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PwC - Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2016-2020
[Business]
2016/07/10 11:08
Entertainment and media companies can tap into many pockets of growth and opportunity. Our intensive analysis of five shifts roiling the industry can help you identify them.[click to enlarge]Entertainment and media (E&M) companies are making great strides in pivoting to serve digital consumers around the world. However, at first glance, the outlook for E&M companies worldwide still may...
The Rise of Music Streaming Continues
[Business]
2016/07/10 11:07
As figures published in Nielsen's Mid-Year Music Report reveal, the number of audio-only music streams in the United States nearly doubled in the first half of 2016 compared to the previous year.Including music video streams, Americans streamed 209 billion songs from January through June, up from just 50 billion three years ago.As expected, the rise in popularity of streaming comes at the expen...
One of Facebook's Most Important Sources of Revenue is Exploding
[Business]
2016/07/10 11:06
When app developers want to advertise to gain new users, they usually turn to Facebook. In fact, Facebook is the "largest platform for app marketing," according to a new analyst note issued by Citi.Here's one statistic that drives that home: Citi estimates that 1.15 billion apps will be downloaded through marketing on Facebook properties in 2016. That's up 33% from last year, when 867 million a...
Post-Quantum Crypto Startup PQ Bags $10.3M Series A
[Investing]
2016/07/10 11:05
Being first to market with complex technology doesn’t usually make for a simple sales proposition. Nor does trying to pioneer an alternative approach as a small security startup vs established industry practices.UK-based Post-Quantum, aka PQ, which was founded all the way back in 2009, has been bootstrapping and toiling up this hill for years, having developed an encryption system designed to...
2015 Red Dot Award : Design Concept Winner - The Infusion Balloon
[Design]
2016/07/10 11:03
The Infusion Balloon was designed with this in mind and merges the idea with IV therapy. I still have a photo of myself at 2 years old in the hospital with a broken leg and a big smile on my face! What could I have possibly been smiling at? Balloons my grandma brought me! There’s a reason they make their way to many hospital bedsides and that’s because they bring joy to people… especially ki...
Collapsible Battery Is Powered By Dirty Water
[Tech]
2016/07/10 11:03
Two engineers have created an origami-like battery that generates energy via microbial metabolism.Design and technology come together in a collapsible battery powered by water filled with bacteria. The shape and material of this battery is inspired by the popular Japanese paper art known as origami. Only a drop of bacteria-filled water is enough to get this battery working. Although there has b...
(Infographic) A Visual Recap of Global VC Activity in 2Q. 2016
[Investing]
2016/07/07 10:27
Venture capitalists raised a record amount of money in the second quarter of 2016, according to data from PitchBook. Worldwide, VCs brought in $18.7 billion across 101 funds, up 15% from what they secured in the same period last year. It’s the latest sign that funds continue to flow freely to investors, who also set a fundraising record in the first quarter of 2016, with $16.3 billion in capit...
(Video) Google Buys French Image Recognition Company, Moodstocks in Ongoing AI Arms Race
[Investing]
2016/07/07 10:27
Moodstocks, a Parisian startup that develops image recognition tools for smartphones, is joining Google. The companies announced the acquisition today, sans financials.Around since 2008, Moodstocks hasn’t had considerable traction. (It’s not clear if they’ve raised much either.) But the company has tech and engineers working on machine learning, something Google cannot get enough of as it co...
(PDF) Global Information Technology Report 2016
[Business]
2016/07/07 10:27
The Global Information Technology Report 2016 features the latest iteration of the Networked Readiness Index, which assesses the factors, policies and institutions that enable a country to fully leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) for increased competitiveness and well-being.[click to enlarge]Under the theme Innovating in the Digital Economy, the Report also examines the...
