TREND REPORTS
(Video) This is Uber's First Air Taxi Prototype
[Design]
2018/05/10 09:23
Uber gave CBS News a first look at design models for its new air taxi, which it hopes to fly by 2020. They will be on display at the Uber Elevate Summit this Tuesday in Los Angeles. You can see the model in the video below at a timestamp of approximately 1:02. The design looks a bit like a drone, with multiple propellors and stacked rotors to allow for vertical takeoff and landing. The body of...
(PDF) PwC : Experience Is Everything. Get It Right
[Consumer]
2018/05/09 10:47
Good customer experience leaves people feeling heard and appreciated; it minimizes friction, maximizes efficiency and maintains a human element. Ingredients for great experiences Give customers a great experience and they’ll buy more, be more loyal and share their experience with friends. Great. That’s what every company strives for. Yet, so many consumers seem disappointed. Call it an exper...
Nestle and Starbucks Strike $7.15 Billion Coffee Licensing Deal
[Business]
2018/05/09 10:47
Swiss-based Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, will pay Starbucks Corp $7.15 billion in cash for exclusive rights to sell the U.S. chain’s packaged coffees and teas around the world, tying a premium brand to Nestle’s global distribution muscle. The agreement announced on Monday could rev up Starbucks’ roughly $2 billion business selling packaged Starbucks coffee, Teavan...
Facebook Increased Its Daily Active Users in Q1, But Revenue Dipped
[Investing]
2018/05/09 10:47
Facebook's negative publicity in recent months hasn't deterred people from using its platform, judging by the continued growth of the company's user base. As this chart by Statista shows, Facebook daily active users (DAUs) steadily increased every quarter for the last year, which ha been the case for every quarter since the company went public in 2012. This time, though, the DAUs increase came...
Startup That Puts Diplomas On the Blockchain Raises $3 Million - Learning Machine
[Investing]
2018/05/09 10:47
Learning Machine, the blockchain startup co-developed a system for putting digital diplomas on the blockchain with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $3 million. The seed funding round was led by PTB Ventures with additional involvement from Omidyar Network and Learn Capital. The funding comes months after MIT unveiled that it had partnered with Learning Machine on the digita...
(Video) Handheld Skin 3D Printer Could Help Heal Burn Victims
[Tech]
2018/05/09 10:47
The machine prints a “bio-ink” gel filled with skin cells. Inside a lab in Toronto, researchers are testing a device that looks a little like a dispenser for packing tape–but instead of tape, it lays down thin, squishy strips of 3D-printed skin. For someone with a deep cut, the type of wound that typically requires a skin graft today, the device could eventually be used to print new skin di...
A Scientist Invented a Replacement for Plastic Water Bottles That Fully Decomposes in 3 Weeks
[Product]
2018/05/09 10:46
Choose Water's "plastic-less" bottle is made of recycled and natural materials which can purportedly decompose within three weeks. British inventor James Longcroft hopes this will replace single-use plastic bottles and help save oceans from plastic waste. A British scientist claims to have invented a plastic-free, single-use water bottle that can decompose within three weeks. The Choose Water...
Clean Air, Clean Home - Twoway
[Design]
2018/05/09 10:46
Fine dust that’s been blown across from neighboring deserts and the exposure to air pollution both contribute to the poor air quality that Asia suffers with. Products that offer a solution to this problem have been present within the marketplace for some years now, but they all carry a design which doesn’t allow them to integrate into the house’s décor. Twoway is an air cleaner with a desi...
(Infographic) How to Make a Mobile Ad That Consumers Won’t Hate
[Consumer]
2018/05/09 10:46
Brands get credit for shorter spots. Mobile ads may be small in size, but done the right way they can be impactful. The key is for marketers to avoid making them obtrusive and obnoxious. And according to research from IPG Media Lab and Magna Global, there are certain mobile ad formats that tend to be more favorable than others. While slightly fewer respondents were able to recall brands from s...
