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(Video) Heinz Makes a Snack for Ketchup Lovers Looking to Nosh on More Sauce
[Business]
2022/07/21 09:09
Agency Africa conceptualized a treat for those experiencing 'friestration'. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like—fried potatoes shaped like handy spoons that sauce lovers can use to eat more ketchup (or mayo).How can you keep pace with an accelerating marketing ecosystem? Join us at Brandweek Sept. 12–16 in Miami alongside leading CMOs, founders and change makers from Gatorade, Marriott, Alo...
China's JAKA Robotics Raised $148M from SoftBank, Temasek
[Investing]
2022/07/21 09:08
Chinese startup JAKA Robotics announced on Wednesday that it has secured a total of 1 billion yuan ($148 million) from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and other investors to step up its development and marketing of collaborative robots that work in the same space as humans.The Shanghai-based company founded in 2014 raised funds from Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Prosperity 7 Ventures, a growth fund b...
(M&A) Walmart is Acquiring Memomi, An AR Startup Powering Virtual Try-on for Eyewear
[Investing]
2022/07/21 09:07
Walmart is expanding its array of virtual try-on services for shoppers with today’s news that it’s planning to acquire Memomi, an AR optical tech company and current Walmart partner offering a virtual try-on experience for eyewear.Deal terms were not disclosed, but Memomi has enabled digital measurements for all Walmart and Sam’s Club customers since 2019, the retailer said.This partnership...
Netflix Loses Ground in Popularity Race
[Consumer]
2022/07/21 09:06
Up until recently, Netflix was synonymous with video streaming around the world. Even though it still boasts the highest number of paying subscribers out of every available streaming service, its popularity has waned over the year due to the increased fractioning of the subscription video on demand (SVOD) industry. As our chart based on a survey from Whip Media shows, it now only ranks fourth o...
(Video) ‘Earable’ Uses Sonar to Reconstruct Facial Expressions
[Tech]
2022/07/21 09:05
The earable performs as well as camera-based face tracking technology but uses less power and offers more privacy.Cornell researchers have developed a wearable earphone device – or “earable” – that bounces sound off the cheeks and transforms the echoes into an avatar of a person’s entire moving face.A team led by Cheng Zhang, assistant professor of information science, and François Guimbr...
Can L’Oréal Conquer Beauty’s Next ‘Blue Ocean’ ?
[Business]
2022/07/21 09:04
L’Oréal is entering China’s at-home beauty device market through its luxe division, Lancôme. Is the move an attempt to march into the beauty industry "blue ocean"?The world’s largest cosmetics company, L’Oréal, has entered China’s at-home beauty device market with the launch of a new product from its luxe division Lancôme. Debuted as an exhibition item at the recently concluded technol...
Daily Harvest Points to One Ingredient as Cause for Consumer Illnesses
[Business]
2022/07/21 09:03
After numerous reports of gastrointestinal issues, the meal-kit service has linked tara flour to their French Lentil + Leek Crumbles recall.Meal-kit delivery service Daily Harvest said investigators have zeroed in on a single ingredient — tara flour — as the source of gastrointestinal issues that sickened hundreds of customers and led to a recall of its French Lentil + Leek Crumbles last mont...
(PDF) Venture Capital Report Q2 2022 - VCs Stack Up On Web3
[Investing]
2022/07/20 09:10
Web3 dominates venture capital interest in blockchain industry in Q2 2022.All the deals, trends, moves and investments in Q2 2022 across the blockchain landscape are contained in the latest Cointelegraph Research report.Cointelegraph Research brings an analysis of all the deals and trends from venture capital (VC) in the blockchain industry during the second quarter of 2022.When looking at the...
(Video) Bionic Clothing Innovator Cionic Collaborating with Yves Behar
[Product]
2022/07/20 09:09
Bionic clothing brand CIONIC collaborates with Swiss industrial designer Yves Béhar and his firm fuseproject to unveil the ‘Neural Sleeve’ — a revolution in human mobility which thoughtfully hybridizes mobility technology with inclusive design. The FDA-cleared bionic leg wearable makes use of artificial intelligence to enable greater independence for those living with such mobility differen...
