Oben Raises $7.7M to Help You Create Your Virtual Self in VR
Oben has raised $7.7 million from Chinese investors so it can put 3D faces in virtual reality. Pa...
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(PDF) Mckinsey - How Customer Demands Are Reshaping Last-Mile Delivery
The last mile is seeing disruption from new business models that address customer demand for ever...
China Overtakes The U.S. in iOS App Store Revenue
Pokémon Go was the fastest mobile game to hit $600 million in revenues, according to market rese...
(PDF) Netflix is Booming on The Back of Subscribers Outside of The US
Netflix wowed Wall Street with higher-than-expected subscriber growth and healthy Q3 financial re...
(PDF) Millennials Most Likely to Lose Money from Tech Support Scams...
A new report from Microsoft details the victim demographics of tech support scams, and some of th...
(PDF) Morgan Stanley & BCG - Motor Insurance 2.0
Auto insurers are basking in a false sense of security, seemingly oblivious to the impending decl...
India's Astonishing Start-Up Boom – All You Need to Know in 5 Charts
India is in the midst of a start-up boom. Supported by a range of government initiatives, new com...
The Yuan Joins an Elite Currency Club
ON OCTOBER 1st, the yuan joined the elite basket of currencies that together form the Special Dra...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Chinese Consumers : Revisiting Our Predictions
As their incomes rise, Chinese consumers are trading up and going beyond necessities.In 2011, we...
(Infographic) The Deep Learning Market Map : 60+ Startups Working A...
Horizons Ventures has backed 3 unique companies on the map: Viv Labs, Sentient Technologies, and...
(PDF) BCG - Global Payments 2016 : Competing in Open Seas
The world of payments remains in constant flux, reflecting an ongoing rebalancing of power among...
Didi Chuxing Invests ‘Tens of Millions’ of Dollars in Chinese Bik...
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (“Didi”) announced that it has invested “tens of milli...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Digital Finance Could Boost Growth in Emerging...
Delivering financial services by mobile phone could benefit billions of people by spurring inclus...
(Infographic) See Every Single Part Inside an iPhone
The infographic comes to us from SCMP, and in total it highlights 34 individual components in an...
(Infographic) Virtual Reality: A 360° View of the Future
The future of virtual reality (VR) is already here. A quick Google News search will show you as m...
Funding To Restaurant Tech Startups Headed Toward Record Annual High
Despite a dollar drop in Q2'16, deal count remains high to software & hardware restaurant man...
How Burberry, Coach and Chanel Win Over WeChat Users
Luxury brands are putting more resources into China’s booming mobile app WeChat, where they can...
(Infographic) The 27 Fintech Unicorns, and Where They Were Born
Everyone wants faster, cheaper, and more customized financial services – and since technology no...
(Video) iStaging Raises $5M to Bring VR & AR to Furniture-Makers an...
Asian augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) startup iStaging has raised $5 million in a p...
How International Students Are Changing U.S. Colleges
The number of international students attending U.S. universities has increased dramatically in re...
(Infographic) The Future of Dining : 99 Startups Reinventing The Re...
These startups have raised $1.6B in aggregate to integrate digital features into nearly every asp...
How Much Money Do Tourists Spend in Each Country ?
There’s so much to see in this world.[click to enlarge]From the Grand Canyon to the Ancient Pyra...
Robotics M&A: Acquisitions Reach New High In 2015 Boosted By Flurry...
From less than 5 deals in 2011, M&A activity peaked in 2015 with nearly 15 robotics exits. Go...
Say Goodbye To Pins And Needles, Digital Tailoring Has Arrived - Neuro
A new design process called Neuro allows for garments to be created without ever touching a piece...
Ford and Baidu Put $150M Behind LiDAR for Self-Driving Cars
Carmakers continue to look to the Valley for help paving the way for the future of cars – Ford h...
(PDF) Deloitte : 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index
The US innovation ecosystem has evolved significantly over the last century, transitioning from b...
Virtual Reality Classrooms Another Way Chinese Kids Gain an Edge
Genders of virtual teachers can change to suit cultural norms of the classroom.[A student from Fu...
(PDF) PwC : The Rise of China’s Silicon Dragon
China’s internet players are shifting the centre of gravity in the global digital economy and fo...
Pokémon Go Had a First Month Like No Other
Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm over the first 30 days of its rollout. But to get a sens...
MIT - New Lithium-Oxygen Battery Greatly Improves Energy Efficiency...
New chemistry could overcome key drawbacks of lithium-air batteries.Lithium-air batteries are con...
(PDF) BCG - Leapfrogging : Value-Based Health Care Comes to Emergin...
In the global debate about value-based health care, the lion’s share of attention has focused on...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Screening The Organizational Health of Korea’s Co...
Our survey shows that many have yet to adopt management practices that could help them compete in...
