TREND REPORTS
What’s The Half Life Of A Unicorn ?
[Investing]
2016/01/04 12:08
“Cybercorns” are companies that have surpassed the magical $1 billion valuation. Several of these extraordinary ventures are Okta, Sophos, Tanium, Palantir, FireEye, Splunk, Zscaler, Lookout, CloudFlare, Illumio and AVAST.Each has attained an enviable position as a valued solution to an important set of customer security pains. The entrepreneurs who built these companies (many of which are pr...
The Boncho Is The Lovechild Of A Bike And A Poncho
[Product]
2016/01/04 12:07
Or at least, that’s the gist behind the moniker. The Boncho is a waterproof, well, poncho that keeps you dry while riding your bike. There are some like it on the market, although the Boncho does have “an additional semi-rigid section that extends over the handlebars, protecting the wearer’s legs from the rain and keeping them dry. Two fabric strips on the underside of the extended section a...
Linger A Little Longer
[Design]
2016/01/04 12:06
UK-based, Australian-born designer Jay Watson launched his Linger a Little Longer table and bench set at 100% Design.With a thermochromatic finish, the table and benches respond to the heat of your body, and any plate, mug or other serving piece that touches its surface. It creates a “watermark” that stays grayish until it cools back to room temperature. It almost looks like x-rays.Website :...
10 High-Flying Companies To Watch At CES 2016
[Tech]
2016/01/03 12:27
These are some of the companies you should be watching at CES based on CB Insights' predictive Mosaic scores.With the Consumer Electronics Show starting next week, we thought it would be useful to determine which of the thousands of exhibitors at the annual extravaganza have the most momentum going into the show.We scraped the exhibitor page on the event website and created a public list on the...
What Your Future iCar Will Look Like
[Design]
2016/01/03 12:26
Designer Matias Papalini imagined the dashboard complete with an interactive wide touchscreen. The steering wheel is completely detachable and can dock into the dashboard to enter ‘driving-mode’. Unplug the wheel and you’re in auto-pilot mode. Not just that, you can watch movies in an almost-cinemascope style experience! The dashboard, however is just half the magic. Your steering wheel has...
(PDF) BCG - Next-Generation IT for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies
[Business]
2016/01/03 12:26
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is in the midst of a major transformation driven by changes in technology and dramatic shifts in consumer preferences. At the same time, the pressure to keep costs low and operate more efficiently has never been so intense. CIOs in the CPG industry need to successfully navigate these turbulent forces to position IT as an enabler of business value withi...
Top 10 Dollar Growth Categories : U.S. Grocery
[Product]
2016/01/03 12:26
2015 was a year of shifting consumer consumption trends within the U.S. grocery landscape. It ushered in changing meal time occasions, welcomed on-the-go consumption and rolled out the red carpet for the all-day breakfast movement. Health and wellness was top of mind for consumers, which evoked a new thirst for teas and juicing, along with a hunger for avant-garde offerings like avocado toast,...
Panasonic's Stretchy Resin Film May Find Use in Wearable Electronics
[Tech]
2016/01/03 12:26
The new film remains conductive and undamaged, even when stretched to more than twice its usual length.Before flexible electronic devices can become commonplace, there needs to be a practical way of manufacturing reliable stretchable circuitry. While some solutions are already in development, Panasonic recently announced one of its own – a soft, flexible polymer resin film combined with transp...
Economic Milestones of The Year Ahead
[Consumer]
2016/01/03 12:26
A NUMBER of economic trends that have been simmering for years will come to full boil in 2016—and result in some striking statistics. One example is in wealth inequality. The share of wealth of the richest 1% of the world's population will, according to Oxfam, exceed that of the remaining 99% of people. Yet there is also some good news for ordinary folk: in at least one respect private investi...
