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(Infographic) Top 100 World's Most Valuable Brands in 2018
[Business]
2018/06/19 11:25
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, once said, “Your brand is what other people say about you when you aren’t in the room.” We might add that if almost everybody is saying great things about you, then you have an extremely valuable brand. This is one way to think about the results our newest visualization.Top Ten Companies with the Most Valuable Brands ($B)1. Apple (Technology): $182.8B2. Goo...
CVS Beauty Mark To Feature Un-Altered Images, Promoting More Realistic Standards To Consumers
[Product]
2018/06/19 11:25
In an effort to assuage the negative effects of unachievable and non-representative beauty ideals in advertisements, the pharmacy chain launched an initiative of un-photoshopped images on CVS as well as name-brand products.CVS is for many the one-stop-shop for all beauty, skincare and health-related needs. However, in today’s world of edited Instagram models and photo-shopped brand campaigns,...
These Brilliant Running Shoes Slow You Down–on Purpose
[Design]
2018/06/19 11:24
Ever run in sand for a high-intensity workout? This concept shoe replicates the feeling.Most of us want running shoes that help us run faster and longer. But if you’re a hardcore runner, you might be looking for a way to make it more difficult to put one foot in front of the other.That’s why people frequent Sand Dune Park in Southern California, a giant hill that’s–you guessed it–made of s...
(PDF) Goldman Sachs - The World Cup and Economics 2018
[Investing]
2018/06/18 14:40
It is that time. Summer is in the air, the greatest competition in the world is about to begin, and we at Goldman Sachs Research have published the sixth edition of our book on the World Cup and Economics.This traditionally eccentric mix of economic insight, tenuous correlations and footballing views remains one of our most popular publications, and we invite you to use it as a guide and compan...
(Patent) The iPhone Could Protect Itself Against Accidental Drops
[Tech]
2018/06/18 14:40
Last but not least is a patent that could help make the iPhone much more durable. The patent is called “Drop Countermeasures for Electronic Device,” and describes the use of a motion sensor and processor dedicated to determining the direction that the phone is being dropped in. After determining the direction, the phone can use an “actuated member” to move a component in the phone and redir...
(PDF) Deloitte - Synchronizing The Digital Supply Network
[Business]
2018/06/18 14:40
Using artificial intelligence for supply chain planning. AI is driving the evolution of interconnected digital supply networks. This change can help supply chain managers be more dynamic, flexible, and efficient in their planning and execution.Growing complexity in supply chain planningA restaurant can be a complex business to run. Anticipating demand to order the right amount of ingredients at...
(PDF) Facebook’s New AI Research is a Real Eye-Opener
[Tech]
2018/06/18 14:40
There are plenty of ways to manipulate photos to make you look better, remove red eye or lens flare, and so on. But so far the blink has proven a tenacious opponent of good snapshots. That may change with research from Facebook that replaces closed eyes with open ones in a remarkably convincing manner.It’s far from the only example of intelligent “in-painting,” as the technique is called whe...
(IPO) Crypto's 32-Year-Old Billionaire Mining King Considers an IPO
[Investing]
2018/06/18 14:39
Market boom has been good to Bitmain’s Jihan Wu, Micree Zhan. The Chinese company is open to an overseas stock listingWith his baby face, eyeglasses and go-to outfit of T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, Jihan Wu looks more like a geeky teenager than a self-made billionaire.But thanks to an early foray into cryptocurrencies, the soft-spoken 32-year-old is sitting on what may be one of the industry’...
