TREND REPORTS
(Patent) Microsoft Eyes a Patent for Environmental Control via a Wearable Computing System
[Tech]
2020/01/15 09:09
US patent application 20190391544 discloses a head-mounted device (HMD) system for controlling ambient environmental conditions to affect other users wearing HMD systems. The HMD system sends commands to an environmental control system to adjust an environmental parameter of the environment to enhance the presentation of the AR image. The figures illustrate an example scenario where an ambient...
Best Beauty Tools and Gadgets in 2020 : Nuface, Foreo and More
[Product]
2020/01/15 09:08
From at-home light therapy to automated exfoliation devices, you can bring the spa to you.If you've never used something other than your hands or maybe a washcloth on your face, you may find high-tech beauty devices intimidating, especially if you're the opposite of a skincare addict. This is a common misconception: Skincare can actually be fun and gives you the feeling that you're doing the mo...
Apple AirPods and Totally Wireless Bluetooth Headset Sales Soaring
[Product]
2020/01/15 09:07
Rapidly Falling Prices Drive Unprecedented Growth for Totally Wireless Bluetooth HeadsetsStrategy Analytics in a newly published report from the Device Technologies (EDT) team, forecasts Apple AirPods sales of nearly 60 million in 2019. As a category, Totally Wireless (TWS) Bluetooth headset sales grew by 200% in 2019. The report, Global Bluetooth Headset Sales and Revenue Forecasts 2001 to 202...
(Paper) EmotionCues : Emotion-Oriented Visual Summarization of Classroom Videos
[Tech]
2020/01/15 09:06
A new software program attempts to recognize students’ emotions to aid teachers, but faces aren’t so easy to read.A professor finishes a lecture and checks his computer. A software program shows that most students lost interest about 30 minutes into the lecture—around the time he went on a tangent. The professor makes a note to stop going on tangents.The technology for this fictional classro...
(M&A) Google to Acquire Irish Retail Tech Start-Up Pointy
[Investing]
2020/01/15 09:05
Google plans to acquire Irish retail tech start-up Pointy for an undisclosed amount. The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks. Pointy has raised $19 million so far in venture capital.Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday said it plans to acquire Pointy, an Irish retail start-up that helps traditional brick and mortar retailers list inventory online, for an undisclosed amount.The deal is expect...
Lavazza Launches new 100% Compostable Eco Caps
[Product]
2020/01/15 09:04
Lavazza has become the largest coffee manufacturer to launch its own range of compostable one-cup pods.In the United Kingdom alone, approximately 95 million cups of coffee are consumed daily, with more than one-third of British coffee-drinkers admitting that they dispose of their coffee capsules into trash bins. Roughly 20 billion non-biodegradable, one-cup coffee pods end up in landfills. But...
(Infographic) Breaking Up Big Tech
[Business]
2020/01/15 09:03
In 2018, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google earned 68% of US GDP growth in combined revenues. 2 in 3 support the breakup of Big Tech, and Great Business Schools explains what we can do about it.Infographic : https://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Big-Tech.png[infographicjournal]
(Video) The Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is a Moto Razr-style Foldable Clamshell Phone
[Design]
2020/01/14 10:12
It almost feels like the guys at Samsung finally realized where they went wrong with the Galaxy Fold. I don’t fault them though. It’s in the tech world’s blood to make mistakes with their first release, and then fix them over time.Take absolutely any software update, which always ends up requiring a secondary security patch just to fix the problems the original update created… or the Galaxy...
The Q4 2019 Global VC Report : A Strong End To A Good, But Not Fantastic, Year
[Investing]
2020/01/14 10:12
In VC pitch meetings, startups are typically expected to show a chart that looks like a hockey stick: up and to the right with an increasing rate of change. Because to be a startup is to play the game of growing fast and making things.Looking back at the last decade, it’s fitting, then, that the worldwide VC market accelerated as well.According to Crunchbase projections, over $1.5 trillion was...
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