TREND REPORTS
(PDF) BCG - The 2022 Media Value Creators Report
[Business]
2022/04/19 09:08
Value Creation Soared Amid a Pandemic-Inspired Media Boom. The surging popularity of streaming services, gaming, and digital and social media over the past two years added to the industry’s substantial shareholder returns.The past two years gave media companies a big boost. As the pandemic shut down in-person events, people flocked to screens, bolstering subscription streaming services, gaming...
Mytaverse Raises $7.6M for Enterprise Metaverse Platform
[Investing]
2022/04/19 09:07
Mytaverse has raised $7.6 million for a platform that enables enterprises to launch metaverse applications.Gaming companies aren’t the only ones with a newfound passion for the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One. Driven by tech leaders like Nvidia and its Ominverse simulation tools, enterprises are embra...
Gartner - Evolution Spectrum for the Metaverse
[Business]
2022/04/19 09:06
The metaverse will evolve across three overlapping phases and won’t be fully mature before 2030, but tech product leaders must start to evaluate the opportunities now.In short:The metaverse will evolve across three overlapping phases: emerging, advanced and mature. Distinctive shifts in technology, markets and products/services will characterize each phase.Tech product leaders must not wait to...
World’s Lightest Folding Kayak at Just 18lbs - Oru Kayak Lake
[Product]
2022/04/19 09:05
The Oru Lake: The Lightest, Simplest Origami Kayak Ever. A simple, accessible, portable folding kayak that can go from box to boat in under a minute.Oru Kayak has released its lightest and simplest origami kayak for those who want highly portable kayak that can be assembled in less than a minute: Oru Lake. Promising the simplest Origami Kayak ever, Oru Lake has been designed back to origami roo...
Digital Ad Revenue Jumped 35% in the U.S. Last Year, Biggest Gain Since 2006
[Business]
2022/04/19 09:04
Advertising has followed shopping online during the pandemic at a breathless rate. The ad spend was concentrated—78.6%—at just 10 top digital publishers and platforms and the proportion is creeping higher. The strong 2021 growth rate was preceded by a more modest advance of 12% in 2020, a year dented by the onset of the pandemic. Digital ad revenue in the U.S. jumped 35% to $189 billion last...
Futuristic Wearable Phone - Nubia Alpha
[Product]
2022/04/19 09:03
Last time we featured Nubia Alpha, it was still a concept. Now, this ground-breaking wearable device is commercially available, Nubia Alpha Wearable Smartphone with some upgraded features. It combines a smartwatch and smartphone and creates a new category of a smart device. Utilizing flexible display, thanks to Visionox, a leading manufacturer in flexible OLED display, Nubia comes with largest...
(PDF) IBM Impact - The 2021 ESG Report
[Investing]
2022/04/18 09:10
'IBM Impact' Aims to Create a More Sustainable, Equitable, and Ethical Future.IBM announced IBM Impact, a new framework for the company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) work that reflects how the company aspires to create a more sustainable, equitable, and ethical future. As detailed in the 2021 ESG report issued today, IBM Impact comprises three pillars: Environmental Impact, Equi...
McDonald's Fries Crosswalk
[Design]
2022/04/18 09:09
McDonald’s Malaysia and creative agency, Leo Burnett Malaysia, have brought to life the iconic McDonald’s Fries Crosswalk in the heart of the Golden Triangle in Bukit Bintang. This crosswalk is strategically located as it leads visitors straight into Malaysia’s first McDonald’s restaurant.The conceptualisation, official approval and rollout of the ‘fries’ crosswalk took seven months to co...
Can Silicon Valley Still Dominate Global Innovation ?
[Investing]
2022/04/18 09:08
Why nearly 300 cities now host more than 1,000 unicorns.Take an evening walk on 17th Cross Road in Bengaluru’s hsr Layout district, and you bump into tech types stepping out of their startup’s office and into one of the local microbreweries. They might work for Udaan (e-commerce), Vedantu (education technology) or another of the growing herd of private startups valued at $1bn, whose prolifera...
