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Vesper’s New Microphone Technology has Raised $23 Million from Amazon, Bose, Baidu
[Investing]
2018/05/24 10:58
Vesper Technologies, a new microphone technology developer, has raised $23 million from some of the biggest names in audio technology to finance the commercialization of its piezoelectric microphones.As audio technology and voice controlled devices become more ubiquitous, manufacturers are hoping to turn to higher performance MEMS (micro-electro mechanical systems) microphones that use acoustic...
Apple Watch Dominates Cellular-Enabled Smartwatch Market
[Product]
2018/05/24 10:58
Apple Watch Series 3 models with LTE have dominated the cellular-enabled smartwatch market since they were released last September. Specifically, the Apple Watch accounted for an estimated 59 percent of the worldwide cellular-enabled smartwatch market in the first quarter of 2018, according to data shared by research firm Canalys today. Canalys senior analyst Jason Low says the cellular capabil...
DROP I Shower Tap Concept by Pascal Grangier
[Design]
2018/05/24 10:58
DROP I Shower Tap is a concept that aims to raise awareness on how we use water. This shower tap would remind you again on how much time we spend while taking shower and how much water wasted in the process, this project wants to educate people to pay more attention to their water usage. Keeping track on how much water we have used in the shower is easy, thanks to the companion app, you can eas...
(Infographic) The Future Of Augmented Reality
[Tech]
2018/05/24 10:57
Augmented Reality has reached an inflection point in time for AR to take the spotlight. In fact, it has tremendous impact for many industries. Learn more about the latest new applications within the following infographic from Lumus Vision.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/augmented-reality-trends.png[lumusvision]
(PDF) Smart Speaker Consumer Adoption Report
[Consumer]
2018/05/23 09:58
New Voicebot Report Says Nearly 20% of U.S. Adults Have Smart Speakers.Voicebot collaborated with PullString and RAIN Agency to conduct an in-depth national survey of 1,057 U.S. adults to find out more about who owns smart speakers, which products they prefer and what they do with them. The result is the Voicebot Smart Speaker Consumer Adoption Report 2018, sponsored by PullString and RAIN.The...
(Patent) Walmart Files Patent for Blockchain-Based Customer Marketplace
[Tech]
2018/05/23 09:58
Walmart has filed a patent for a blockchain-based marketplace for reselling purchased products, according to a US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO patent filing from May 17.The application describes a service that would record a customer’s purchases in a blockchain ledger, thus allowing the customer to resell the items on a sales platform using the record of purchase.The patent notes that sin...
Starbucks’s Mobile Payment Service is Slightly Outpacing Apple’s
[Business]
2018/05/23 09:58
People really love getting their coffee more quickly. Starbucks, which has operated its own mobile payments service since 2011, is the market leader in terms of mobile payments users, beating out Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, according to a new reporter from eMarketer. However, Starbucks’ lead over Apple Pay is only a small one – in 2017, it had 20.7 million U.S. users compared with...
How Conscious Products Are Taking Over The Beauty World
[Product]
2018/05/23 09:58
Clean beauty, encompassing environmentally-friendly, health-conscious, and animal-friendly products and ingredients, is in high demand, and brands are moving to deliver new and improved items.Although the beauty industry has traditionally relied on a tried-and-tested formula for its product offerings, shifting consumer behaviors are mandating new ingredients, benefits and products. Cosmetics an...
(PDF) Deloitte - Blockchain for Finance
[Investing]
2018/05/23 09:58
Crunch Time IV: Blockchain for Finance—what CFOs need to know.Explore “Blockchain for Finance,” the latest installment in our Crunch Time series, where we dive deep into business blockchains and what chief financial officers (CFOs) need to know about the distributed ledger technology. You can also examine other digital disruptors and their impacts in our other Crunch Time reports. Whatever y...
