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(Infographic) How Streaming Is Changing TV as We Know It
[Consumer]
2018/04/22 09:03
47% of cord cutters think OTT services create the best content.It’s no secret that streaming services from Netflix to YouTube have been causing trouble for traditional networks, but new data shows that they’ve been morphing the way we think about television as we know it, from cable subscriptions to binge-watching. Market research company GfK MRI found that about 62 percent of the population...
(PDF) Bain - It's About Time : Why Your Marketing May Be Falling Short
[Business]
2018/04/19 10:56
Time is running out on personalized marketing as a means of continually raising the return on investment of campaigns. For the past few years, many marketers have used advanced data analytics to identify the right customers and increase their ROI, but now these practices, while still valuable, are reaching a plateau.The rise of so many digital channels and options for customers heightens the im...
Aura Vision Labs Unveils AI Retail Analytics Program
[Business]
2018/04/19 10:56
Aura Vision Labs demonstrated an artificial intelligence analytics platform which is able to identify gender, age, and clothing styles.The start-up is part of the University of Southampton’s tech incubator, Future Worlds.Aimed at retailers, the analytics platform is able to use low-cost cameras, like the ones used in most stores as CCTV, to identify key demographics and characteristics.Postgra...
Here’s How Andreessen Horowitz & Union Square Ventures Are Betting On Blockchain
[Investing]
2018/04/19 10:55
Two of the top early-stage tech VCs, Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, have been placing bets on blockchain technology since 2013.[click to enlarge]While their early investments focused on bitcoin mining and exchanges, recent investments reflect a shift toward new foundation-layer protocols, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized applications.Below, we show how their approaches to the...
Elite Dating Apps Threaten to Make America’s Wealth Gap Worse - The League
[Business]
2018/04/19 10:55
Their romance began on a server at a San Francisco startup. Anna Wood had submitted a profile to the League, a dating app aimed at young professionals. She was the perfect prospect: Degree from a top university? Check. Management-track job at a marquee company? Check. Carefully selected profile pictures and a winning smile? Check and check.The League’s algorithm quickly matched Wood, who’d be...
BenevolentAI, Which Uses AI to Develop Drugs and Energy Solutions, Nabs $115M at $2B Valuation
[Investing]
2018/04/19 10:55
BenevolventAI announced today that it has raised $115 million to continue developing its core “AI brain” as well as different arms of the company that are using it specifically to break new ground in drug development and more.In the ongoing race to build the best and smartest applications that tap into the advances of artificial intelligence, a startup out of London has raised a large round o...
46% of Crypto Traders Refuse to Pay Taxes, Survey Finds
[Investing]
2018/04/19 10:55
Many crypto traders are gambling that the tax man will turn a blind eye to 2017 gains.Tax day is here, and a significant number of investors have decided not to report gains from digital currency trading.According to a recent survey from TeamBlind, an anonymous social app for tech employees, 46% of people who made money trading cryptocurrencies in 2017 will attempt to dodge the tax man.“We sur...
Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment
[Design]
2018/04/19 10:54
Let’s face it, flying is often a chore. Those tiny seats. That limited legroom. And airlines’ constant push to make the flying experience more miserable.That reality seems really far from the potential future presented at last week’s 12th annual Crystal Cabin Awards, a ceremony honoring innovative aircraft cabin concepts in Hamburg, Germany. These designs make today’s first class look total...
BIG's Hotel Design Will Let Guests Ski Down Its Zigzagging Roof
[Design]
2018/04/19 10:54
Bjarke ingels group has unveiled plans for a new hotel in switzerland, which will be embedded into the topography of the scenic vallée de joux. designed for audemars piguet, ‘hôtel des horlogers’ will be sited next to the luxury watch manufacturer’s museum — which is also being designed by BIG. As part of the hotel’s design, five zigzagging volumes, which contain hotel rooms, traverse a...
