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(Infographic) Lessons From The Most Valuable Luxury Brands In 2021
[Business]
2021/08/24 09:09
BrandZ/Kantar just published a list of this year’s most valuable luxury brands, and the leaders share many secrets to selling luxury today. Five of the list’s ten brands — Hermès, Chanel, Prada, Burberry, and Rolex — are independent, while the other five belong to the three leading luxury groups: LVMH, Kering, and Richemont.European brands are still the dominant luxury powerhouses, an indi...
SoftBank Makes First Africa Bet on OPay at $2 Billion Valuation
[Investing]
2021/08/24 09:08
Investment marks Vision Fund 2’s first bet in Africa. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $400 million funding round for OPay, valuing the Nigerian mobile-payments platform at $2 billion and marking the investment vehicle’s first bet in Africa.Also participating in the round were Sequoia Capital China, DragonBall Capital, the venture arm of Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan, Redpoint China, Source...
Mobile Games on Track to Surpass $120B in 2021
[Business]
2021/08/24 09:07
Mobile games are on track to surpass $120 billion in spending in 2021, growing 20% over $100 billion in 2020, according to an analysis of first-half results by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie.App Annie 2021 Mobile Gaming Tear Down: Key Trends on Subgenres, Monetization, & User Acquisition report can give the mobile game industry some peace of mind that growth continues to be on...
(Video) Huawei’s Mate 50 Pro Concept Renders Show a Curved Arc-Display
[Design]
2021/08/24 09:06
The flagship Mate series, however, seems to be the only buzzworthy device in Huawei’s current line-up, and Technizo Concept and LetsGoDigital have pieced together what could be the upcoming Mate 50 Pro smartphone.The renders present a rather new direction for smartphones in general. The back of the smartphone comes with not one, but two camera bumps (that sit on a third raised surface), while...
Gartner : 3 Themes Surface in the 2021 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
[Business]
2021/08/24 09:05
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs), digital humans and physics-informed AI join the 25 technology profiles on this year’s emerging technologies hype cycle.Earlier this year, Christie’s announced two major firsts for an auction house: It would accept cryptocurrency, and it would offer for sale a purely digital work backed by a unique nonfungible token (NFT).The work, by digital artist Beeple, sold for...
A Startup is Developing a Glove That Translates Sign Language into spoken words to be mass produced
[Product]
2021/08/24 09:04
The glove incorporates bendable sensors in each finger which track the position of each finger. Although researchers have previously worked to develop smart gloves that can translate the sign language of the wearer into spoken language, there is yet to be a mass-produced, easy-to-use version that could be widely applicable. China’s Wulala Technology company hopes to change this with their Sign...
This 360-Degree Rotating Fan Can be Charged Magnetically, Just like Apple’s MagSafe
[Design]
2021/08/24 09:03
Deemed Reverse, this 360-degree rotating fan is the modern-day replacement of traditional pedestal fans!Pedestal or stand fans are being used for ages galore. Their design has pretty much remained the same throughout the years, without any substantial complaint being issued against them. They’re reliable and trustworthy, and pretty much do the job! However, I do believe a modern redesign is hi...
(PDF) Deloitte’s 2021 Global Blockchain Survey - A New Age of Digital Asset
[Investing]
2021/08/23 09:10
Global Financial Services Industry Undergoing Seismic Shift; Banks Must Embrace Inevitable Digital Future. Disruption prompting industry to replace traditional practices and generate new sources of revenue, growth.As COVID-19 and the proliferation of digital everything profoundly changed how the world operates, Deloitte's fourth annual "Global Blockchain Survey" finds that the financial service...
Elon Musk Unveils Humanoid Robot to Take Over ‘Boring’ Work
[Tech]
2021/08/23 09:09
Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use.Tesla announced that it is actually going to make a humanoid robot, called Tesla Bot, and it will be able to grab your groceries for you and perform other menial tasks.No, it’s not a joke. At its “AI Day” today, Tesla released many details about its progress to develop AI technology to power its self-drivi...
