TREND REPORTS
How the Metaverse is Making Money
[Business]
2023/02/22 09:05
Statista’s Advertising & Media Markets Insights estimates that worldwide metaverse revenue will stand at $490 billion in 2030. This is a comparatively conservative forecast. Other analyst companies assume a market volume of between approximately 750 and 1,700 billion U.S. dollars.For the Statista outlook, the term metaverse is defined as a virtual world or a collection of virtual worlds th...
This Speaker Design Transforms Into a Chair to Create a Personal Listening Space
[Design]
2023/02/22 09:04
Every day, our eyes and our brains are bombarded with visual stimuli, especially from the smartphones we are glued to most of the time. Even for the younger generations, there is a tipping point when things become too overwhelming, so many of them retreat to music of varying genres for a reprieve. That often involves putting on headphones for a bit of privacy, but such accessories do remove one...
What's The Apple's Most Popular Product ?
[Product]
2023/02/22 09:03
While the iPhone continues to be Apple's most popular product, the Mac sits in fourth place, after both iPad and Apple Watch.The latest analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) examines product ownership among Apple customers and which categories are dominant. For example, almost 90% of Apple customers own an iPhone, while the iPad follows at 73% in second place.Apple Watch...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Transforming Human Capital Into Competitive Advantage
[Consumer]
2023/02/21 09:10
A dual focus on developing people and managing them well gives a select group of companies a long-term performance edge.At a glanceWhen companies emphasize skill development, it pays off for workers. Skills learned on the job contribute 46 percent of the average person’s lifetime earnings, and companies that build human capital are more likely to propel their employees into higher earnings bra...
Foldable Mouse Concept Combines Two Familiar Designs Into One Ambidextrous Design
[Design]
2023/02/21 09:09
Despite being the most popular pointing device for computers, the venerable mouse is filled with design problems that have never completely disappeared. Common mouse designs favor right-handed users, force people to choose between ergonomics and portability, and are often unattractive to behold. There has been a rash of concept designs recently that try to rethink the mouse from an ergonomic an...
Scaling AI Pays Off, No Matter the Investment
[Investing]
2023/02/21 09:08
While there is broad consensus that artificial intelligence will transform most industries in the decades ahead, many of the companies that have invested in the technology have failed to unlock its full potential. Previous BCG research has shown that only 11% of these companies have released significant value, and the majority have failed to scale AI beyond pilots. Nor have companies reimagined...
How Nature Readers are Using ChatGPT
[Consumer]
2023/02/21 09:07
Eighty percent of respondents have used AI chatbots — and 57% say they use it for ‘creative fun’.Researchers are keen to experiment with using generative AI tools such as the advanced chatbot ChatGPT to help with their work, according to a survey of Nature readers. But they are also concerned about the potential for errors and false information.Of 672 readers who responded to an online quest...
Passwordless Authentication Startup Descope Lands Whopping $53M Seed Round
[Investing]
2023/02/21 09:06
Capital might be harder to come by than it once was in startup land, but some firms are bucking the trend — hard. Take Descope, for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform.The money came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and GGV Capital with additional funds contributed by Dell T...
YouTube's Enormous Audience Power A $30bn Ad Business
[Business]
2023/02/21 09:05
CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, announced last Thursday that she would be stepping down after 25 years at Google, with 9 of those at the helm of the world’s largest video sharing platform.Wojcicki is Google royalty. She was initially the search engine’s first landlord, when she rented her garage out to co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. She went on to become the company’s first...
