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(PDF) Deloitte Consulting - Digital Democracy Survey
[Consumer]
2015/05/20 11:20
Streaming services fuel consumers’ appetite for bingeing, with two-thirds now binge-watching content, according to the latest Deloitte Digital Democracy Survey. The survey reveals nearly one-third of consumers binge-watch three or more episodes at least once a week, with device preferences and multitasking behaviors impacted.Streaming video services, now used by more than 42 percent of America...
Why Brands like Starbucks, Coca-Cola and Sonic are Shrinking their Food
[Business]
2015/05/20 11:19
Consumers view sugar and fat to be the new tobacco, according to new research by Havas Worldwide.Food and beverage giants are shrinking their offerings. Why? Consumers view sugar and fat to be the new tobacco, according to new research by Havas Worldwide, which found that in the last year 42 percent of consumers have reduced their sugar intake while 38 percent of consumers have decreased fat co...
An Emerging American Trend is Terrifying News for Macy's, Kohl's, and JC Penney
[Consumer]
2015/05/20 11:19
Consumers are spending more on cell phones and less on clothes.Retailers like Macy's, J.C. Penney, and Kohl's have all reported mediocre results this week.The companies have blamed a variety of temporary factors — such as delayed inventory shipments, bad weather in February, and fewer international tourists — for the slowdown in business.But Americans are increasingly spending less on clothes...
The Math of Starbucks’ New Mini-Sized Frappuccino
[Business]
2015/05/20 11:19
WHEN LIFE GIVES you lemons, make lemonade. But when life gives you data, make a model. One way to model real life things is to create a plot. If you want to see how variable y is related to variable x, plot y vs. x (where x and y could be just about any quantity). If these variables linearly related, you can fit a linear function to this data. Big deal, right? Yes, it’s a big deal. Once you ha...
(Video) Technology for Forming Normal Temperature Diamond-like Carbon Films on Dentures
[Tech]
2015/05/20 11:19
STRAWB has developed a DLC coating system, for forming films of diamond-like carbon on dentures. This system produces a plasma in a vacuum chamber, and introduces a source gas that includes carbon and hydrogen as methane, from which the carbon becomes separated. This technology results in the physical formation of a carbon film on the denture material at room temperature."Everyone wants to main...
These High-School Students Found a Way to Make Any Headphones Wireless
[Product]
2015/05/20 11:19
Wireless headphones have been around for awhile, but a device that can make any old set of headphones wireless is about to hit the market.Launching their Kickstarter campaign today, the team behind the Spiro X1 wants to give you a no-strings-attached listening experience. The Spiro X1 (or “X1” for short) is a circular device that plugs into headphones using the connection typically taken by a...
Jawbone, Practice Fusion, Health Catalyst next to IPO, Digital Health Investor Poll Says
[Investing]
2015/05/20 11:19
First Fitbit files IPO papers, then MindBody (software for yoga studios, etc.) follows suit last week. So who’s next? The good folks over at Rock Health wanted to know, so they polled a group of 43 digital health investors to find out.The investors thought that if the market has an appetite for fitness wearables, then perhaps Jawbone should be the next to file papers. If that were to happen, w...
Mercedes and Lufthansa Design Luxury Cabin in the Clouds
[Design]
2015/05/20 11:18
Mercedes and Lufthansa have partnered to design some new high-end aircraft cabin concepts for medium- and long-haul flights.Mercedes and Lufthansa are planning to evaluate the level of interest in the concepts over the coming months and to develop them further The concept designs feature long couches Window panels can be electrically made transparent or dimmed to black to block out sunlight The...
(PDF) Human Capital Report 2015
[Business]
2015/05/19 11:17
Talent, not capital, will be the key factor linking innovation, competitiveness and growth in the 21st century, and we must each understand better the global talent value chain. Better data and metrics are critical to this understanding. The Human Capital Index quantifies how countries are developing and deploying their human capital and tracks progress over time. This Report provides comprehen...
