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Lenovo Reveals AR Glasses and AI-Driven Smart Speaker Concepts
[Design]
2017/07/23 10:04
Lenovo has been sharing some of its visions of the future at its annual Tech World Innovation summit in Shanghai. If the next generation augmented reality, digital assistant and health monitoring concepts are any indication, the company is getting ready to move beyond its usual remit of laptops and smartphones.First up is the Lenovo DaystAR augmented reality (AR) headset, which has all the proc...
(Infographic) Conversation Prism 5.0
[Business]
2017/07/20 10:06
Today’s infographic comes from Brian Solis and JESS3, and it visualizes the massive social media universe of 2017. Make sure to view the full-size version of the graphic for the best experience.[click to enlarge]It’s hard to believe that social media has emerged as such an expansive ecosystem in just the last 10 years.The incredible growth of this social media universe can be largely attribut...
Audi and Fraunhofer are Researching The Use of Time in The Robot Car
[Tech]
2017/07/20 10:06
Audi and Fraunhofer have teamed up to look into the way people will use self-driving interiors.Self-driving technology promises to dramatically change the way we interact with our cars, and in ways we're not entirely sure of yet. Audi has teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering to explore how people will spend their time in autonomous cars, and how manufacturers can b...
Entering the Golden Age of the Six-Figure Freelancer
[Consumer]
2017/07/20 10:06
Opinion: About one-fifth—or 3.2 million—of U.S. freelancers are making at least $100,000 per year.The corner office overlooking Madison Avenue used to be the symbol of career success. But a new corner office—the in-home office—is on the rise, representing not only financial success, but that mythical ideal so many professionals crave and strive for: work-life balance.About one-fifth—or 3.2...
(Video) The World’s First Phone-Based AR Headset - Mira Prism
[Product]
2017/07/20 10:06
The Mira Prism is the Cardboard of Augmented Reality. Remember when the Oculus Rift was announced?? We went crazy at the prospect, however the biggest breakthrough for us, the consumer, came when Google announced the Cardboard, a makeshift device that used your phone (the very gadget in your pocket right now!) as a medium to view VR content. The cardboard spawned millions of copies, in paper, p...
A Huge Difference in How Millennials and Their Parents Spend Money
[Consumer]
2017/07/20 10:06
Millennials are outspending their older peers at restaurants, new credit card spending data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows.“All four demographic groups spend about the same amount of their spending basket on food,” analysts at the bank said in a note out Wednesday. “But Millennials concentrate more of their spending at restaurants while the other three cohorts spend more at grocery...
Retail intelligence firm Trax closes $64M investment in order to provide better insights and drive growth
[Investing]
2017/07/20 10:05
Through machine learning and image analysis, Trax aims to help retailers create the perfect “shelf” and optimise their operations for better sales.Trax, a computer vision and retail intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has closed a US$64 million funding round led by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm focussed on growth investing. This capital infusion makes...
Move Over Millennials, Gen-Z Now The Largest Single Population Segment
[Consumer]
2017/07/20 10:05
According to Nielsen’s new Total Audience report, millennials and Gen-Z now comprise 48 percent of the total media audience. Gen-Z in particular is now the single largest audience segment at 26 percent (although there’s a vast age range).Because members of Gen-Z are different in key ways from millennials, the demographic shift holds some implications for brands and retail marketers. Gen-Z is...
Bone Conduction Ring Puts Phone Calls at Your Fingertips - Orii
[Product]
2017/07/20 10:05
Orii is a bone conducting ring that allows users to make calls just by putting a finger to their ear.Besides talking into a shoe, the most spy-like way to take a phone call is to just stick your finger in your ear. Last year the Sgnl made that possible using a watchband, and now we've seen the idea packed into a smaller wearable device: a ring. Orii allows you to field calls by touching your ea...
