TREND REPORTS
Going Swimmingly : Streaming Continues to Grow Among Consumers
[Consumer]
2020/09/23 09:05
When an unprecedented global pandemic forced many countries, cities, states and provinces to take drastic and restrictive social distancing measures, consumers had to hunker down. Like elsewhere in the world, consumers in the U.S. had to quickly adapt to not being able to do the things that were normal aspects of daily life: dining out, catching a ballgame with pals that weren’t cardboard cuto...
BKID Develops Hybrid Dog Harness with a Lightweight, Retractable Leash Module for 'Tailhigh'
[Product]
2020/09/23 09:04
Industrial design studio, BKID, has developed an all-in-one hybrid dog harness with an integrated lightweight, retractable leash module and a 1.5 m (5ft) tape-type leash. Designed for outdoor dog equipment brand, tailhigh, the product is equipped with an innovative technology that allows users to control or free their dog at any time. the hybrid harness eliminates the need for an additional lea...
(Infographic) The World’s 100 Most Valuable Brands
[Business]
2020/09/23 09:03
The World’s 100 Most Valuable Brands & When They Were FoundedDid you know that the average age of the 100 most valuable brands in the world is an incredible 89.43 years, with 40 of the top brands having been founded more than 100 years ago?The information gathered from Forbes and Wikipedia and compiled into an infographic by TitleMax.com, lays out the 100 most valuable brands across the gl...
(PDF) Nielsen Music / MRC Data Midyear Report U.S. 2020
[Business]
2020/09/22 09:10
Nielsen Music/MRC Data's U.S. Midyear Report reveals that amid unprecedented challenges, total audio consumption grew 9.4% over prior year.YetThe U.S. music industry experienced a tumultuous first half of 2020 when the coronavirus hit the country, prompting stay-at-home orders and suspending concerts by late March. Fortunately, recorded-music consumption has proven resilient: Audio streams are...
Chinese D2C Cosmetics Brand Perfect Diary Valued at USD 4 Billion
[Investing]
2020/09/22 09:09
Perfect Diary plans for a US IPO before the end of this year, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters.Guangzhou-based cosmetics brand Perfect Diary has completed a new fundraising round for an undisclosed amount of capital from investors including Warburg Pincus, Carlyle Group, and Loyal Valley Capital, Chinese media outlet IPOZaozhidao reported on Monday, citing people close to t...
(Paper) MIT CSAIL - In-Home Daily-Life Captioning Using Radio Signals
[Tech]
2020/09/22 09:08
This paper aims to caption daily life --i.e., to create a textual description of people's activities and interactions with objects in their homes. Addressing this problem requires novel methods beyond traditional video captioning, as most people would have privacy concerns about deploying cameras throughout their homes. We introduce \name, a new model for captioning daily life by analyzing the...
This Chart Signal Says Stop Buying Megacap Technology Stocks
[Investing]
2020/09/22 09:07
Fifty-day moving average is falling for Microsoft, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet but still rising slightly for Apple and the Nasdaq-100 Index.The recent pullbacks in megacapitalization technology stocks have now gone far enough and lasted long enough that they have triggered chart signals warning investors that at the very least, don’t buy these stocks on the dip.The chart signals are bein...
Touchless Tech Platform to Integrate with Museums for COVID-Era Visits - Ultraleap
[Tech]
2020/09/22 09:06
Ultraleap’s hand-tracking software can generate a virtual model of hand movements and to accurately predict the position of a finger or thumb. Touchless-tech company Ultraleap has signed a deal with experience design company Cortina to developed touchless technology for use in interactive exhibits in museums and aquariums. The deal illustrates the move towards greater touchless services in the...
EVs Are Still 45% More Expensive To Make Than Combustion-Engined Cars
[Business]
2020/09/22 09:05
By 2030, Oliver Wyman estimates that the difference will be around 9 percent.Talking about the profitability of electric cars is fascinating, especially after James Dyson gave up building his EV, claiming they were “unrealistically cheap.” Lux Research contradicted him by saying some are profitable – such as Tesla products – but it is always good to have numbers to confirm or deny that. Oli...
