TREND REPORTS
Jaden Smith’s Just Water Just Hit $100M Valuation
[Investing]
2019/09/09 10:42
Even if he was just a tween at the time, Jaden Smith wanted to make a difference. After seeing plastic water bottles littering the ocean and the planet, he decided to create a company that replaced all those single-use plastic bottles with something more sustainable. “I knew that it was going to be really hard to create, like, a new soda. And I knew that the recipe for water all over the world...
Is WeChat's Growth Over ?
[Business]
2019/09/09 10:41
Once upon a time, there were very few social networks in China. Renren was dying out, Weibo was getting kicked in the gut by WeChat which was growing double or triple digits. Fast-forward to 2019, these days are long gone. There is now a plethora of social Apps to choose from. Is WeChat still growing in this new Chinese Internet?The beginning of the end for WeChat?There are certainly some cloud...
I Eat My Face on a Selffee Printed Cookie
[Product]
2019/09/09 10:41
Want Your Face Printed On A Cookie? You're Not AloneA few years ago, David Weiss went through a bout of career self-reflection.He was working as a sales rep for a sweater wholesaler in New York City and found the work unfulfilling. So eventually, he did what so many of us dream of doing when a period of career stagnation comes along: he quit and travelled the world.“I had a year’s salary in t...
(Infographic) Can AI Think Ethically ?
[Business]
2019/09/09 10:41
By 2050, AI influenced driverless cars and mobility-as-a-service will grow to $7 trillion worldwide. The problem with expecting AI to think ethically is that it is programmed with human bias baked right in. Learn more about eliminating human bias from AI courtesy of this infographic from Cyber Security Degrees.Infographic : https://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EthicalAI.png...
(PDF) Pew - More Than Half of U.S. Adults Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly
[Consumer]
2019/09/08 09:10
But the public is less accepting of facial recognition technology when used by advertisers or technology companies.The ability of governments and law enforcement agencies to monitor the public using facial recognition was once the province of dystopian science fiction. But modern technology is increasingly bringing versions of these scenarios to life. A recent investigation found that U.S. law...
Amazon Tests Whole Foods Payment System That Uses Hands as ID
[Business]
2019/09/08 09:09
A sci-fi greeting inspired by a classic TV franchise just might be the point-of-sale answer for e-tail multibillionaire Jeff Bezos. The e-tailing giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of rolling them out at its Whole Foods supermarket chain in the coming months, The Post has learned.Employee...
10 Companies Control More Than 50 of The Biggest Names in the Chain Restaurant Business
[Business]
2019/09/08 09:08
10 companies you've never heard of control more than 50 of the biggest restaurant chains in the world.[click to enlarge]- As it becomes more expensive to run a restaurant, more chains are consolidating under mega-companies.- Here is a look at who actually owns some of the biggest names in the restaurant business.- Your favorite fast-food chain may not be exactly what it seems.While chains like...
(M&A) Upstart ‘Le Tote’ To Acquire Nearly Two Century Old Retailer Lord & Taylor
[Investing]
2019/09/08 09:07
In another sign of trouble for traditional retailers, iconic department store Lord & Taylor has been sold for $75 million to Le Tote, Inc., a fashion rental subscription service.Lord & Taylor opened its first store in New York in 1826, making it the nation's first department store. It was once a mainstay of high-end fashion.Hudson's Bay Company (HBAYF), the owner of both Lord & Tayl...
(PDF) Deloitte - The Future of the TV and Video Landscape by 2030
[Business]
2019/09/08 09:06
In what ways are digitalization and VoD providers such as Netflix changing the market of the future ? The TV and video market is highly dynamic and is characterized by a great number of drivers: digitalization, new market offers, and disruption by digital players ensure rapid change. Moreover, consumer expectations and usage habits are changing rapidly in the age of video-on-demand and mobile m...
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