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(PDF) BCG - Global Capital Markets 2017 : Mastering the Value Migration
[Investing]
2017/05/10 10:43
The capital markets ecosystem turned in a decent performance in 2016 compared with the previous five years. Although investment banking revenues continued to decline, they did so at a lower rate, while other types of players—such as exchanges and venues, information providers, and buy-side institutions—realized revenue gains.The net result was year-over-year (YOY) growth of 5% in total indust...
(Video) Amazon Unveils the $230 Echo Show, With a Screen for Calls
[Product]
2017/05/10 10:43
Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you. Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen that is the newest addition to its Alexa-powered Echo range of home hubs that plays media and responds to voice commands.While previous versions of the Echo have been all about asking Alexa questions and getting responses from her, this new device takes...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Design for Value and Growth in a New World
[Business]
2017/05/10 10:43
Customer choice has never been greater, so terrific design is essential for outstanding products and services—and to build lasting customer relationships.Because customers demand compelling experiences, successful companies create products with a “hook”—a certain look or unique features that meet customer desires and build brand loyalty. At a time when demand is restrained in many sectors a...
The Elbow Cassette Player Concept is as Impractical as a Cassette Tape
[Design]
2017/05/10 10:42
Elbow is a clever, perhaps too clever, cassette player concept that was unveiled by the "audiovisual art organization" BrainMonk a year ago. Now BrainMonk is looking into the feasibility of actually building it, and has put out a PDF that details the necessary components, according to Music Crowns.The concept itself is simple: what if a cassette player didn't have any of that nasty boxy stuff t...
Alexa, Say What?! Voice-Enabled Speaker Usage to Grow Nearly 130% This Year
[Consumer]
2017/05/10 10:42
Amazon controls 70% of the voice-enabled speaker device market.While still far from mass adoption, virtual assistants are becoming more widely used by Americans, according to eMarketer’s first forecast on users of digital assistants, such as Siri, and voice-enabled speakers, like Amazon Echo.US Voice-Enabled Speaker User Share, by Player, 2017 (% of total)This year, 35.6 million Americans will...
(Video) Dove Matches Its New Body Wash Bottles To Your Body Type
[Design]
2017/05/10 10:41
With “Real Beauty Bottles,” the brand has put its long-running campaign ideals into its package design.For more than a decade, Dove’s “Real Beauty” campaign has been challenging our ideas of what beauty is, what it means, and why we think about it the way we do. Recently, the brand has extended its message into a new Real Moms campaign and product line, and hacking stock images to get a mo...
Designer 3D Prints Their Own Plastic Braces to Fix Their Teeth
[Design]
2017/05/10 10:40
An undergraduate at new jersey institute of technology creates his own plastic braces using a 3D printer and $60 worth of materials and they actually worked. last year amos dudley had a realization.he wasn’t smiling, and it was because he was unhappy with his teeth. being a student, he didn’t want to splash thousands of dollars on a whole new set of braces, so the designer decided to make his...
(Infographic) Facebook Psychology : Is Addiction Affecting Our Minds ?
[Consumer]
2017/05/10 10:39
Facebook Psychology : Is Addiction Affecting Our Minds ?Infographic : http://ig.bestmastersinpsychology.com/facebook-psychology.png[nowsourcing]
MIT Tech Review's 2017 List Of 10 Breakthrough Technologies
[Tech]
2017/05/09 10:10
These technologies all have staying power. They will affect the economy and our politics, improve medicine, or influence our culture. Some are unfolding now; others will take a decade or more to develop. But you should know about all of them right now.Every year since 2002, MIT Technology Review has published its list of the 10 technologies it predicts will have the greatest innovative impact l...
