Success is the best revenge. Despite lots of media criticism, revenue numbers for the new MacBook Pro are sky high, according to Slice Intelligence.“In the first five days of availability, US online shoppers spent more on the new MacBook than any other laptop in 2016. It is safe to say that this launch has been a pretty big success for the folks in Cupertino,” Slice said in a press release on...

Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner present the Kiefer Technic Showroom, an office building and exhibition space with a dynamic facade that changes to outdoor conditions, optimizing internal climate, while allowing users to personalize their own spaces with user controls.The shell construction of the facade consists of solid brick walls, reinforced concrete ceilings and floors, and steel encased concre...

Japan is home to many quirky and innovative products, such as a sake bottle pillow and sakura pencils. Recently, beverage company Coca-Cola released a limited-edition coke bottle in Japan that comes with a cool new feature. The hidden trick was discovered by Imgur user guyfromtokyo, who posted a video demonstrating how the boring sticker instantaneously turns into a ribbon with one swift moveme...

Speed bumps and zebra crossings aim to slow down road traffic, but that doesn’t mean every driver obeys those kinds of road warnings. That’s why the city of Ahmedabad, India took painted road instructions a step further, and created optical illusions that look like three-dimensional road blocks when approached from the right angle.A highway management company in Ahmedabad commissioned local a...

Online food-delivery platforms are expanding choice and convenience, allowing customers to order from a wide array of restaurants with a single tap of their mobile phone.The business of delivering restaurant meals to the home is undergoing rapid change as new online platforms race to capture markets and customers across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Although these new Interne...

Donald Trump is the President-elect, and the tech world is still figuring out how to react. After the vast majority of Silicon Valley stood in opposition to Trump’s policies and divisive rhetoric — which, among other things, called on Apple to make its phones in the US and said Amazon “has a huge antitrust problem” — many of those companies’ stocks are now taking a beating.However, for al...

It is clear that the day of the traditional celebrity is numbered. The YouTube celebrity is gradually becoming more influential. Marketers and others trying to hang on the coat tails of celebrity cannot ignore this. If they do so, they will gradually fade into insignificance. The folks at Influencer Marketing Hub have created the following infographic titled “Why YouTube Stars are More Influen...

Drone delivery startup Zipline has closed a $25 million series B round of funding led by Visionnaire Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.Founded out of San Francisco in 2011, Zipline is a robotics company that builds autonomous drones designed to deliver vaccines, medicine, or blood on request from health workers operating in hard-to-reach areas. Just last...

No ordinary USB stick: scientists have developed a new technology that can detect HIV virus levels on a microchip.While there is still no cure for HIV, it is no longer the death knell it once was thanks to modern medicine. And now, scientists in the UK have developed a new type of portable HIV test that has the potential to improve millions more lives.Antiretroviral therapy (ART) keeps the HIV...