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(M&A) Apple Buys Artificial-Intelligence Startup Emotient
[Investing]
2016/01/10 11:09
Apple's acquisition of Emotient hints at devices that understand how you're feeling.If it wasn't already clear that Apple is getting serious about artificial intelligence, it is now. The company has confirmed that it bought Emotient, a fledgling outfit that uses AI to gauge emotions based on facial expressions. As usual, the Cupertino crew isn't saying what its plans are. However, Emotient's sp...
Could This One Passenger Autonomous Drone Change Transportation Forever ?
[Product]
2016/01/10 11:08
NO ONE'S SEEN IT FLY YET, BUT EHANG'S 184 DRONE IS SAID TO BE ABLE TO CARRY A SINGLE PASSENGER UP TO 10 MILES. NO PILOTING IS REQUIRED.Amazon may have shaken things up when it first talked about delivery drones, but the Chinese company EHang now wants to take disruption to the next level with the unveiling today of its 184, which if it actually works as promised, could be the world’s first aut...
Venture Investing Declined Sharply at the End of 2015
[Investing]
2016/01/10 11:07
RIP Good Times? Venture Capital Funding, Unicorn Births, And Mega-Deals Plummet in Q4’15. 2015 was a banner year for VC activity...until the end.In Q3’15, funding to VC-backed companies hit levels last seen during the dot com boom. There was a new unicorn birthed every 4th day. $100M+ financings were commonplace.Good times.2015 was shaping up to be a banner year for venture capital… and then...
By 2018, 50% of Consumers in Mature Markets Will Use Smartphones or Wearables for Mobile Payments
[Consumer]
2016/01/10 11:05
Customers Behaviors Are Evolving Alongside Ever-Changing Technology.Mobile payments are gaining acceptance among consumers in North America, Japan and some countries in Western Europe, according to Gartner, Inc., with half of consumers in mature markets expected to be using smartphones or wearables for mobile payments by 2018. This is just one of many innovations impacting customer preferences...
BMW i Vision Future Interaction Concept Is A Smart, Fully Connected Car
[Design]
2016/01/10 11:05
Automotive industry is getting more and more interesting, every company aims to bring fully connected car with gesture controlled cockpit. BMW presents you with I Vision Future Interaction, it’s a concept car that offers a glimpse of future networked cockpit and futuristic user interface. This futuristic BMW car features high-resolution display where the content adjusts to match the situation,...
L'Oreal Unveils Super-Thin Smart Skin Patch
[Tech]
2016/01/10 11:04
L'Oreal's skin patch will be launched in 16 countries including the UK this summer. Beauty giant L'Oreal has unveiled a smart skin patch that can track the skin's exposure to harmful UV rays at the technology show CES in Las Vegas.The product will be launched in 16 countries including the UK this summer, and will be available for free.It contains a photosensitive blue dye, which changes colour...
China’s Stock Market Isn’t The Problem
[Investing]
2016/01/10 11:03
China’s stock market is a scary place right now. But it isn’t the real problem. Sure, shares are down nearly 12% in the first few days of 2016, as measured by the Shanghai Composite. They tumbled by more than 7% today alone, before a circuit breaker halted trading.It was the second time trading was halted this week, an indication that the effort to reduce market volatility is doing little to...
(PDF) Dealogic - Global M&A Review Full Year 2015
[Investing]
2016/01/07 10:37
Last year, companies spent just over $5 trillion buying or merging with other enterprises. That’s up by over a third from 2014, and is almost half a trillion dollars more than the previous record set in 2007, according to Dealogic,While growth economies in Asia reached record levels of investment, it was the US that proved the world’s largest magnet for takeover cash; it attracted 49% of all...
(Video) Self-Installing Child Safety Seat is 4moms
[Product]
2016/01/07 10:37
The self-installing car seat uses a combination of robotics, advanced sensors, and connectivity to a smartphone app to ensure a perfect installation in the car.If you can imagine a child safety seat that has its own smartphone app and a car seat that virtually installs itself, then you can see into the future. About six months into the future, to be exact. The latest product from 4moms is comin...
