Apple tops ranking of most innovative companies for tenth straight year.Innovation continues to rise in importance. In The Boston Consulting Group’s tenth annual global survey of the state of innovation, 79% of respondents ranked innovation as either the top-most priority or a top-three priority at their company, the highest percentage since we began asking the question in 2005, when 66% said...

CBInsights ranked the top VCs and corporate VC investors in the Internet of Things (IoT) and visualized their IoT portfolio companies.[click to enlarge]Many corporate investors and smart money VCs have placed significant bets on the Internet of Things industry, which is expected to see nearly $2B in funding through the end of 2015.Which firms are most active? We used CB Insights data to rank VC...

A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. When a person is asked about something in a photo, they’re taking in a lot of details – a lot of words – to answer questions about it.Now, a team of Microsoft researchers, together with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, has created a system that uses computer vision, deep learning and language understanding to analyze images an...

The G-RO is described as a "companion bag," as it is designed not only for lugging about, but for using and spending time with while you travel.Wheeled carry-on cases are great until you try to pull them over a rough surface. The tiny wheels make them awkward to pull, and can break. The G-RO bag, however, has large wheels to handle different types of terrain and a host of other features aimed a...

Ever wonder which college major is most likely to get you a job on Wall Street ?Business Insider turned to Emolument, a salary benchmarking website that collects self-reported pay data, to find out which college majors are most common in finance.They gathered data on 840 finance professionals in New York at the analyst, associate, vice president, and director level.The respondents come from a n...

Imagine being able to use the proliferation of wireless signals that exists today for something more than social media posts and entertainment. That's what Cognitive Systems is doing with its Amera device. It detects wireless signals from a variety of sources like cell towers, Wi-Fi base stations and rogue signals, and turns them into cyber security alerts, crowd insights, and wireless network...

Scout harnesses artificial intelligence and your smartphone camera to help you find the lowest available price.Price matching can net you some great everyday savings, but finding the lowest price among possibly hundreds of other retailers and then navigating confusing store policies requires a lot of effort, especially when you’re already out shopping. This might explain the fact that despite...

Industrial design student from Seattle, Jolee Nebert developed a concept of portable projector turning any flat surface into digital interactive workspace. Smart and easy, this cylindric device named “Peek” displays your regular tools and softwares on your table on which you can work with directly. Website : http://joleenebert.com/[taxi]

The folks of CURVED/labs have envisioned the iPhone 6k, that packs a sliding keyboard and feels inspired by the BlackBerry Priv.The iPhone 6k concept is not an iPhone 7, but an iPhone 6s with a keyboard. The size remains the same as the one of the iPhone 6s and we’ve got a backlit keyboard hidden inside the case. Said keyboard pops up when a button is pressed and the QWERTY keyboard is drawn s...