TREND REPORTS
Monthly Trend Report - September. 2020 Edition
[Trendbird]
2020/08/31 09:03
MONTHLY TREND REPORT - September. 2020 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve."
(PDF) The State Of Global Venture Funding During COVID-19
[Investing]
2020/08/25 09:10
Uncover how venture funding has fared globally since the start of the pandemic.Global Venture Funding in 2016-2020Despite predictions of major venture funding slowdowns due to COVID-19, the first half of 2020 still exceeded funding in the first halves of 2016 and 2017.Total global venture funding in 2020 is down just 6 percent compared to the first half of 2019.Funding in the Asia-PacificDespit...
(Patent) Apple Eyes a Patent for a Method of Adding Supplemental Content During a Video Conference Session
[Tech]
2020/08/25 09:09
U.S. patent application, 20200267349, presents a video editing application for adding stickers or animations to an outgoing or incoming video in an ongoing video conferencing session without leaving the video conference or without storing the video clip before editing. Example user interfaces of an outgoing video stream with supplemental content options are depicted below.Patent Application : h...
(Video) This Smart Gaming Glove May Soon Merge Humans with Machines - The InfinityGlove
[Tech]
2020/08/25 09:08
Now you can finally play your favorite games simply by moving your hand.The InfinityGlove™ was developed by a team of NUS researchers led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck (left). With him are two members of the research team, Dr Yeo Joo Chuan (centre) and Dr Yu Longteng (right).Simply flex your index finger to fire your weapon and rotate your wrist clockwise to move forward. Immersive controls have...
Quarterly Cloud Spending Blows Past $30B ; Incremental Growth Continues to Rise
[Business]
2020/08/25 09:07
New data from Synergy Research Group shows that Q2 spend on cloud infrastructure services passed the $30 billion milestone, an increase of $7.5 billion from the second quarter of 2019. This continues the trend of ever-larger increments in cloud spending. Q2 2019 spending grew $6.5 billion from Q2 2018, which in turn grew $5.5 billion from Q2 2017. Amazon market share remained at its long-standi...
FarEye Brings In $13M Series D Extension For Logistics Platform
[Investing]
2020/08/25 09:06
FarEye added another $13 million to its Series D to close at $37.5 million for the round, the company said Friday.The New Delhi, India-based startup created a software-as-a-service logistics platform that enables customers to orchestrate, track and optimize their logistics operations, making it real-time and predictive.FarEye’s new funds were led by The Fundamentum Partnership and KB Global Pl...
Double-Digit Growth In China Spurs Estée Lauder’s Recovery
[Business]
2020/08/25 09:05
Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder reported a 4-percent net sales drop during its fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, despite double-digit growth in China.The cosmetics giant Estée Lauder released its 2020 fiscal year results on August 20, and the New York-based company reported net sales of $14.3 billion for its fiscal year, ending June 30, 2020, which was a 4-percent drop from $14.86 billion in the...
Time Spent Streaming Ad-Supported Video is Outpacing Big-Name SVOD Viewing
[Consumer]
2020/08/25 09:04
Beneath the headlines and social media commotion about high-profile subscription video on demand (SVOD) titles like Tiger King, Upload and Ozark, a new form of digital streaming is gaining traction: those that are ad-supported.Known by an array of acronyms, such as AVOD (ad-supported video on demand), FAST (free ad-supported) and CTV (connected TV), ad-supported streaming varieties offer consum...
This PlayStation Concept Lets You Switch Between Games Using an Integrated CD Player
[Design]
2020/08/25 09:03
Concept designs will always fascinate me, I don’t think any concept design is bad because they are all born out of the need to solve a problem – sure some are feasible and some are fantasy, but if we can passionately support Iron Man then we can passionately support design ideas too! On that note, I love this conceptual Playstation design which integrates the functions of a CD player so that...
