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(Video) Brava Countertop Oven Cooks with Visible and Infrared Light
[Product]
2018/07/12 11:30
Brava also offers a premium subscription service where users can order ingredients, meal kits and recipes for use in the oven.The kitchen is a rich mine for startups trying to come up with "new" gadgets that are right on the cusp of being over-engineered. In that vein, a company called Brava is launching a countertop oven that cooks food quickly and thoroughly using visible and infrared light,...
Streaming Dominates Music Consumption in the U.S.
[Business]
2018/07/12 11:30
Music streaming in the United States reached a major milestone in 2016, when it accounted for more than 50 percent of U.S. music revenues for the first time. Figures released in Nielsen’s 2018 Mid-Year Music Report underline once again how important streaming has become to the music industry in the few years since its emergence.In the first six months of 2018, Nielsen counted 403 billion on-de...
The Bang & Olufsen Earset
[Design]
2018/07/12 11:30
The Bang & Olufsen Earset fuses the functionalities of both earbuds and standalone speakers into one minimalistic yet highly practical design. One one side, a soft cushioned area and flexible rubber ear attachment stabilize the earphone for private listening. On the other side, a vinyl cap can be removed to reveal a piezo speaker system. This can be attached to a base cylinder unit, it tran...
(PDF) PwC : 21st CEO Survey - Key Findings from the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
[Business]
2018/07/11 14:32
PwC's 21st CEO Survey: key findings from the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.Pharmaceutical and life sciences CEOs have reasons to be optimistic about a future which will see continuing growth through innovation, partnerships and the application of emerging technology, but they also recognise that reaching their full ambitions won’t be easy. Complex challenges stand in the way. These...
(PDF) MIT's PixelPlayer – Identify and Extract Musical Instrument Sounds from Videos
[Tech]
2018/07/11 14:32
Given a video of a musical performance, CSAIL’s deep-learning system can make individual instruments louder or softer.Amateur and professional musicians alike may spend hours pouring over YouTube clips to figure out exactly how to play certain parts of their favorite songs. But what if there were a way to play a video and isolate the only instrument you wanted to hear?That’s the outcome of a...
Top 25 Global Technology Companies by Market Cap
[Business]
2018/07/11 14:31
According to GlobalData, the cumulative market cap for all companies on the list hit $5.7 trillion.The performance highlights of the Top 25 publicly traded global technology companies by Market Cap (Mcap) between the last day of Q1 2018 and the last day of Q4 2017 have been analysed in the latest research from GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The completed day vs day (31 Mar 20...
Facebook Tries Selfie Commerce with Augmented Reality Ads
[Business]
2018/07/11 14:31
Facebook has introduced new augmented reality ads that let people try on virtual renditions of products, as the battle for control of consumers' cameras heats up.[Michael Kors tried advertising sunglasses in augmented reality on Facebook]People flicking through the News Feed will see ads for Michael Kors sunglasses, for instance, and can play with an augmented reality version through their came...
Podcasts and Picnics: The Perfect Pair
[Consumer]
2018/07/11 14:31
There are some things that are perfectly paired together when summer rolls around: beaches and barbecues, sunshine and sunscreen, and condiments and picnics. But did you know that podcasts are popular with over half of all barbecue sauce-, ketchup- and sunscreen-purchasing households?As consumers fire up the grill and tote their picnic baskets and sunscreen to the beach to celebrate summertime,...
Starbucks to Ditch Plastic Straws by 2020
[Design]
2018/07/11 14:30
Beginning in 2020, all of Starbucks’s cold drinks will be served with either strawless lids, or paper or compostable straws.When Starbucks began developing a new nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee back in 2016, it discovered it had a problem. The allure of the drink was its creamy, frothy top (much like that of a Guinness), but the traditional way to consume cold coffee—through a straw—starts...
