TREND REPORTS
Teeth-Straightening Startup SmileDirectClub is Now Worth $3.2 Billion
[Investing]
2018/10/16 10:34
SmileDirectClub, the at-home teeth-straightening startup, has just raised $380 million at a $3.2 billion valuation, the company announced today. Investors from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice led the round, which featured participation from Kleiner Perkins and Spark Capital.This funding comes on top of Align Technology’s $46.7 million investment in SmileDirectClub in 2016, and another $12.8 milli...
A $1,500 Smart Mirror Brings Live Fitness Classes to Your Home
[Product]
2018/10/16 10:34
Fitness apps aren't anything new, but none of them can really replicate how it is to be in a class, with the instructor encouraging you in real-time or helping you out if you can't quite do those push ups. Mirror, however, aims to do for fitness classes what Peloton did with the cycling class: bring a live instructor into your home. And it does all this with a full-size mirror.Of course, Mirror...
40 Years of Music Industry Sales
[Business]
2018/10/16 10:34
The record industry has seen a lot of change over the years.Vinyl gave way to 8-tracks, and cassettes faded away as compact discs took the world by storm, and through it all, the music industry saw its revenue continue to climb. That is, until it was digitally disrupted.Looking back at four decades of music industry sales data is a fascinating exercise as it charts not only the rise and fall th...
(Video) Israel's Mantis Vision is Transforming Mobile Capabilities With Sophisticated 3D Tech
[Tech]
2018/10/16 10:34
Mantis Vision, an Israeli company that borrows part of its name from the praying mantis, an insect with a unique form of 3D vision, is looking to radically change how we create, capture and consume digital content, particularly on mobile.The company, founded in 2005, developed patented, innovative 3D technology based on structured light to capture detailed 3D environments, more so than other si...
Solar-Powered Smart Wallet Reveals Its Whereabouts with Voice Commands - Ekster 3.0
[Product]
2018/10/16 10:34
The Ekster 3.0 is the latest trackable wallet to hit the scene, and with voice control and clever card-dispensing mechanism, has more than a few handy tricks up its sleeve.We first heard of Dutch startup Ekster in 2015 when it debuted its first wallet on Kickstarter. It has now returned to the crowdfunding platform with its third take on the lost wallet problem.The RFID-blocking Ekster 3.0 is c...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2019 Commercial Real Estate Industry Outlook
[Investing]
2018/10/15 11:03
Agility is key to winning in the digital era.New business models and competition, extensive use of technology, and changing tenant and investor expectations are redefining the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. As investors increasingly favor newer business models and the tech-enabled ecosystem, companies in the commercial real estate industry will have to realign business priorities and ad...
(Video) Vayyar’s In-Car Breath Sensor Can Save You and Your Kids from Senseless Tragedy
[Tech]
2018/10/15 11:03
Cameras, radar, and lidar make up the holy trinity of sensors enabling advanced driver aids and autonomous driving, but Vayyar Imaging wants to narrow that trio down to a duo. The Israeli company known for 3D-imaging chips claims to have developed a sensor kit combining the functions of radar and lidar, and even doing things neither technology has been used for yet. At the 2018 Paris Motor Show...
The Man Behind the Scooter Revolution
[Business]
2018/10/15 11:03
Two decades ago, a Swiss inventor laid the foundation for the big mobility innovation of 2018. Like so many inventions, the scooter was a child of necessity: Specifically, the need to get a bratwurst without looking like an idiot.One night in 1990, Wim Ouboter, a Dutch-Swiss banker and amateur craftsman, was “in the mood for a St. Gallen bratwurst at the Sternengrill in Zurich,” or so the sto...
Subscriptions Lead Digital Content Spending
[Consumer]
2018/10/15 11:02
Throughout the past decade, one of the key challenges for content owners and publishers has been how to get people to pay for digital content that they were used to getting for free. To this day, many people are unwilling to pay for access to a news website, while they have no problem buying a printed newspaper. The lack of a physical, haptic product seems to diminish the perceived value of dig...
