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Facebook Made $188,000 Per Employee Last Quarter, 4 Times as Much as Google
[Investing]
2017/08/08 11:12
Both make way more than companies outside Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley companies are more efficient at making money than traditional industries, as evidenced by net income and revenue per employee in their latest quarterly filings.Facebook, which employed 20,658 people this past quarter — a 43 percent increase over the same period last year — made the most profit per employee out of the com...
(M&A) Snap Is in Talks to Buy Chinese Selfie Drone Maker Zero Zero Robotics for $150M-$200M
[Investing]
2017/08/08 11:12
It looks like Snap is enlisting outside help to advance its expansion into new hardware projects. The U.S. company is in talks with China-based drone maker Zero Zero Robotics over an acquisition, according to a source with knowledge of discussions.The deal, which was first reported by The Information, is in the range of $150 million-$200 million, the source told TechCrunch. That price would rep...
A Laptop On Steroids - Upside Down PC
[Design]
2017/08/08 11:10
The very idea that something like the Upside Down PC can exist excites me. Designed to be used in a wide variety of configurations, from a laptop, to a tablet, to a workstation tablet, to a desktop, the Upside Down concept computer comes with a 360° hinge, a touchscreen, and a track-pad with a detachable keyboard beneath it. The laptop and tablet configurations have been explored enough with c...
(PDF) BCG - Competing In The Age of Artificial Intelligence
[Business]
2017/08/07 10:59
Until recently, artificial intelligence (AI) was similar to nuclear fusion in unfulfilled promise. It had been around a long time but had not reached the spectacular heights foreseen in its infancy. Now, however, AI is realizing its potential in achieving human-like capabilities, so it is time to ask: How can business leaders harness AI to take advantage of the specific strengths of man and mac...
(Infographic) The Smartphone Generation : A Statistic Portrait
[Consumer]
2017/08/07 10:59
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an iPhone since she was 11—sounding as if she’d just woken up. We chatted about her favorite songs...
A Look at Millennial's Viewing Behavior, Distraction and Social Media Stars
[Consumer]
2017/08/07 10:58
It’s hard enough to hold one person’s attention, let alone an entire generation’s. Millennials—now the largest generational group in the U.S.—have grown alongside advancements in technology and media platforms, placing them in intriguing territory with regard to media habits. When it comes to television, their eyes are glued to the screen. With commercials, they’re still tuned in—but the...
This Startup Wants to Modernize The Hotel Industry - AavGo
[Business]
2017/08/07 10:58
Calling for room service is kind of annoying, though it’s one of the most first world-type of problems one could have. But that’s just to say the hotel industry is behind, technologically speaking.Startup AavGo is trying to fix that by bringing iPads into hotels to enable hotel staff to communicate among themselves, as well as enable hotel guests to easily communicate with staff — therefore...
Amazon Is Deploying Locker-Based Delivery System For Apartment Buildings
[Business]
2017/08/07 10:58
The retail company created a secure locker system called Hub, designed to let apartment residents to accept packages during the day.Amazon wants to make receiving packages easier for anyone who can’t have them sent directly to their front door with a new delivery service called Hub. Hub serves as a security locker for packages. Located in apartment complexes, residents can give delivery compan...
Morgan Stanley : For An Industry to be 'Safe From Amazon' It Must Have One of These 5 Traits
[Business]
2017/08/07 10:58
Meet BRIAN, Morgan Stanley's concoction of industry attributes that are safest from Amazon's ever-expanding reach. "We introduce a five-factor framework to help investors think about industries' susceptibility to Amazon disruption" said Brian Nowak, an equity analyst, in a note on Wednesday. "We recognize that other hurdles may emerge and that Amazon continues scaling its business and investing...
