TREND REPORTS
Bain & Company Luxury Study Underlines Rapid Growth of Online Sales
[Business]
2020/11/23 09:10
Online is set to become the leading channel for luxury purchases by 2025, with tourism spend shifting to domestic markets – led by China – in the years ahead. Bain & Company and Fondazione Altagamma have released the 2020 edition of their annual ‘Worldwide Luxury Goods Monitor’. The report provides an in-depth analysis of market developments, including the impact of Covid-19 on consumer...
(Patent) Apple Files a Patent Application for Providing an Image Captured by a Scene Camera of a Vehicle
[Tech]
2020/11/23 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20200358984, discloses a method of providing images of objects captured by scene cameras mounted on a vehicle. The method includes providing camera-poses relative to a reference coordinate system associated with the vehicle, providing user attention data and attention directions captured by an information capturing device, and providing the image of the object capture...
FirstVet Is All Paws In For American Expansion Following $35M Round
[Investing]
2020/11/23 09:08
The adoption of telemedicine services for humans during the global pandemic has also trickled down to our four-legged friends.Swedish startup FirstVet is expanding its on-demand video consultation platform in the United States after securing a $35 million financing round.Mubadala Capital led the round with participation from Cathay Innovation, as well as existing backers, OMERS Ventures and Cre...
(PDF) BCG - Global Payments 2020 : Fast Forward Into the Future
[Investing]
2020/11/23 09:07
Payments players are used to operating in an instant and real-time world, but few could have anticipated the crushing speed of the pandemic or its devastating toll. Amid the extraordinary dislocations, the payments industry demonstrated its adaptability, springing quickly to serve as a crisis response copartner for individuals and businesses, assist in distributing government stimulus payments,...
(Paper) How Smartphone Typing Patterns Can Track Neurodegenerative Disease
[Tech]
2020/11/23 09:06
The way patients with multiple sclerosis or other degnerative diseases use cellphones could provide tools for their treatment. Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better treatment.In an article published in Chaos, researchers used a mobile app to record the keystroke dynamics of...
A New View on Leisure Travel in the Time of COVID-19
[Consumer]
2020/11/23 09:05
Do you know the top considerations for today's travel shoppers? We are big believers in data and know that insights into traveler decisions and motivations are more critical for our advertising partners than ever before. Our media experts regularly harness billions of travel intent and booking data points to help our advertising partners connect with highly engaged travel shoppers across Expedi...
Rolf Designs 3D-Printed Glasses Made From Castor Beans
[Product]
2020/11/23 09:04
Austrian eyewear manufacturer Rolf has designed a collection of glasses that are 3D printed from a mixture of water and powdered castor beans.The Tyrol-based brand's latest plant-based glasses collection, called Substance, is made from beans taken from castor trees. The range has been shortlisted in the product design category of Dezeen Awards 2020.Rolf explained that as the peel of the bean is...
(Infographic) Shutterstock Unveils 2021 Color Trend Predictions Based On Top Downloads
[Design]
2020/11/23 09:03
With all the clutter from 2020, people are feeling more called to nature than ever before. After looking at extensive image download data, royalty-free content platform Shutterstock foresees that this appreciation for Mother Earth will grow in the coming year.Shutterstock has analyzed pixel and image data from 2020’s most popular downloads to identify the three fastest-growing colors expected...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The State of AI in 2020
[Business]
2020/11/22 09:10
The results of this year’s McKinsey Global Survey on artificial intelligence (AI) suggest that organizations are using AI as a tool for generating value. Increasingly, that value is coming in the form of revenues. A small contingent of respondents coming from a variety of industries attribute 20 percent or more of their organizations’ earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) to AI. These com...
