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(PDF) Accenture - 2019 Technology Trends Report
[Business]
2019/02/11 10:45
Digital transformation grants companies exceptional capabilities. But it also creates enormous expectations. - Amid these rising expectations, every business is investing in digital technologies, raising the question of how leaders will set themselves apart.- Companies looking to differentiate themselves must be aware of five distinct trends that will characterize the “post-digital” future.Wh...
(Patent) Dell could Make a Foldable Device That has 3 or 4 Screens
[Tech]
2019/02/11 10:45
Dell sees Microsoft’s dual-screen laptop and raises it another two displays. Dell is potentially working on another laptop with multiple screens, but this concept is looking to push things even further by utilizing three or four displays to make for an even greater level of flexibility compared to today’s 2-in-1s, or the many rumored dual-screen or foldable devices we’ve been hearing about o...
Oil Companies and Utilities are Buying Up All the Electric Car Charging Startups
[Investing]
2019/02/11 10:44
For decades, oil and gas companies and utilities dismissed electric cars. Now, the old petroleum and power giants are muscling into the driver’s seat of the “new fuels” industry.It’s projected to be a big business. McKinsey counts more than 350 new electric vehicle (EV) models debuting by 2025, one of the conditions for mass-market adoption. Global demand for gasoline is set to peak around...
McDonald’s France Created Lovely, Impressionistic Ads About Days That Call for Delivery
[Business]
2019/02/11 10:44
McDonald’s France and agency TBWA\Paris highlight that sentiment perfectly and with commendable minimalism in their new print campaign, “Rain,” which uses photography to create impressionistic images of city life seen through apartment windows on a rainy day.Most days, ordering McDonald’s by delivery sounds a bit lazy, given that it’s only going to take you a few minutes to find your neare...
IKEA’s Next Big Play for Smart Homes is Here
[Product]
2019/02/11 10:44
A partnership between Ikea and Sonos, launching in August, is a glimpse at the Swedish giant’s plans to design and sell more technology.In 2017, Ikea announced a partnership with Sonos to sell a custom line of smart speakers. While we don’t exactly know what, now we know when: The Ikea Symfonisk line will launch this August.In an intensely orchestral video spotted by Variety, Ikea and Sonos m...
The World’s Most Valuable Bank Brands 2019
[Business]
2019/02/11 10:44
When most people think about brands, they often picture iconic consumer marks like Coca-Cola or Apple.But in the realm of financial services, the importance of having a strong consumer brand is also rapidly growing. After all, with hundreds of new fintech entrants positioning themselves to be the “banks” of the future, it seems that brand awareness may be one of the major competitive advantag...
Stanford - Cancer ‘Vaccine’ Eliminates Tumors in Mice
[Tech]
2019/02/11 10:44
Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found. Lymphoma patients are being recruited to test the technique in a clinical trial.Ronald Levy and Idit Sagiv-Barfi led the work on a possible cancer treatment that involves injecting two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors.Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents...
This Futuristic Eye-Mask Reverses the Effects of Excess Screen-Time - Umay Care
[Product]
2019/02/11 10:43
Screens are unavoidable. No matter where you go, you’re almost always going to be confronted by a wall of pixels, and even when you’re not, there’s always a screen in your pocket, always ready to display hours of content for you. It’s no secret that screens are also bad for you over long periods of time (I get the irony of writing this on a screen for you to read from), causing sleep depriv...
(PDF) SoftBank & Vision Fund - Earnings Results
[Investing]
2019/02/10 09:10
5 things to watch at SoftBank's earnings announcement. Questions on IPO fiasco and a second Vision Fund await Masayoshi Son.Masayoshi Son can expect a grilling when he announces SoftBank Group's third-quarter earnings on Wednesday. The Japanese tech conglomerate has had a wild ride over the past several months, and its chairman and CEO will likely be called on to address issues ranging from a d...
