TREND REPORTS
Funding To Education Technology Startups Soars 96%
[Investing]
2015/07/19 11:07
Q2’15 set a new high-water mark for ed tech deals and financing, with $765M in funding across 80 deals.Funding to education-technology companies is booming. Financing grew from $944M in 2013 to $1.6B in 2014, a 71% increase. In the last four quarters, including Q2’15, ed tech startups attracted $2.3B, a jump of 96% compared to the previous four quarters.Meanwhile, deal flow ticked down in 201...
Location-Independent Companies Can Wield Tool Suite to Reach Employees
[Business]
2015/07/19 11:06
A startup called Teleport is making tools for companies (and startup employees) that track timezones, optimize travel and advices on living costs.Teleport is a startup from Skype veterans that want global companies to function better no matter where they are located. Preparing for an estimated 56 million people moving work from the office to online by 2016, the company has developed manpower ma...
Zipbuds Slide Earbuds Use Zipperless Zipper to Avoid Tangles
[Product]
2015/07/19 11:05
Zipbuds SLIDE earphones features an innovative ridge-and-groove design for seamlessly sealed cables.The convenience of a wireless Bluetooth connection over the snarl of headphone cables is obvious, but some manufacturers are still sticking with the tried-and-true wired approach. One such company, Zipbuds, had created zipper-styled, tangle-resistant earphones and has launched the Zipbuds Slide,...
St. Jude Medical’s Invisible Trial System Uses iPads to Control Pain Relieving Neurostimulator
[Tech]
2015/07/19 11:04
St. Jude Medical landed FDA approval to introduce its Invisible Trial System, a tool for evaluating the benefits that a spinal cord stimulator can provide before actually implanting one. Typically, similar systems came with ugly and difficult to use controllers, ruining the experience for many potential users of the technology. The Invisible Trial System instead uses an Apple iPod touch and an...
The World's Lightest, Most Compact E-Bike
[Design]
2015/07/19 11:03
For freedom and fun on your daily urban journeys, the A-Bike Electric was designed to fold to a super-compact form for easy toting everywhere. Electric power assistance keeps you going further, faster! Its range is up to 15 miles with quick-charging 24V battery small enough that you can charge it on top of your desk with room to spare. It’s not only light, it’s the lightest! Using aircraft gr...
(PDF) Mobile Addicts Multiply Across the Globe
[Consumer]
2015/07/16 12:00
The report showed that the US population is perpetually plugged-in with 71% of those surveyed disclosing they actually sleep with their smartphones. This prompted us to revisit the study we conducted in Q2 of 2014 in which we first uncovered the rise of a new breed of mobile users: the Mobile Addicts.Worldwide Mobile Addicts Grew 59% in the Last YearThe chart below shows the results of the new...
(Patent) Google Wants to Make Your Cell Phone’s Screen Disappear
[Tech]
2015/07/16 12:00
In a patent awarded to the company July 14, Google outlined a new process for creating smartphone displays that match the color of the phone itself. Every cellphone on the market today has a screen that looks black when the display is off, but Google’s new idea could match the display color to the body of the phone using an electronically-controlled “color changing layer” that sits between t...
Mercedes to Pack Greater Semi-Autonomy Into Upcoming E-Class
[Tech]
2015/07/16 12:00
The new Mercedes E-Class will be fitted with a massive range of semi-autonomous features to make the driver's life easier and safer.In the push to lower the road toll and make life easier for drivers, auto manufacturers are packing more and more semi-autonomous features into their cars. When it comes time to launch the new E-Class, Mercedes is hoping to be ahead of the curve by offering up a ra...
Amazon - From Source to Mighty Flow
[Investing]
2015/07/16 12:00
IN THE summer of 1994 Jeff Bezos quit his job on Wall Street, and made for Seattle. With his wife at the wheel of their hired car, he sketched out a plan to set up an online catalogue retailing business.About a year later, the first book was sold by Amazon, a name Mr Bezos chose to reflect the giant scale of his ambitions for the company. The world saw a website selling books and assumed that t...
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