TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Mobile Addicts Multiply Across the Globe
[Consumer]
2015/07/16 12:00
The report showed that the US population is perpetually plugged-in with 71% of those surveyed disclosing they actually sleep with their smartphones. This prompted us to revisit the study we conducted in Q2 of 2014 in which we first uncovered the rise of a new breed of mobile users: the Mobile Addicts.Worldwide Mobile Addicts Grew 59% in the Last YearThe chart below shows the results of the new...
(Patent) Google Wants to Make Your Cell Phone’s Screen Disappear
[Tech]
2015/07/16 12:00
In a patent awarded to the company July 14, Google outlined a new process for creating smartphone displays that match the color of the phone itself. Every cellphone on the market today has a screen that looks black when the display is off, but Google’s new idea could match the display color to the body of the phone using an electronically-controlled “color changing layer” that sits between t...
Mercedes to Pack Greater Semi-Autonomy Into Upcoming E-Class
[Tech]
2015/07/16 12:00
The new Mercedes E-Class will be fitted with a massive range of semi-autonomous features to make the driver's life easier and safer.In the push to lower the road toll and make life easier for drivers, auto manufacturers are packing more and more semi-autonomous features into their cars. When it comes time to launch the new E-Class, Mercedes is hoping to be ahead of the curve by offering up a ra...
Amazon - From Source to Mighty Flow
[Investing]
2015/07/16 12:00
IN THE summer of 1994 Jeff Bezos quit his job on Wall Street, and made for Seattle. With his wife at the wheel of their hired car, he sketched out a plan to set up an online catalogue retailing business.About a year later, the first book was sold by Amazon, a name Mr Bezos chose to reflect the giant scale of his ambitions for the company. The world saw a website selling books and assumed that t...
This Biotech Discovery Means You'll Never Need a Painful Flu Shot Again
[Tech]
2015/07/16 11:59
The worst part about getting vaccinated is the shot. I don’t care how much of a badass you are, it’s still painful and annoying. But now a group of researchers in Japan have tested a new “dissolving needle” that is basically a painless patch that you stick to your arm. And it works.Below, you can see the dissolving needle technology, called MicroHyala, before and after delivering its vaccin...
Planet-Friendly Banana Packaging is Visually A-Peel-Ing
[Design]
2015/07/16 11:59
The Shiawase Banana's seamless label is but one example of its eco-conscious upbringing.Would you feel happier knowing that your bananas are grown and sold with the green movement in mind? To that end, Nendo developed the Shiawase Banana for Unifrutti Japan. But mind you, these bananas aren’t just made for its delicious taste, Nendo made sure that every step—from growing it to selling it in m...
Now Printing: Micro-Livers
[Tech]
2015/07/16 11:59
A La Jolla biotech boosts drug testing with human organs made on demand.Once novel, 3-D printing is making a big splash, producing everything from chess pieces to prosthetic limbs. But those applications merely scratch the surface. San Diego biotech Organovo is perfecting another application: printing tiny livers, kidneys, and other tissues.These livers won’t be used for transplants but may pe...
EMBRACE Autonomous Vehicle 2040
[Design]
2015/07/16 11:59
EMBRACE Autonomous Vehicle, a futuristic concept car designed for Interior Motives Award 2015. It’s a driverless vehicle that offers much safer and better road management for our future. In the year of 2040, there are high probability that 75% cars are self driven in smart cities that coexist with human centric environment, creating harmonized colonies of human beings where architecture has he...
(PDF) Pew - The Evolving Role of News on Twitter and Facebook
[Consumer]
2015/07/15 11:28
The share of Americans for whom Twitter and Facebook serve as a source of news is continuing to rise. This rise comes primarily from more current users encountering news there rather than large increases in the user base overall, according to findings from a new survey. The report also finds that users turn to each of these prominent social networks to fulfill different types of information nee...
Unfortunately, This is Not a Lumia 940 Leak
[Design]
2015/07/15 11:28
Based on rumors and speculation floating around about Microsoft’s much anticipated Lumia 940 and Lumia 940 XL, Jonas Daehnert’s vision for the smartphone is a softer alternative to the original square designs with curved, cushion-like front and back sides. It’s a sensible, ergonomic and stylish shift for the brand’s attempt at a high-end device. Along with rumors about iris scanners and ext...
Investors Put $4.6 Billion Into Cybersecurity Startups In The Last 2 Years
[Investing]
2015/07/15 11:27
Q2'15 was strong for cybersecurity funding, with $704M invested across 47 deals. It was the highest quarterly funding total since Q2'14.Cybersecurity is increasingly a hot sector for investment, especially as more valuable information goes digital, and corporations continue to suffer high-profile data breaches. We used CB Insights data to take a look at the overarching financing trends in cyber...
Deals That Win
[Investing]
2015/07/15 11:27
Twelve years of data shows that mergers and acquisitions that apply or enhance capabilities produce superior returns..In May 2015, industrial conglomerate Danaher agreed to buy the Pall Corporation, a maker of biopharmaceutical and medical products, for US$14 billion. Although it was far from the biggest deal of 2015 — plenty have dwarfed it — Danaher–Pall attracted a lot of attention from t...
