TREND REPORTS
How Inflation Changed the Price of a Hamburger
[Investing]
2022/05/22 09:06
With inflation standing at 8.3% year-over-year in April, everyday items are becoming pricier for U.S. consumers. Food prices in particular took some significant steps up, as seen in the example of shopping for hamburger ingredients.Meats experienced some of the highest price increases among food items: Ground beef now costs almost 15 percent more than in April 2021 and bacon is 17.7 percent mor...
This New Suitcase Doubles as a Bedside Table
[Design]
2022/05/22 09:05
For many, one of the worst parts of traveling is having to unpack all your belongings ... and then repack them a few days or weeks later. After all, there's always the fear that you're going to lose an item in the process. To remove this issue from the equation, 25-year-old British designer Mark Mitchell created a suitcase that can be used as a bedside table.According to DesignTAXI, the piece o...
Companies with Over $10 Billion in Net Digital Ad Revenues Worldwide, 2022
[Business]
2022/05/22 09:04
ByteDance properties Douyin and TikTok have been making waves inside and outside China for several years. Their combined spectacular growth will result in ad revenues of more than $30 billion for their parent company in 2022, leaving ByteDance in fifth place among ad publishers worldwide.ByteDance was likely already in fifth place as far back as 2020, but this is the first year we have a combin...
Photographer Hugo Suíssas Reveals the Power of Perspective With Playful Compositions
[Design]
2022/05/22 09:03
This photographer named Hugo Suissas from Lisbon, Portugal creates surreal, mind-bending, and magical photographs by using forced perspective and angles.He turns simple bridges and landscapes into surreal and fantastical places, and items like keys, fruits, and kids' toys into magical props. Every single photograph has a different story and a different idea. They help us see the dull and boring...
(Video) Arianee Raise $20M for Web3 Platform for Luxury and Fashion
[Investing]
2022/05/19 09:10
The funding was led by Tiger Global and is a mix investment of equity in Arianee’s software solution and their native cryptocurrency, Aria20. What happened: Paris-based Web3 platform for luxury and fashion Arianee has raised €20 million in Series A funding. Brands such as Printemps, Breitling, Vacheron Constantin, and Paris Fashion Week have all used Arianee as a source to mint NFTs and distr...
(Infographic) Mastercard Biometric Checkout Program - The Next-gen Point of Sale
[Business]
2022/05/19 09:09
Mastercard unleashes new era of biometric payments to enhance the checkout experience.No more fumbling for your phone or hunting for your wallet when you have your hands full – the next generation of in-person payments will only need a quick smile or wave of your hand. The trusted technology that uses your face or fingerprint to unlock your phone can now be used to help consumers speed through...
Walmart Offers Snapchat AR Lens to Encourage Healthy Food Choices
[Business]
2022/05/19 09:08
Snap Scan Shop is launched in partnership with Meredith’s Allrecipes, Snap and Walmart and offers a shoppable solution for home chefs looking for the perfect, and perfectly responsible, meal. The collaborative trifecta being launched by Walmart lets mobile users find recipes and make meals with just the ingredients they have at home in their refrigerators and pantries, as well as allows them t...
The Cost of Groceries in America Rockets
[Consumer]
2022/05/19 09:07
Food-price inflation is nearly three times higher than pre-pandemic forecasts.On may 11th the us Bureau of Labour Statistics (bls) released its latest estimate of American retail prices. The Consumer Price Index, which tracks the cost of all goods and services weighted by their share of households’ expenditure, increased by 0.3% in April after rising by 1.2% in March. That was a welcome slowdo...
Tiny Bots Can Deep Clean Teeth
[Tech]
2022/05/19 09:06
Newly developed nanobot technology could make root canal treatments of infected teeth more safe and effective Depositphotos.The buildup of bacteria deep in our teeth can cause infections in difficult-to-reach areas, and scientists at the Indian Institute of Science have developed a set of tiny cleaning robots they believe are up to the task. The nano-sized machines can be steered with a magneti...
Influencers Help Brands Build More Personal Consumer Connections
[Consumer]
2022/05/19 09:05
In a world where marketers are tasked with engaging consumers across a growing abundance of channels and platforms, it can be challenging to establish relationships that feel genuine and personal. And while brand building remains global marketers’ top objective, mass reach channels may not always fit the bill.With a focus on brand building, marketers are continually looking for ways to stay to...
Oriient Raises $11M for Advanced Indoor Positioning Solution
[Investing]
2022/05/19 09:04
Oriient, A Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of an advanced indoor positioning solution, raised $11m in Series A funding.The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $16m, was led by OurCrowd, Regal Four (a Beren family venture entity), F2 Venture Capital, NGN Partners, and Future Energy Ventures.The company intends to use the funds to scale implementation to tens of thousands of loca...
(Video) Willow X Outdoor Robot Designed to Help Tend Your Garden
[Product]
2022/05/19 09:03
Currently in prototyping, the Willow X outdoor robot features articulating arms to tackle numerous tasks in the garden EEVE.We've already seen a number of attempts to realize a sci-fi vision of the future and put robot helpers in the home to make our lives easier. Belgium-based startup Eeve is also developing a personal robot pal, but Willow X's job is to help you keep your garden tidy.Eeve's p...
