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(Video) Flow Hive: Honey on Tap Directly From Your Beehive
[Product]
2015/05/19 11:16
"Flow™ is the most significant innovation in beekeeping since 1852.” Flow is a revolutionary beehive invention, allowing you to harvest honey without opening the hive and with minimal disturbance to the bees. Of course, there is much more to beekeeping than harvesting honey. Read on...It’s the beekeeeper's dream…Turn the tap and watch as pure, fresh, clean honey flows right out of the hive...
Let’s Megadeal
[Investing]
2015/05/19 11:16
Seven strategies for managing the unique challenges of large technology acquisitions.To the outside world, deal making in the technology sector can often appear irrational, exuberant, and even insane. In what other industry would a five-year-old startup with reported revenues of US$10 million and fewer than 100 employees garner a $22 billion price tag? That’s how much Facebook paid in February...
(Video) Nike Treadmill Experience Takes You Through Sensory-Enriched Workout
[Business]
2015/05/19 11:10
The sports giant has created an installation to show how technologies may heighten the adventure of running.When it comes to the future of the sportswear industry the focus right now is on wearables. Looking further afield, Nike and London-based creative studio FIELD have collaborated to reimagine the concept of running.Force of Nature is an interactive exhibition currently being held at London...
Chinese Banks Took the 4 Top Spots in Forbes’ List of the World’s Most Powerful Companies
[Investing]
2015/05/19 11:10
Yet another sign of China’s global domination: All but one of the five biggest, most powerful companies in the world are Chinese state-owned banks. That’s according to Forbes annual Global 2000 list, which measures public companies based on revenue, profit, assets, and market value. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and China Construction Bank (CCB) seized the top two spots in 20...
Meet The Machine That Could Replace Anesthesiologists
[Tech]
2015/05/19 11:10
It Can Only Be Used for Simple Procedures for Now, But, That's Changing Quickly.Say hello to the hunk of plastic that could replace your anesthesiologist.Right now, only four U.S. hospitals are using the Sedasys anesthesiology machine to sedate patients before surgery. Johnson & Johnson has been cautiously rolling out the machine after winning approval from the Food and Drug Administration...
Chief Digital Officers Continue Global Explosion
[Business]
2015/05/19 11:09
Number of CDOs worldwide will double this year to 2,000The chief digital officer (CDO) role emerged alongside the digital transformation, and companies are rapidly making room for the position. In a report released in May 2015, The CDO Club estimated that the number of CDOs worldwide would double between 2014 and 2015, from 1,000 to 2,000. This was more than four times that of the 488 registere...
(Video) LED Light Bulb Speaker by Sony
[Product]
2015/05/19 11:09
Sony combines Bluetooth speaker and LED light bulb.First came the incandescent bulb. Then the CFL light, then the LED bulb, and then the Smart LED bulb. What’s the next step of innovation in the field of illumination? The LED Audio bulb! Sony’s got it all figured out. If you’re going to connect your smartphone to your LED bulb in the first place, you might as well give it something to boast...
(Patent) Apple Patents Much More Powerful iPhone's Home Button
[Tech]
2015/05/18 11:47
Apple has a crazy idea for the iPhone's home button that could make it much more powerful and useful.The iPhone's home button is already a crucial part of the experience — in addition to using it when you want to exit an app, the fingerprint sensor in newer iPhones lets you unlock your phone and verify your identity.Now, a recently published Apple patent application provides more evidence that...
(PDF) BCG - Investors Anticipate a Soft Landing
[Investing]
2015/05/18 11:47
Global equity markets continued to deliver positive returns in 2014, but investors appear to be preparing for a soft landing, with below-average total shareholder return in the years ahead.According to BCG’s latest annual investor survey, investors are looking for companies to focus squarely on creating fundamental value and to manage their free cash flow carefully in order to defend themselve...
