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(Patent) Apple Concept for Biometric Facial Recognition Could Hint at 'iPhone 8'
[Tech]
2017/03/20 10:50
Apple is adding to its existing patents for automatically unlocking an iPhone using facial recognition, according to a patent application published on Thursday, revealing the Cupertino firm is still refining alternative methods of biometric security it could use in future mobile devices. Published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the application for "Locking and unlocking a mobile devic...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Putting Customer Experience at the Heart of Next-Generation Operating Models
[Consumer]
2017/03/20 10:50
The benefits of improved customer experience can be fleeting unless changes to supporting back-end operations are made, as well.Digital is reshaping customer experience in almost every sector. Digital first attackers are entering markets with radically new offers, disrupting the ways that companies and customers interact and setting a high bar for simplicity, personalization, and interactivity....
(M&A) The Consolidation Of The Food Delivery Space In One Timeline
[Investing]
2017/03/20 10:50
2016 has seen more food delivery mergers and acquisitions than 2012, 2013, and 2014 combined.[click to enlarge]M&A activity among food delivery startups has seen a massive increase in recent years as venture capital funding has declined, and as smaller players in the space seek to be acquired, or risk shutting down. Among all food delivery startups, only 27 mergers or acquisitions took plac...
Charging Robo A Robot That Will Automatically Search and Charge Smartphone
[Tech]
2017/03/20 10:50
KDDI Research Institute announced on 16th March that the company has developed a prototype of an IoT gadget. The new device has a device name Charging Robo which will search and charge a smartphone automatically.While lots of gadgets (electronic devices) are full of personal belongings and life becomes very convenient. Charging a gadget has become an indispensable routine. When you wake up in t...
(Video) Sony Global Education KOOV Creative Programming Kits for Children Now Available
[Product]
2017/03/20 10:49
Building 21st-century skills, block by block. Play, Code. Create. In March 2016, Sony Global Education unveiled KOOV, a brilliant coding kit for young programmers.That’s the concept behind these sets of blocks for building colorful robots: seven types of blocks in seven colors. The kits are specifically designed to help develop STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) learning for...
Mapping The Most Personalized Beauty Brands
[Business]
2017/03/20 10:49
PSFK’s Beauty Debrief explores how brands can build higher brand engagement by perfecting personalization.Over the past few years, consumers have become more knowledgeable and aware about the beauty industry, the products they produce and the ingredients involved. The role that the beauty brands play is shifting from being product creators, service providers and retail outlets, to companies th...
Tesla Vacuum Concept Touches - Cleaner than an Electric Car
[Design]
2017/03/20 10:49
What could be cleaner than an electric car? The answer is everything this Tesla vacuum concept touches!This autonomous vacuum operates almost entirely independent of the user who only needs to empty out the collected debris and dust container. Able to track and map interior layouts, it will automatically depart its dedicated charging station and clean areas in sequence. Control it and keep an e...
Dror's Masterplan for Istanbul Park Features Elevated Walkways within The Trees
[Design]
2017/03/20 10:49
New york studio dror has presented plans for a public park in istanbul, turkey. conceived as ‘a web of possibilities’, the firm’s masterplan for ‘parkorman’ comprises a series of different zones, each with their own distinct characteristics. ‘instead of dictating one’s path through the park, visitors write their own experience,’ explains the design team. ‘numerous non-linear pathways,...
(PDF) Radio Still Beats Online Services For Music Discovery
[Consumer]
2017/03/19 10:10
How do you stay up to date with the latest musical hits? For many Americans, their dusty old radio in the corner of the kitchen beats their shiny new smartphone for music discovery. That's according to a recent survey from Edison Research which found that 19 percent of Americans use AM/FM radio most often to stay up to date with the latest hits. It also found that friends and family are the pri...
