Algorithmic logo-makers Tailor Brands will now generate unlimited branding material for companies via a subscription service.Good design and visual branding is no longer the privilege of companies with the money to pay great in-house designers or outsource the work. We have already seen startups thinking outside the box to provide more affordable design services. This platform offers unlimited,...

This airline's business class overhaul offers futuristic comfort.Long haul flights to Australia will feel a little less long for Business Class fliers thanks to the new cabin on Virgin Australia’s Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus 330 fleets. The new business class ensures amenities expected of business class such as seats that lay flat into beds, but with added design elements to take the luxury up...

Throughout the world, companies recognize that their success depends on adopting the new digital industrial technologies that are collectively known as Industry 4.0. To assess how quickly this fourth wave of technological advances is gaining momentum, The Boston Consulting Group recently studied the status of adoption in Germany and the US.BCG’s study focused on a survey of more than 600 manag...

The latest advancement in wearable technology comes in the form of a Levi’s Commuter Trucker jacket designed with Google ATAP’s Project Jacquard technology woven in. With a simple touch of a jacket sleeve, cyclists can wirelessly access their phone and favorite mobile apps to adjust music volume, silence a phone call or get an estimated ETA on their destinations.The jacket was unveiled at thi...

Investors are poised to funnel more dollars into grocery delivery than prepared meal/restaurant delivery startups for the first time this year. But investment in both categories is down.Food delivery racked up the most deal activity of any category within the broader on-demand economy in the last five years as startups crowded into the space. To better understand investor interest in this indus...

Google’s plan to eliminate passwords in favor of systems that take into account a combination of signals – like your typing patterns, your walking patterns, your current location, and more – will be available to Android developers by year-end, assuming all goes well in testing this year. In an under-the-radar announcement Friday afternoon at the Google I/O developer conference, the head of G...

Nike’s innovative and experimental high-end division, NikeLab, has a big new collaboration coming out, and it’s a perfect storm of fashion, activewear, and Instagram.On June 2, NikeLab is launching a line with Olivier Rousteing. By reputation, he’s known foremost as the designer of luxury house Balmain, and then just slightly less as a Kardashians and Kanye West favorite and one of fashion’...

London-based BeMyEye, one of a number of ‘mobile crowdsourcing’ apps that lets companies pay to have people carry out mobile tasks, such as photographing in-store promotions to ensure that are actually happening, has raised €6.5 million in Series B funding.And, perhaps in recognition that the space is ripe for consolidation, the startup has acquired French competitor LocalEyes. The acquisiti...

There’s no confusion in the market about the significance of Millennials. After all, they account for 24% of the U.S. population (77 million people), which is now a larger percentage than the historically dominant Baby Boomer generation, and command significant long-term spending prowess.When looking at Millennial shopping habits, we see that Millennials are willing to spend on what matters to...