Cocoa prices are spiraling lower, making chocolate cheaper just in time to stuff those Christmas stockings even more full of treats.Futures in New York have tumbled to a three-year low as rains improve crops in West Africa, which grows more than two-thirds of the world’s cocoa each season. The output gains mean the market is shifting from a production deficit to the biggest surplus in six year...

Don’t be surprised if you have a group of friends over and they’re absolutely baffled as they try to connect their phones to the Ooino and play some music. That’s because the Ooino isn’t a Bluetooth speaker. It’s a refrigerator! Designed to look absurdly different, I guarantee you’ve never seen any fridge this radical looking!The Ooino has a horizontal layout as opposed to most fridges to...

If you had an extra hour in the day, how would you spend it? this question — and the limitless possibilities it suggests — is at the heart of AUDI‘s latest creative collaboration. at design miami/ 2016, AUDI presents ‘the extra hour’, an installation that symbolizes the sense of freedom offered by autonomous driving. developed in collaboration with the LEGO group, the project places the AU...

Last year Rinspeed abandoned its longstanding tradition of Geneva Motor Shows debuts, opting to reveal its annual concept at CES, and it will do so again this yearThe approach of fully autonomous driving must be bittersweet for Rinspeed. The Swiss think tank got off to a good, early start in exploring the vast possibilities of autonomous vehicle interior design. But then major manufacturers sta...

With 37 billion in annual sales, Swedish powerhouse IKEA remains the firm favorite among furniture shoppers around the world. While IKEA has managed to hit the web with editorials about its recent product addition, the IKEA bike, its e-commerce sales remain moderate. With more than double IKEA’s online sales, Wayfair.com has become the e-Commerce giant in the furniture and home décor segment....

Every year, pantone experts choose ‘the color of the year’ and they’ve just announced their latest selection for 2017 — ‘greenery’. the zesty yellow-green shade elicits the feeling of the first days of spring, recalling the first signs of nature and botanical life. evocative of foliage and the great outdoors, ‘greenery’ subtly suggests a deep breath of fresh air and a reinvigoration for...

Strategy& partnered with Siemens to assess how companies in the GCC are using digital technologies and how ready they are to go digital. The joint study proposes a practical approach for companies in the region to go on their digital transformation journey.Executives in the GCC1 are excited by digital. They recognize its benefits, such as stronger customer orientation and increased efficien...

Vida Health, an online health platform that connects people suffering from chronic diseases with health coaches, has raised $18 million in a Series B round led by Canvas Ventures, with participation from Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) and Aspect Ventures.Founded in 2014, Vida Health targets those with conditions such as diabetes, depression, anxiety, and high blood pressure, and pairs them with th...

Getting paramedics to a site of an injury can often be challenging if the stricken person is on top of a cliff, in a forest, or some other hard to reach place. Italo Subbarao, DO, senior associate dean at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Guy Paul Cooper Jr., a med student at the college, and others, developed the new drone delivery system that can ferry emergency su...