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(PDF) Mckinsey - Pursuing Breakthroughs in Cancer-Drug Development
[Business]
2018/01/16 11:18
Here’s how to get the right medicines to the right patients faster.The pharmaceutical industry continues to pursue the discovery of medicines for cancer patients with unprecedented rigor. Over the past several years, three major trends have reflected this pursuit. They include the growth of the industry pipeline of cancer-drug candidates, the evolution of the clinical-trial landscape, and the...
Home Entertainment Spending Rises 5% to $20.5 Billion in 2017
[Consumer]
2018/01/16 11:18
Electronic Sell-Through Rises Nearly 6%, Led by 12% Growth in Sales of Theatrical Product. Marking a major milestone in home entertainment’s shift to digital formats, video streaming subscription revenues surpassed DVD / Blu-ray sales in the United States for the first time in 2016. This trend continued through 2017, when streaming accounted for nearly half of consumer spending on home enterta...
Louis Vuitton is Making a Luggage Tracker
[Product]
2018/01/16 11:17
FCC documents and app screenshots have revealed a bag-locating device.A smartphone app and recent FCC filing strongly hints that Louis Vuitton has a new tech product on the way: A luggage tracker that pairs with particular bags sold by the fashion company. Sources tell Engadget that it will be the first such device to work internationally, but there has been no official confirmation yet.Accordi...
The Top U.S. Tech Companies Founded by Immigrants are Worth $4 Trillion
[Investing]
2018/01/16 11:17
As the president of the United States disparages immigrants, it’s important to note that they are more valuable to the U.S. than ever. That’s up from $3 trillion earlier this year.Immigrants and their children have helped found 60 percent of the most highly valued tech companies in the U.S., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mary Meeker told the Code Conference last year in her ann...
(Video) The 'Father of the iPod' has Designed a New Kind of Mechanical Watch - Ressence
[Product]
2018/01/16 11:17
The Type 2 e-Crown sits perfectly on the wrist thanks to its slim design. Ressence- The Ressence Type 2 e-Crown concept pairs a mechanical watch to a phone. - It allows the user to set the time and change time-zones with a tap of the watch glass. - The design of the e-Crown was contributed to by former Apple designer and founder of Nest Tony Fadell, considered one of the "fathers of the iPod."-...
(Infographic) How the Internet of Things has Evolved Over the Last 50 Years
[Tech]
2018/01/16 11:17
The internet of things is now a part of our daily lives and has evolved significantly in the last 50 years.The Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t only for connecting the latest gadgets, like a voice-activated speaker or a smart thermostat, to your increasingly connected home.In fact, the same circumstances that have led to the explosion in smart consumer gadgets, such as universal wireless connect...
Uniqlo’s March from Japanese Favorite to Global Ubiquity, in Charts
[Business]
2018/01/15 10:59
Uniqlo has gotten so big beyond Japan that, for the first time, it has more sales outside its home country than in it.Its parent company, Fast Retailing, announced on Jan. 11 that Uniqlo’s international revenue for the recent quarter clocked in at 258.2 billion yen (about $2.3 billion). The sum inched out Uniqlo’s Japan revenue of 257 billion yen, marking a milestone for the retailer.While Un...
(Video) Intuition Robotics Nabs Samsung as Investor, Launches U.S. Beta Trial of ElliQ Companion Robot
[Investing]
2018/01/15 10:59
One year after launching out of stealth, Israeli robotics startup Intuition Robotics has announced a fresh tranche of funding and the launch of a beta program that will introduce its ElliQ robot to homes across California and Florida.Founded in 2015, Intuition Robotics is creating what it calls “social companion technology” for the elderly. Its first product, ElliQ is a robotic companion that...
(PDF) Pew - Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage But Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver
[Consumer]
2018/01/15 10:58
Deep political divides in many nations on satisfaction with news media; greatest is in the U.S.Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far more...
