TREND REPORTS
People Who are Lonely are More Likely to Buy Products That Have Faces on Them
[Consumer]
2017/08/27 10:06
People who are lonely are more likely to buy products that have faces on the label, a new study suggests.“Visuals can fill a void for consumers experiencing a lack of social connection,” says Bettina Cornwell, professor of marketing at the University of Oregon. “When people see faces in branding materials, their likability for that brand goes up.”The findings, which appear in the European J...
Samsung Fans Unfazed by Galaxy Note 7 Debacle
[Consumer]
2017/08/27 10:05
10 months after Samsung decided to pull the plug on the Galaxy Note 7 due to severe problems with faulty batteries, the company unveiled the Note 7’s official successor yesterday. The Galaxy Note S8 will share many traits with the Galaxy S8 which was launched in April, albeit with a slightly larger screen, a stylus and a dual-lens camera.The Korean smartphone market leader has a lot riding on...
(Video) Winter Garment Offers Rapid Heating via Integrated Pads - Polar Seal
[Product]
2017/08/27 10:04
Polar Seal have developed lightweight heating pads integrated within garments, controlled via buttons on the wrist, that heat up within 10 seconds.This is part of a series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.We’ve seen a few different approaches to f...
Clean Black Smart Toilet
[Design]
2017/08/27 10:03
The design of the smart toilet makes use of the angular deflection of angle R, forming structural elements of "round" and "square". Its appearance is simple, friendly and soft. In the aspect of users’ experience, it integrates features of the mainstream smart toilet, and its independent way of operation by remote-control handle improves the convenience of use. The edges are arranged in an orde...
100 Days Into His $100bn Fund : Masa Dreams of Veggies
[Investing]
2017/08/24 10:27
Son's targets range from cleaning robots to satellites, but AI is at the core of each.Masayoshi Son, the charismatic leader of Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group, wakes up these days wondering which country he's in. More often than not, it's the U.S., in Silicon Valley, where he has a house.His private jet, in which he zigzags above the globe, has flown to the U.S. West Coast over and over in t...
(PDF) BCG - Hopping Aboard the Sharing Economy
[Business]
2017/08/24 10:27
This is the first of three articles on the sharing economy. The goal of our research was to understand whether the sharing of rides, apartments, and even clothing is a passing fashion or an enduring and relevant trend for business leaders. We interviewed more than 25 founders and CEOs of sharing-economy startups across the globe and surveyed more than3,500 consumers in the US, Germany, and Indi...
World’s First AI Room Air Conditioner from Mitsubishi Measures The Temperature Change of a Person
[Product]
2017/08/24 10:26
Mitsubishi Electric today announced the launch of world’s first room air conditioner equipped with artificial intelligence (AI). The Kirigamine FZ • Z Series features an infrared sensor Move Ii mirA.I. (Mirai). This sensor senses the temperature in the room and accordingly adjusts the sensible temperature for each of the people in the room taking in account the outside temperature and solar r...
China's VIPKid Is Said to Raise Funds at $1.5 Billion Valuation
[Investing]
2017/08/24 10:26
VIPKid, an online education company that matches Chinese students with North American teachers, was valued at more than $1.5 billion in a round of funding from investors including Sequoia Capital China and Tencent Holdings Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.The Beijing-based company said Wednesday it had raised $200 million to expand into new markets and broaden its academic off...
The State of Mobile Programmatic in 5 Charts
[Business]
2017/08/24 10:26
Mobile continues to eat desktop, but advertising spend on the platform hasn’t kept up with the amount of time spent on it. That’s changing. Mobile advertising will account for 63 percent of online spend and 26 percent of total media spend by 2019 — more than all traditional media, except TV, combined, according to Zenith’s latest ad forecast. That counts all display ads delivered to smartph...
