TREND REPORTS
(Video) Volvo Curated a Whole Photography Exhibit of Images Shot by the Camera in Its XC60
[Business]
2017/07/16 09:09
Building on the gorgeous “Moments” film it created for Volvo in June, Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors organized the world’s first-ever exhibit of photos taken with a car’s camera, with help from Pulitzer Prize- and Emmy-winning photographer Barbara Davidson.The images on display were shot with the XC60’s safety camera, programmed to detect cyclists, pedestrians, large animals and ot...
Consumer Loyalty to SUV/CUVs Highest Ever, Sedan Loyalty Continues to Drop
[Consumer]
2017/07/16 09:08
According to brand new analysis by IHS Markit, the most loyal car owners in the U.S. are behind the wheel of SUVs. In the first four months of 2017, 63.4 percent of SUV and CUV owners bought a new vehicle of the same type. More than two-thirds of Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) owners in the U.S. who returned to market in the first four months of 2017 acquired an...
Gwyneth Paltrow Invests in Natural Frozen Food, Elicits Eye Rolls - Daily Harvest
[Investing]
2017/07/16 09:07
Fresh off her adventure with “healing stickers,” Gwyneth Paltrow has recently announced her investment in the frozen meal delivery service, Daily Harvest. No, this is not some pallid frozen green bean venture – we can safely assume she had a “conscious uncoupling” from such an ingredient years ago.Founded by a “busy” New Yorker (why is that term New Yorkers’ favorite word to describe th...
The Apps That Make Us Happiest are The Ones We Spend The Least Time With
[Business]
2017/07/16 09:06
If your brand’s online engagement stats are through the roof, then you should be worried.An interesting study looking at digital engagement (measured by time spent interacting) and user happiness from Thrive Global and Moment has found a startling negative correlation.[click to enlarge]Hint: It’s not Facebook or Instagram.When it comes to user happiness, the best apps are the ones that help p...
Middleweights, Not Mega Cities, Will Lead ASEAN Growth
[Investing]
2017/07/16 09:05
Landscape to look 'very different' by 2030; cross-border trade to be driver.Gone are the days when huge cities such as Manila, Bangkok and Jakarta spearheaded the fastest consumer demand growth in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region. Today, middleweight regions such as Cavite in the Philippines are the new hotspots for growth, according to Nielsen and strategy firm AlphaBeta.In th...
MIT - Miniaturizing the Brain of a Drone
[Tech]
2017/07/16 09:04
Method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground.In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology, building flying prototypes that are the size of a bumblebee and loaded with even tinier sensors and cameras. Thus far, they have managed to miniaturize almost every part of a drone, except for the brains of the entire operation — the com...
(Infographic) The Fastest Growing Companies Use These Technologies
[Business]
2017/07/16 09:03
There are thousands of services and apps out there that can help to power business success, but which ones ares used by the best of the best?Today’s infographic from GetVoIP looks at the tech behind the 1,250 fastest growing companies in the U.S., with a focus on what they use for their email, advertising, content management, website hosting, and analytics services.Many of these companies are...
(Infographic) The 10 Tech Trends Driving Our Future
[Tech]
2017/07/13 10:31
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” A quote often attributed to Henry Ford that still perfectly encapsulates the exponential growth of technology.Technology continues to transform our lives in previously unimaginable ways. In just the last few years, think of the advancements that have been made in computing power, wireless Internet, and even the crea...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Competing in a World of Sectors Without Borders
[Business]
2017/07/13 10:31
Digitization is causing a radical reordering of traditional industry boundaries. What will it take to play offense and defense in tomorrow’s ecosystems?[click to enlarge]Rakuten Ichiba is Japan’s single largest online retail marketplace. It also provides loyalty points and e-money usable at hundreds of thousands of stores, virtual and real. It issues credit cards to tens of millions of member...
