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(Infographic) Why Tech Investors Love the SaaS Business Model
[Investing]
2017/12/05 09:42
Investors love businesses that have a reputation for minting cash. And as far as tech companies go, the Software as a Service (SaaS) model is as good as it gets. It provides predictable, quantifiable, and fast-growing revenue for any company that can execute correctly – and everyone from venture capitalists (like Marc Andreessen) to asset managers (like Blackrock) love investing in companies w...
(PDF) Deloitte - 2017 Technology Fast 500™ Winners
[Business]
2017/12/04 11:25
59% Of Deloitte's 2017 Technology Fast 500 Are Software Companies.- Seven of the top ten 2017 winners are software companies including ClassPass, Toast, Liftoff, SalesLoft, ShipHawk, iSpot.tv and Cylance.- Notable enterprise software companies on the 2017 North America Technology Fast 500 include Adaptive - Insights, Alteryx, Apttus, Domo, Cloudera, Couchbase, Gainsight, Hortonworks, HubSpot, I...
The Latte Index : Using the Impartial Bean to Value Currencies
[Investing]
2017/12/04 11:25
Using the price of a coffee to estimate currency value. Like any other market, there are many opinions on what a currency ought to be worth relative to others.With certain currencies, that spectrum of opinions is fairly narrow. As an example, for the world’s most traded currency – the U.S. dollar – the majority of opinions currently fall in a range from the dollar being 2% to 11% overvalued,...
(Video) Wearable Computing Ring Allows Users to Write Words and Numbers with Thumb
[Tech]
2017/12/04 11:25
Technology provides eyes-free way to interact with smart devices.A thumb ring for controlling digital devices may seem like the latest in a long line of interface gimmicks, but there's method to this jewelry madness. The Fingersound ring developed by researchers at Georgia Tech features built-in microphones and gyroscopes that allow the wearer to discreetly give commands or input data to connec...
Here’s How Andreessen Horowitz & Union Square Ventures Are Betting On Blockchain
[Investing]
2017/12/04 11:25
We took a closer look at these top VCs' blockchain investments, which range from private enterprise blockchains to cryptocurrency hedge funds.This year’s blockchain craze has pushed a huge amount of new money into cryptocurrencies, private blockchain projects, and companies holding initial coin offerings (ICOs). As of now, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies stands at more than...
(Video) Spire Health Tag : Make Your Clothes Smart
[Product]
2017/12/04 11:25
It seems like only yesterday the hype of fitness wearables was the talk of the town. It wasn’t long until that hype died down and we were left with this sense of confusion with what to do with our impulsively bought not-so-smart, smart wearables. Thankfully, with the passing of time and the history of lessons learned, comes a powerful new biosensor.Introducing Spire Health Tag – the World’s...
Virtual Reality Gets Its Groove Back
[Investing]
2017/12/04 11:24
Technophiles tend to overestimate the pace of mass adoption. For example, virtual reality fans expected a lot more of us to be whiling away our days with goggles stuck to faces, immersed in virtual worlds.Instead, we’re still glued to our cell phones, as VR headset makers struggle to make headway. While consumers snapped up more than 200 million iPhones last year, they bought just a few millio...
(Video) Sensor-Packing ZozoSuit Ensures Online Clothing Purchases are a Good Fit
[Product]
2017/12/04 11:24
The ZozoSuit contains over 150 integrated capacitive stretch sensors.Start Today, owner of Japan's largest online fashion retailer, has released what looks like hi-tech long underwear, but might well revolutionize buying clothes online. Called ZozoSuit, the garment created by StretchSense contains over 150 integrated capacitive stretch sensors that capture 15,000 precise body measurements to en...
A Washing Machine that Doesn’t Need Detergent
[Design]
2017/12/04 11:24
From the same designer as this wildly cool washing machine comes yet another that’s functionally different yet just as aesthetically beautiful. It’s called Evaque and you can use it like a hamper by throwing in similar clothes before washing OR use it as you normally would with separate loads on laundry day.The design stands out from others not just for its uber-minimalistic looks but for its...
