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Contentsquare Lands $190M Series D Led By BlackRock
[Investing]
2020/05/20 09:07
Contentsquare, a cloud-based platform that helps businesses create better customer experiences on the web, mobile and apps, closed on a $190 million Series D round of funding Tuesday.BlackRock Private Equity Partners’ team led the round, joining existing investors Bpifrance, Eurazeo Growth, Canaan Partners, Hermes GPE , Highland Europe, H14 and KKR, many of which participated in this round, ac...
As Remote Work Sweeps the U.S., 55% Say It Can Succeed in Their Industry
[Business]
2020/05/20 09:06
Remote working has become the new normal for countless Americans as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause massive disruption. Zoom calls with colleagues. A homemade sandwich for lunch — and the kids within earshot. It's hardly the workplace we expected. But the newest edition of the LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index shows that 55% of respondents now think their industry can be effectiv...
Hotel Turns Rooms Into Pop-up Restaurants
[Product]
2020/05/20 09:05
A Swedish hotel has repurposed its rooms as pop-up restaurants in order to allow for socially-distanced dining.The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe negative effect on the hospitality industry, as hotels and restaurants have been effectively shut to customers for an extended period. As both businesses consider how they can resume business safely, one hotel operator has come up with a unique...
Life After Corona 5 Themes by BofA Global Research
[Business]
2020/05/20 09:04
Nothing is certain about how the COVID-19 crisis will play out – apart from the reality we will not return to “normal”.[click to enlarge]In part this is because however the medical crisis is resolved, be that with a vaccine, treatments or simply accepting the coronavirus becomes a more permanent challenge in the community, the economic costs will be enormous and long term."Evidence-backed po...
Blocker - The Air Curtain With Air Purifier
[Design]
2020/05/20 09:03
The Hygiene Solution for Business Meeting.Telecommuting is recommended for COVID-19, but sometimes have to face-to-face.He suggest the concept of preventing the spread of splash particles in the face-to-face and preventing infection of each other through the turbulence effect of the air curtain, and also suggest new stylish exterior for Air curtain.Designer : Min-chang Kim[beheance]
(PDF) BCG Perspectives - Covid-19 : Facts, Scenarios, and Actions for Leaders
[Business]
2020/05/19 09:10
We at BCG believe that the COVID-19 outbreak is first and foremost a societal crisis, threatening lives and the wellbeing of our global community.Society now, more than ever, needs to collaborate to protect people's lives and health, manage midterm implications, and search for lasting solutions.Leaders need to drive an integrated response to navigate the crisis It is the duty of health, politic...
(Patent) IBM Files a Patent Related to Cognitive Recall of Study Topics by Correlation with a Real-World User Environment
[Tech]
2020/05/19 09:09
US patent application 20200152072 discloses a method for displaying a study topic within a virtual window in a wearable augmented reality device if the user's field of view includes patterns correlated with the study topic. The figure below illustrates an example implementation of cognitively recalling the study topic based on the user's environment.Patent Application : https://bit.ly/2LGUZuE[U...
Dyson Reveals Its Canceled 7-Seater Electric SUV
[Business]
2020/05/19 09:08
The market is quite narrow for an electric car that would've cost £150,000 a piece to break even, especially for a new player like Dyson.First announced in 2017, the dyson electric car project bit the dust back in october 2019. but, for the first time, james dyson has finally revealed the design of the cancelled EV in an interview to the times. as well as unveiling the first images, the invent...
Electric Vehicle Sales Are Surging. Will Mineral Producers Be Able to Meet Future Demand ?
[Business]
2020/05/19 09:07
Elon Musk isn’t known for playing by the rules.The 48-year-old tech billionaire got himself into hot water with regulators a couple of years ago by tweeting that he was “considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.” (At its 52-week high in February, the company’s stock traded at more than double that amount.) Then there was the time he smoked weed live on Joe Rogan’s show, a...
