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Tech Giants Shrug Off COVID-19 Crisis in Q1
[Investing]
2020/05/07 09:07
As opposed to airlines, hotel chains, restaurants and millions of small businesses that are fighting for survival amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s most prominent tech companies have been remarkably unaffected by the crisis (so far).That’s one of the takeaways from a deluge of earnings reports that came out last week, providing us with a first glimpse at the pandemic’s economic fallout...
Goldman Sachs Backs Electric Toothbrush Startup Burst Oral Care
[Product]
2020/05/07 09:06
Burst Oral Care, a startup that sells an electric toothbrush boasting charcoal bristles and 33,000 sonic vibrations per minute, has raised a Series C of undisclosed size.Although we don’t know the amount of the round, the Series C was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, and Burst says it more than doubled the valuation from its previous round. (Goldman Sachs’ other direct-to-consumer investme...
Lifebuoy Handle on Hygiene
[Business]
2020/05/07 09:05
Lifebuoy’s Handle on Hygiene, a supermarket trolley hygiene device launched in Dubai, has won the Grand Prix Outdoor at the Dubai Lynx Awards. Launched in early 2015, the project is entered on a device attached to trolley handles, applying a thin layer of Lifebuoy sanitiser liquid, killing 99.9% of germs with one simple swipe. Carrefour supermarkets have installed the Lifebuoy Handle on Hygien...
(Video) Plastique Fantastique Makes iSphere Mask Informed by 1950s Sci-Fi Comics
[Design]
2020/05/07 09:04
Berlin-based art collective Plastique Fantastique has created an open-source, retro-futuristic face shield shaped like a fish bowl to protect wearers against coronavirus.The helmet-like design, called the iSphere, comprises two transparent, hollow hemispheres that have been secured together and cut to create a hole for the user to fit their head through.Plastique Fantastique founders Marco Cane...
(Infographic) The COVID-19 Impact on App Popularity
[Business]
2020/05/07 09:03
Pandemic-induced social isolation has altered the relationship consumers have with technology.With the physical world now slowly receding, consumers are suddenly more reliant on apps for communication, shopping, staying healthy, and entertainment.Today’s graphic pulls data from a new report by MoEngage and Apptopia, and it plots the winners and losers of the pandemic from the app world in Nort...
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2020 Highlights
[Investing]
2020/05/06 09:10
Warren Buffett spoke to the world Saturday at Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-A, BRK-B) 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting. Circumstances were different this year, and investors from around the world tuned in to seek investing wisdom from the “Oracle of Omaha” and guidance on how to navigate the highly uncertain environment amid one of the worst public health and economic crises in history.Saturday m...
(Patent) Foldable iPhone Could Beat Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 with This Breakthrough
[Tech]
2020/05/06 09:09
The Galaxy Fold 2 won't be able to fight Apple's foldable iPhone battery design. The Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is rumored to be a big upgrade over the original, but it might have some serious competition from Apple's future foldable iPhones, thanks to Apple's latest battery patent.The patent is titled Flexible Battery Structure, and features a series of potential designs for how Apple could make a...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The B2B Digital Inflection Point : How Sales have Changed During COVID-19
[Business]
2020/05/06 09:08
COVID-19 is changing how B2B buyers and sellers interact. Savvy sales leaders are learning how to adapt to the next normal.COVID-19 has destroyed lives and livelihoods and continues to do so in many communities around the world. Although the full implications of the pandemic are far from certain, it is already clear that its economic consequences are dire.For sales leaders contemplating how to...
(Paper) Wireality : Novel 'Marionette' Accessory Might Enable VR Users to Touch and Feel Objects
[Tech]
2020/05/06 09:07
Virtual reality technology is here; however, there are some reasons why it hasn't completely caught on by the people yet.One reason is that while today's systems can create immersive visual experiences, they don't appeal to all of our five senses — in this case, specifically, we cannot touch and feel objects. However, that seems to be changing soon. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University...
