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(Infographic) The Strategy Behind Google's Most Expensive Acquisitions
[Investing]
2015/01/26 11:11
Since its launch in 1998, Google has acquired more than 170 companies. To help put some of those big buys into perspective, digital marketing agency Aptitude put together a neat infographic about the company's top ten most expensive acquisitions and the strategy behind them. (We put together our own list of Google's most important acquisitions here.)Take a look:Infographic : http://static2.busi...
(Video) Fight Wrinkles with iDerma Facial Beautification System
[Tech]
2015/01/26 11:10
Apira Science, makers of the iGrow, the only FDA approved light-powered hair restoration system, will soon be releasing the iDerma Facial Beautification System that uses 142 red and infrared LEDs to help reduce wrinkles. There are already similar phototherapy systems on the market, but they are typically handheld or stationary, and so are inconvenient or don’t provide much coverage.Being a mas...
(PDF) BCG - Lower, and More Volatile, Oil Prices
[Investing]
2015/01/26 11:09
The past six months have witnessed a dramatic drop in oil prices, which have fallen to levels not seen since the 2008?2009 financial crisis. Indeed, the price of crude has been roughly halved, piercing the $50 per barrel threshold in early January 2015. The plunge in prices has exacted a sharp toll on many oil producers, especially those that are smaller and highly leveraged, and has threatened...
(Video) Enko's Energy-Returning Running Shoes
[Product]
2015/01/26 11:08
I'm skeptical, but very curious to see how these Enko shock-absorbing, energy-storing, foot-boosting running kicks come out. Skeptical because of...well, watch the quick video below:The camera doesn't go down below the waist, does it? But if they do actually work, well, who wouldn't like to get better mileage on less gas?The developed is France-based Christian Freschi, a longtime runner who's b...
World's Top Cities : Zurich. Paris. Hartford ?
[Investing]
2015/01/26 11:07
It's a capital on a winding, scenic river and it's among the world's elite cities in one key category. Jay-Z and Kanye West were once there too.Nope, not Paris. We're talking about Hartford, the pride of Connecticut. The capital of the nutmeg state has more economic activity per person than Geneva, Paris and basically the rest of the world's great cities, according to a new report by the Brooki...
CareMessage Raises $6M for Text-Based Patient Outreach Platform
[Investing]
2015/01/26 11:06
CareMessage, a nonprofit, operates a technology platform that allows medical providers to connect with those patients via SMS messages to send things like appointment reminders, personalized information about their health problems, and reminders to check their glucose levels. SMS messages are the communication medium of choice, because unfortunately low-income and elderly people are the most li...
(Video) Naoto Fukasawa Designs INFOBAR A03 Smartphone for au by KDDI
[Design]
2015/01/26 11:04
The au by KDDI ‘INFOBAR A03′ smartphone, created by japanese product designer, naoto fukasawa, includes tricolored, simple usability, touch sensor keys. the fine aluminum body which can be anodized in four sophisticated colors ? nishikigoi, pool, mochabrown and sakura iro, has a beautiful form illustrated by its curves. this, as well as its pleasant hand-fitting size, makes the mobile suitabl...
First Germanium-Tin Semiconductor Laser Directly Compatible with Silicon Chips
[Tech]
2015/01/26 11:04
A germanium-tin laser prototype has the potential for providing super-fast light-based data transmission on computer chips.Swiss scientists have created the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of elements of main group IV (the carbon group) on the periodic table. Simply, this means that the new device is directly compatible with other elements in that group ? such as silicon, carbon, an...
(Infographic) Marketing Technology Innovation Exploding : 1,876 Companies in 43 Categories
[Business]
2015/01/25 11:10
Martech guru Scott Brinker recently released his latest marketing technology supergraphic, with almost double the number of marketing technology vendors of last year.[click to enlarge]The biggest surprise?Exactly that: the massive and continuing growth in vendors.“I honestly did not expect it to double in density,” he says. “It viscerally demonstrates just how much marketing has become a tec...
