TREND REPORTS
Edible Weed May Be Half of the $5.4 Billion Pot Business
[Business]
2016/02/10 16:36
Cannabis-infused edibles are about far more than peace, love, and higher consciousness.Peggy Noonan knows a thing or two about marijuana. She was a drug runner between Mexico and the U.S., before earning her living as a dealer in Arizona. Both stints ended badly, with Noonan serving time in a Mexican jail and slapped with federal probation in Arizona. All that feels like ancient history, says N...
The iPhone Essence - The iPhone for Dreamers
[Design]
2016/02/04 11:39
I know you’re going to lambaste me for showcasing a completely unreal iPhone concept, but hey, this isn’t the first. The iPhone Essence is however, an absolute beauty. Envisioned with two edge-to-edge screens (one front and one back) the phone boasts of an unbelievable total thickness of 3mm (yes, forget the audio jack OR the lightning port). The phone does away with ports of all sorts, resor...
India Surpasses USA to Become The Second Largest Smartphone Market
[Business]
2016/02/04 11:39
India Smartphone user base grew to 220 Million users by end of 2015 surpassing USA for the first time ever.The smartphone shipments in India grew a healthy 15% annually in Q4 2015 (Oct-Dec). During CY 2015, Indian smartphone shipments grew 23% YoY to cross the 100 Million units milestone.Market Summary for Q4 2015:Smartphones: More than 40% of the mobile phones shipped were smartphones4G LTE Sm...
New Anti-Aging Startup Hopes To Clear Out The Body's Retired Cells
[Tech]
2016/02/04 11:39
A STARTUP CALLED UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY IS A POTENTIAL COMPETITOR TO ALPHABET SPINOUT CALICO.The cells in our bodies are constantly under stress from all kinds of sources. In response, they can recover or die.But some cells experience a state of "cellular senescence," where the cells stop dividing altogether but remain in the body in a kind of purgatory. As the number of these cells increase, it's...
Here Are The Most Valuable Companies in America Since 1990
[Investing]
2016/02/04 11:39
Google's parent company Alphabet briefly stole the crown from Apple this week to become the most valuable company by market cap in the United States (and the world).As this chart from Statista shows, Alphabet is the fourth tech company to hold the top spot since 1990. GE also sells a lot of technology, although it was a broad-based conglomerate with a strong finance arm during its time on top....
Silicon Valley's $585 Billion Problem
[Investing]
2016/02/04 11:38
VCs have pumped up the value of the “unicorn” startups. Now tech IPOs are in trouble. Good luck getting out.The San Francisco peer-to-peer lender is a star in the world of “fintech,” a growing sector made up of financial technology companies bent on disrupting the traditional banking sector. Its backers include venture capital royalty such as Kleiner Perkins and Union Square Ventures, not t...
You Can Buy a Czech Castle for $13,000
[Investing]
2016/02/04 11:38
A brokerage listing only historic buildings is racking up sales.The Libejovice chateau looks like something out of a 19th century romantic novel: an elegant, mustard-hued Renaissance palace with tall windows and elaborate balcony railings bearing the noble Schwarzenberg family’s coat of arms. Natalia Makovik will sell it to you for less than the price of some Manhattan studio apartments. The c...
Fraunhofer - Cultured Liver Cell Microreactor Might Replace Animal Testing
[Tech]
2016/02/04 11:38
The project aims to create a liver-like environment outside the lab, allowing for drug testing without the use of animals.Finding alternatives to animal testing is an important endeavor. While the practice has been banned in the cosmetic products industry since 2013, it's still a central part of evaluating the effectiveness and dangers of new medication, with researchers usually using laborator...
The Secrets Behind Designing an AI Persona
[Design]
2016/02/04 11:38
In a future ripe with AI assistants, machines must seem more human.Collective anxiety over the future of artificial intelligence reached a peak with Her, a moody exploration of what happens when you fall in love with a non-existing entity. Three years later, that possibility still lingers. With rapidly advancing technology, we may very well become friends—or more—with our machines.The possibi...
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