Counterpoint Research's Q2-2018 Market Monitor report has been published. They release one Infographic in each quarter to summarize the handset and smartphone market activities in a single page.Some quick observations from this edition: Global smartphone shipments declined 2% annually reaching 363 million units in Q2 2018.MEA was the only region to experience double digit growth at 14% YoY. NAM...

Convoys of EZ-Pro electric robo-pods led by a manned autonomous package carrier could leave a central hub and head out for last mile deliveries.Renault says that future urban mobility will be electric, connected, autonomous and shared – and has today revealed its last mile delivery vision at the Hannover Motor Show in Germany. The EZ-Pro autonomous electric pod concept is all of those things,...

Scientists at the University of California San Diego created a flexible ultrasonic patch that can measure the blood pressure in major vessels such as the jugular vein and carotid artery. The technology has already shown, in a proof-of-concept study, that it may be made as accurate as invasive means to measure the central blood pressure. If turned into a product, patients may soon benefit from c...

Millennials, defined here as adults ages 21-37, are the most-coveted consumer demographic from a marketer-engagement perspective, yet they’re often the most stereotyped as well. This generation has spending power and influence, and marketers are eager to reach them.The current media landscape in the U.S. is fragmented, resulting in multiple ways for people to consume news and current events. O...

Hospitals are a daunting and unfamiliar environment that can be especially intimidating for young children. Having a product that makes the situation a little less unsettling is always going to be welcome, and that’s exactly what the Animal Ringer is intended to do!The Animal Ringer is exactly what you think it is, an animal inspired ringer that’s aimed at pediatric patients. Not only do they...

The current bull market in stocks is closing in on an astounding 10 years in length, making it the longest bull market run in all of modern history.Everyone remembers the mayhem of 2008 – and with stock prices at all-time highs, the fear of a market meltdown is a valid concern for many investors.How to Become UnshakeableToday’s infographic is from Tony Robbins, leveraging data and talking poi...

Artificially intelligent (AI) systems are as diverse as they come from an architectural standpoint, but there’s one component they all share in common: datasets. The trouble is, large sample sizes are often a corollary of accuracy (a state-of-the-art diagnostic system by Google’s DeepMind subsidiary required 15,000 scans from 7,500 patients), and some datasets are harder to find than others.R...

Organize around customer episodes, improving them through Agile teams.- More companies now emphasize the entire experience surrounding a product or service. But how do they improve the experience, or fix a broken one?- For many, the key unit of management has become the customer "episode," and the core method is Agile. An episode consists of all the activities involved to successfully fulfill a...

They say that necessity is the mother of invention—and inventors have always been working to solve all of life’s little (and big) problems. Can you imagine, for example, a life without countless types of machinery, the lightbulb, sliced bread, the iPhone, or Google? Thanks to the cleverness of inventors, life continually improves.But on the way to making their inventions available to the gene...