Interesting facts on Technology and the Changing Paradigms...

Hi Everyone, Trends on Business & leadership, customer experience and technology in 2017 Market trends for 2017 from Amit Kumar Das

Marchesa and IBM Watson design the cognitive dress

Introducing Apple Watch from JJ Wu

Here are the trends that are bringing virtual experience into reality... The Future Of Retail: 4 Trends Bringing The Virtual Experience Into Reality from Samsung Business USA

Tencent is one of the largest internet companies. Tencent is China's most used internet portal and 4th largest internet portal after Google,Amazon and eBay. It's brand value is worth $66B as per 2015 BrandZ Top 100 Brands. It brings all the good features of Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon,Yahoo and many more rolled into one. Their services are grouped in 6 broad categories  - instant messaging service, - on-line media - wireless internet value added services - interactive entertainment services - mobile messaging services; and - on-line advertising services Here is the story of the most valuable Chinese brand    

Here is a beautiful presentation that talks about the hype and buzz around the Apple Watch Apple Watch for News. The Hype and Beyond from Deniz Ergurel

How is it like to download a coffee table? Or at least a digital model of a coffee table that you could customize and then you just print it out. Mind it, it is not a picture of a coffee table but an actual, physical three-dimensional object that lives in your living room. Well, it is all possible. It is the world of 3D printing and it is going to change everything. It will redefine the way we think about innovation, design, manufacturing and distribution. Simply put, 3D printing is the process of making 3 dimensional, solid objects from a digital file. 3D printers bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds. It uses very thin layers of plastic, which are as thin as a sheet of copy paper, to build an object from the bottom up. Unlike other forms of manufacturing where the excess is carved, cut or melted away, leaving a ton of waste. It creates a new item by adding only what is needed. And 3D printing isn’t limited to plastics. Already, you can print stuff to gla...

How many objects do you have which are connected to the internet? About a decade ago you probably would have said 1 or may be 2.  But today we have computers, personal computers, tablets, smart phone, video games, media player, smart TV, wearable devices and smart refrigerators. Now extend this trend outward, what do we get?  Gartner ,  a research firm estimates that by 2020, there will be 25 billion objects connected to the internet.  We are talking about the world blanketed with billions of sensors. These sensors are taking addresses from real physical objects in the world and uploading them to the internet. We are creating an environment where everything is getting connected.  Internet of Things is no more a buzzword, it is the next mega trend . IoT’s roots can be traced back to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), from work in the field of networked radio frequency identification (RFID) and emerging sensing technologies. Kevin Ashton ...

Sephora is a beauty retailer and belongs to the LVMH group. It was founded in Paris, France in 1970 and focuses on prestigious and emerging brands across the categories make-up, fragrance, skincare, haircare and nails. While, the beauty specialist retailers have grown at a CAGR of 6% since 2009, Sephora has outgrown the market with double digit growth. Technology plays a big part in that growth. Technologies inside the store enable Sephora to provide customers with very individual recommendations and unbiased feedback that can hardly be found in department stores or branded beauty outlets. Technology allows Sephora to capture different shopping profiles and allows to capture a large share of demand. The technologies in store and omnichannel integration transformed the previously rather offline focused beauty industry to an online platform. Digital technologies are used to create an integrated multi-channel experience to capture most shopping preferences and thus sales. Addi...

The realities in the physical and virtual worlds are fast disappearing. Augmented Reality is nothing but something that enhances the physical with digital.  Augmented reality is a new medium for communication. Virtual reality requires stepping out of the physical world into the digital world, while augmented reality merges both the physical world and the digital world.  One of the fascinating examples of augmented reality that I have come across is the DAQRI Smart Helmet that will change how we work in future.  Have a look!!        

Approximately 2.37 billion chip cards have been issued worldwide, helping countries create more secure payment experiences for consumers.  Countries that accept EMV chip cards have seen a variety of benefits. For example, the UK has seen a 72% drop in face-to-face fraud since 2004. Between 2011 and 2013, Canada has seen domestic counterfeit card fraud decrease by 48%.  Know more in the infographic below

Technology trends are moving fast these days.  This infographic from  Needa.ie  is a complilation of 3 Gartner reports that were published in Networkworld. -  Top 10 Technology Trends for 2015 IT can’t ignore -  Make way for digital business, risks or die? -  Top 10 strategic predictions for businesses to watch out for Courtesy of: Visual Contenting

Very insightful and detailed analysis on Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project for 2015. The project looks at the factors driving employment and economic development at the Valley, and issues that might hinder further growth. Some of the interesting facts include disproportionate employment of people in innovation related work, high presence of VCs, 62% higher labor productivity than US’ average, and escalating housing cost.   Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project 2015

See how quickly data is generated over the internet in real-time. This is amazing!!! Click the animation to open the full version (via PennyStocksLab ).

Mobile has changed the way brands and consumers interact and transact. The ubiquity of mobile devices has opened up a wealth of new opportunities for retailers to engage with consumers; thanks to mobile, brands are more embedded than ever before in consumers' daily lives.  The key issues that most of the retailers are trying to address in their m-commerce strategies include - How mobile has become the linchpin of Omni-channel strategy? - How retailers are coping with mobile fraud concerns? - How to deal with shopping cart abandonment?  Recently, eTail has published a whitepaper that covers these concerns in detail. Have a look!! 2015 Mobile Opportunity.pdf    

An agency, 'We are social' from Singapore recently published a report on Digital,Social and Mobile trends in 2015. I found the report very comprehensive and a compendium of up-to-date digital statistics. Mobile increasingly dominates the digital world;  mobile will help to push internet penetration beyond  50% of the world’s population  during mid to late 2016. Though there are 376 slides available on Slideshare , I have compiled the following data points which you can download - Global and Regional Overviews - Global Internet Usage - Global Social Media Usage - Global Mobile Phone Usage - Country Snapshot: USA - Country Snapshot: Canada     Social Media Trends 2015.pdf

Mobile is changing the landscape of the commerce at a very rapid pace. The figure below summarizes the Mobile landscape.  Mobile is a key driver of world economy, generating $3.3 trillion of global revenue.   

Disruptive Technologies 2015-2016.pdf A great compilation of 25 technologies to watch-out for in 2015-16 by Brian Solis 1) Social Media 1.0 is dead : Social media becomes part of a digitally transformed ecosystem Real-time and content marketing becomes more sophisticated and portable Social becomes key hub for shaping customer experiences Social connects the Zero Moment of Truth and the Ultimate Moment of Truth 2) The future of search and SEM also lies outside of Google :  More than 88% of consumers are influenced by other consumers’ online comments. Customers are also starting searches in places such as Youtube, Pinterest and also in apps directly. 3) Messaging apps become the new social media 4) Asia and other foreign competitors will compete to gain share and push messaging forward 5) Notification windows introduce a thin layer for rapid engagement:  Apps such as Yo, while a novelty at first, will redefine what an app is and will be...no kidding. 6) Chinese ...

The online trading revolution has transformed the financial industry. Not so long ago investors had to call a regular land line to speak to a live broker in order to place a trade. That all changed in the 1990s with pioneers like E-Trade and Charles Schwab, who gave online stock traders access to more information along with decreased trading costs. By the mid-1990s 20% of the nation’s population was investing in stocks thanks to online trading. Now the “Trading App” revolution has created Mobile Trading services not just for stock trading, but also for the Forex Market – the largest trading asset class in the world. Growth of Mobile Trading infographic