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(PDF) Owning an Apple iPhone or iPad is an Indicator of Wealth in the U.S. Say Economists
[Consumer]
2018/07/09 11:13
There are plenty of ways you can show the public that you're extremely wealthy. You could tool around town in an expensive car, wear some fancy duds, live in a giant mansion, or carry an Apple iPhone. An iPhone? According to a report written by the University of Chicago and the National Bureau of Economic Research, in the U.S. owning an iPhone is an indicator that you are in a higher tax bracke...
China's First Level 4 Self-Driving Shuttle Enters Volume Production
[Tech]
2018/07/09 11:12
Almost ready to roll: Built by King Long and powered by Baidu's Apollo autonomous platform, the first stop for the Apolong self-driving mini bus will be Chinese cities, before heading to Japan and beyond.Baidu, Google's rival search engine in China, has announced that the hundredth Apolong self-driving mini bus has just rolled off the production line, making it the first fully autonomous electr...
27% of Apparel Sales are Now Online
[Business]
2018/07/09 11:12
Online apparel sales accounted for 27.4% of overall U.S. apparel sales last year, up from 23.5% in 2016 and 20.7% in 2015, according to the most recent Internet Retailer Online Apparel Report published last week.Apparel retailers dominated Internet Retailer’s 2018 Top 1000 list with 266 (more than any other category) making the list. That doesn’t include mass-merchant giants like Amazon (numb...
Keep The Fizz - SmarterSeal
[Product]
2018/07/09 11:12
Many soda drinkers will argue that it always tastes best from the can! The only problem is, there’s no way to save flip-top canned beverages. Until now, that is! Introducing, SmarterSeal.While it’s ideal for carbonated drinks like coke (by keeping things fizzy up to 58% longer), it’s also an innovative addition to any can beer, juice, and more that keeps your drinks fresh and safe. The simpl...
(PDF) BCG - The Big Leap Toward AI at Scale
[Business]
2018/07/08 10:10
After decades of false starts and unfulfilled expectations, artificial intelligence (AI) has now gone mainstream.Companies are successfully applying AI to a wide variety of current and novel processes, products, and services, and this success comes none too soon; AI is essential for business to address the ballooning complexity brought on by digitization and big data. Visionary executives have...
This Bill Gates-Backed Start-Up Keeps Avocados Ripe - Apeel Sciences
[Investing]
2018/07/08 10:09
Apeel Sciences, whose VC backers include Andreessen Horowitz and Bill Gates, has patented an all-natural, virtually invisible coating that fortifies the peel of fruits and veggies to keep them fresher and can double their shelf life.As a PhD candidate in materials science at UC Santa Barbara, James Rogers used to think a lot about food waste. But when he told his mom he wanted to apply his trai...
(PDF) MIT - You May be able to Monitor Your Stomach from Your Smartphone
[Tech]
2018/07/08 10:08
Researchers have figured out a new way to power and get data from tiny sensors embedded in pig organs, which could lead to smarter time-release medicines or simply better ways of keeping an eye on your health.The work: MIT and Harvard researchers say they’re using radio waves to remotely juice up and send data to and from sensors buried deep in the body. The initial research looks into simple...
Foster + Partners Designs Apple's New Cotai Central Store, An Urban “Oasis of Tranquility”
[Design]
2018/07/08 10:07
In their latest collaboration with Apple, Foster + Partners envisioned the tech giant's new retail store near Macau's Sands Cotai Central resort as a luminescent “paper lantern” that reveals a “tranquil oasis” inside. According to the design team, the store can offer a sense of calm and respite at the heart of bustling Cotai, a gambling and tourist hub.Apple's Chief Design Officer Jonathan...
(M&A) Disney-Fox Deal to Shake Up the Movie Industry
[Investing]
2018/07/08 10:06
Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s film and TV assets, which has been greenlit by the U.S. Department of Justice under certain minor conditions last week, will dramatically change the balance of power in the movie industry. For decades Hollywood has been ruled by six major film studios, including Disney and 20th Century Fox. The deal, that was originally announced in December, will un...
