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(Video) Pokémon-Chasing Investors Send Nintendo Shares Soaring
[Investing]
2016/07/12 14:02
Craze added $9 billion in market value to gaming company. A new smartphone app that has fans chasing Pokémon characters through real-life city streets has become an unexpected hit. A new smartphone game that has fans chasing virtual monsters through real-life city streets has boosted the market value of Nintendo Co. by $9 billion in just a few days, as investors cheered the Japanese videogame...
(Infographic) Disrupting Honeywell : The Startups Unbundling Honeywell in the Smart Home
[Business]
2016/07/12 14:01
From August to Canary to Simplisafe, a host of home automation startups are unbundling $81B conglomerate Honeywell in the home.[click to enlarge]The promise of the fully connected smart home is arriving fast driven by a growing number of ‘smart home’ startups – companies offering services for your home ranging from home security, temperature management and lighting controls. These smart home...
(PDF) PwC - Navigating The Transformation of The Gas Market
[Investing]
2016/07/12 14:01
The global natural gas market is going through an unprecedented transformation. Gas is playing a huge role in the transition to a low-carbon world. It is also rapidly becoming a global commodity as its price crumbles on the open market. As recently as 2014, in Europe and Asia, liquid natural gas (LNG) enjoyed a golden age. Profit margins were high, and markets were growing. Sellers could secure...
L'Oréal's New Themed Emojis Are a Response to a 'Lack of Authentic Beauty Creative'
[Business]
2016/07/12 10:40
Brand leans on consumers to start conversation. The beauty brand's Beaumoji app features 130 custom decals and images, including ombré hair. L'OréalPlenty of brands have launched one-off apps in an attempt to get onboard with the emoji craze, but L'Oréal hopes to make emojis part of a longer-term discussion about beauty trends and culture.The beauty giant is launching an emoji app called Bea...
New Digital Tools and Initiatives Gamify Running
[Business]
2016/07/12 10:39
New apps enhance one’s runner’s high through tools that do everything from create GPS art to plant the runner in an action film.The importance of fitness isn’t lost on the Millennial generation, though despite the trendiness of boutique studios like SoulCycle and FlyWheel, not all are willing to shell out $35/class multiple times a week. A far more affordable alternative? Running. TRACKSMany...
(M&A) Dana White on $4 billion UFC sale : 'Sport is Going to the Next Level'
[Investing]
2016/07/12 10:39
UFC has been sold for $4 billion in a deal announced Monday.Talent agency WME-IMG revealed that it is partnering with its owner Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital, the investment firm of Michael Dell, to take over the mixed martial arts company."We've been fortunate over the years to represent UFC and a number of its remarkable athletes," WME-IMG co-CEOs Ari Emanuel a...
(Video) Aether 3D Bioprinter - Bioprinting Bone with Graphene and Stem Cells
[Tech]
2016/07/12 10:39
Aether 1 3D Bioprinter prototype unit shown. Aether 1 beta units are set to be released summer 2016.Get details about the new Aether 1 3D Bioprinter here:This is an early preview to show the type of 3D bioprinting applications researchers can perform with Aether 1. New videos coming soon will showcase Aether 1's full range of features and capabilities.The video shows two bones wrapped in bands...
The Suncubator - Insulating Incubating
[Design]
2016/07/12 10:38
The Suncubator’s greatness lies in its simplicity. Built for babies in the harsh climate of Africa, the Suncubator allows babies to have a warm bed to sleep in at night by harvesting heat during the day.Africa’s barren lands see temperature differences of 30 degrees from noon to night (imagine having to switch between bare clothing and woolens in a single day, everyday). Even a drop in a sing...
How the ‘Bralette’ Has Upended Victoria’s Secret
[Business]
2016/07/11 10:40
Retailer promotes bras without padding as it responds to athleisure trend, slowing growth in core business.[Victoria's Secret, which built its brand and reputation on padded bras and busty models, is switching gears with its new bralettes collection in a bid to boost slowing sales]Victoria’s Secret has a problem and it’s not much of a secret: athleisure is upending the bra business.Growth is...
