in a fluorescent-lit office, for example, then a mirror with h...
(PDF) Why Studying Abroad Could Help You Get Hired
[Business]
2015/12/22 10:42
Want to increase your chances of landing a job after graduation? Go see the world.A recent study investigating the impact of mobility on employability, skills development, institutional development and the internationalization of higher education institutions in Europe has shown that students who study abroad have a better shot at finding a job after graduation than those who don’t.On average,...
The Rise And Fall Of Venture-Backed News Readers In One Chart
[Investing]
2015/12/22 10:42
Visualizing the venture capital funding boom to news reader apps, and the subsequent rash of acquisitions and failures.[click to enlarge]Promising to package and deliver news in fundamentally different ways than traditional print media, news reader apps quickly captured the imagination and dollars of venture capital investors — to the tune of more than $300M.Now, many of those venture-backed n...
