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(PDF) Bain - China's Mobility Industry Picks Up Speed
[Business]
2018/04/15 09:10
China has quickly emerged as the world’s largest mobility market. Innovations in automotive, technology and e-commerce are rapidly converging in new, unexpected ways. Chinese consumers, who lead most other countries in digital adoption, are willing to try new options that are becoming available at a record pace and are upending the definition of mobility. Consider that China’s market for e-ha...
(M&A) Nike Acquires Israel's Computer Vision Leader, Invertex
[Investing]
2018/04/15 09:09
NIKE, Inc. announced it has acquired Invertex Ltd., a leading computer vision firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel, as it continues to strengthen its digital technology platforms. The talented team will focus on building groundbreaking innovations to help Nike serve millions of members around the globe.“The acquisition of Invertex will deepen our bench of digital talent and further our capabilities...
Brands Hit The Road with Mobile Pop-up Restaurants
[Business]
2018/04/15 09:08
Young people appreciate unique brand experiences and have also come to expect them in order to better connect with companies; 73% of U.S. trendsetters say all brands will need an entertainment component in the future to survive. Brands are hearing this call and rolling out mobile restaurant pop-ups for the public as a form of Omnitainment.Uber + Visa To celebrate the launch of the Uber Visa cre...
The Forrester Wave™: Development-Only Public Cloud Platforms, North America, Q2 2018
[Business]
2018/04/15 09:07
The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up.AWS, Microsoft, And Google Lead The PackForrester's research uncovered a market in which Microsoft, AWS, and Google lead the pack. Oracle, IBM, and Salesforce offer strong alternatives. SAP, Alibaba, Red Hat, Pivotal, and CenturyLink have limited offerings.AD&D Pros Favor The Infrastructure Abstraction Of Development-Only PlatformsThe...
This New Lidar Sensor Could Equip Every Autonomous Car in the World by The End of 2018 - Luminar
[Tech]
2018/04/15 09:06
The startup Luminar aims to challenge market leaders by building its hardware at a never-before-seen scale. A new lidar sensor could equip thousands of driverless cars with the sensing abilities required to drive at high speeds on the open road.Lidar has become the primary way most driverless cars sense the world around them, bouncing laser light off nearby objects to create 3-D maps of their s...
Tesco’s Reusable Grocery Bag ‘The Unforgettable Bag’ Designs Hide Discounts For Its Customers
[Business]
2018/04/15 09:05
In a bid to help reduce the world’s ocean plastic pollution and encourage more consumers to bring reusable bags when they grocery shop, Tesco Malaysia partnered Grey Group Malaysia to come up with unique, reusable grocery bags with a hidden perk. ‘The Unforgettable Bag’, launched ahead of World Earth Day on 22 April, comes in various designs, each representing a specific marine animal that’...
Checkr Raises $100M to Automate Background Checks
[Investing]
2018/04/15 09:04
Checkr, the leading provider of modern and compliant background checks, today announced that it raised $100 million Series C funding from funds and accounts managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation from existing investors Accel and Y Combinator. The company also announced three new customers that have selected Checkr’s platform for background checks: Adecco, Allstate, and L...
Red Dot Award - Product Design Winner 2018 : M1 Autonomous Indoor Mapping Robot
[Design]
2018/04/15 09:03
M1 is an autonomous driving robot that creates indoor 3D maps through the use of advanced technologies including real-time 3D SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping), autonomous driving, and hierarchical motion planning.High-resolution indoor 3D maps generated by M1 open up possibilities for numerous commercial and industrial applications in the near future. M1 transforms point cloud data...
(PDF) PwC : Global Digital Operations Study 2018 - Digital Champions
[Business]
2018/04/12 10:47
In our report, Digital Champions: How industry leaders build integrated operations ecosystems to deliver end-to-end customer solutions, we examine the characteristics of Digital Champions and offer a way for companies to transition into the digital leadership category. Distinct from Industry 3.0, which involved the automation of single machines and processes, Industry 4.0 encompasses end-to-end...
