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Apple's Incredible 21st Century Growth
[Investing]
2019/05/06 09:05
The tech giant's fiscal second-quarter revenue — including that from its all-important iPhone line — fell from the same period a year earlier, as did its earnings. But the results topped analysts' muted expectations.When Apple reported its latest quarterly results earlier this week, there were no major surprises: iPhone sales were slightly down year-over-year, services revenue reached a new a...
(Video) Ford makes Self-Braking Trolley That Can't be Crashed
[Design]
2019/05/06 09:04
Automobile maker Ford has borrowed anti-collision technology from its cars to build a supermarket trolley that children can't crash.The Self-Braking Trolley is designed to stop automatically before hitting a person, shelf or any other obstacle.The feature could prevent many uncomfortable rogue trolley scenarios, but Ford designed it with children in mind.The US company noted that kids are often...
(Infographic) 7 Trends of Digital Marketing Campaign
[Business]
2019/05/06 09:03
In just the last decade, the marketing world has been dramatically transformed. Spending on digital media surpassed television ads in 2017, and now global digital spend is anticipated to top $333 billion this year.As a result, today’s entrepreneurs and small businesses are starting to think about marketing in almost exclusively digital terms – and to have a successful online strategy, it’s i...
(Patent) Samsung Patent Reveals Wraparound Smartphone Display Concept
[Tech]
2019/05/02 16:06
A new patent awarded to Samsung last week reveals an ambitious phone concept that includes a screen that wraps around the entire device, from front to back. The patent was first spotted by the tech website Let's Go Digital. Since it's just a patent filing, there are no official product photos or videos showing the concept device in action. Instead, we have a bunch of illustrations that give us...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Automation in Logistics : Big Opportunity, Bigger Uncertainty
[Business]
2019/05/02 16:06
As e-commerce volumes soar, many logistics and parcel companies hope that automation is the answer. But as this second article in our series on disruption explains, things are not so simple.The history of logistics is also a history of automation, from the steam engine to the forklift to today’s robotic pickers and packers. So today’s fevered interest in new machinery, after a lull of several...
Walmart Unveils an AI-Powered Store of the Future, Now Open to the Public
[Business]
2019/05/02 11:09
Walmart unveiled a new “store of the future” and test grounds for emerging technologies, including AI-enabled cameras and interactive displays. The store, a working concept called the Intelligent Retail Lab — or “IRL” for short — operates out of a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, N.Y.The store is open to customers and is one of Walmart’s busiest Neighborhood Market stores, conta...
Millennials Are the ‘Driving Force’ of Bitcoin Ownership
[Consumer]
2019/05/02 11:07
What follows is data and analysis from a survey of American adults regarding general sentiment toward Bitcoin — the survey was conducted online by The Harris Poll, on behalf of Blockchain Capital, from April 23–25, 2019 among 2,029 American adults. The survey was an augmented version of one we ran in October 2017 (we added a few questions). Methodology can be found at the bottom of this pos...
(Video) Google Launches CallJoy, a Virtual Customer Service Phone Agent
[Business]
2019/05/02 11:06
Google is combining several technologies, including virtual phone numbers, audio transcriptions, automated reporting and analytics, in a new effort to help small business owners better manage their inbound phone calls.The company’s latest project from its in-house incubator is CallJoy, launching today. Aimed at the U.S.’s 30.2 million small business owners, the system offers a low-cost custom...
Americans are Listening to More Audiobooks Than Ever Before
[Consumer]
2019/05/02 10:26
The audiobook industry is digitizing more frontlist and backlist titles and every year there are around 25,000 new audio editions that are available to purchase. Half of all Americans over the age of 12 have listened to an audiobook in the past year, which is up from 44% from last year.Edison Research and Triton Digital for Audio Publishers Association have released a national annual consumer s...
