Walmart Innovation Strategy Uses Emerging Tech and Acquisitions
Walmart, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer, has been pushing the envelope for becoming a tech-centric company from being a traditional retailer. It has shifted its focus and strategies to become a high-tech innovator. For nearly a decade, Walmart has been investing heavily in technologies and startups and is one of the reasons that it still […]
Arla Foods’ Innovative Technology Will Change the Dairy Industry
Arla Foods recently announced a groundbreaking technology that holds the potential to revolutionize innovation for dairy. This technology can separate milk into its different protein components without going through the cheese-making route. “The separation of milk’s different proteins from whey, previously relied on cheese-making as whey is a by-product of this process. Now, by bypassing […]
Decoding Amazon’s 15,000+ Patents To Depict Its Next Strategic Move
The original plan was to deep dive into the last 10 years of Amazon’s patent portfolio to dissect the brain behind the Amazon think tank. Figure out its secret future projects. Projects that can help Amazon overpass Walmart’s $559 billion in revenues and become the number 1 ranked Fortune 500 company. So we thought to […]
Lyras’ UV Pasteurization Technology is becoming Dairy Industry’s Favorite
Thermal Processing has been the traditional decontamination method for years to ensure food safety. However, recent years have witnessed the use of UV lights to improve food life and eliminate the complex production process in thermal processing. “UV Pasteurization technology has a lower environmental impact than traditional pasteurization while also cutting food waste and delivering […]
What makes Amazon’s machine learning chip so special?
In November 2018, Amazon announced the launch of the inferentia chip during its re: Invent conference. Like any other Amazon innovation, this one had us all hooked. What is so special about this chip? Designed to process machine learning workloads, Amazon’s inferentia chips claim to have lower latency. This is a pretty big deal, given […]
Disney Vs. Netflix: How is Disney going to compete with Netflix?
If you were to stop a random person on street and ask them if they have heard about Disney and Netflix, chances are they would nod in affirmative. The former is an almost century-old brand whose films and shows we have grown up watching, whereas the latter has become the go-to place for entertainment if […]
Qualcomm to Revolutionize C-V2X with the wave of 5G Technology
With the growth of V2X technology, the much-awaited future of our transportation system is approaching sooner than anticipated. The V2X tech – valued at USD 689 Million in 2020 – is predicted to be worth USD12.9 Billion by 2028. If you were out keeping track of technologies that will grow big, I’d ask you to […]
Uber Self-Driving Car Research: What the Company had to Offer Aurora?
In our AV report, we talked about the 30 autonomous vehicle companies researching self-driving technologies. And most of these companies are competing for providing a single service, i.e. Driverless taxi service. Waymo, GM, Aptiv, are some well-known companies that are building their self-driving vehicles for providing driverless taxi service. In fact, Waymo even successfully launched […]
Did Johnson and Johnson sell RoC Skincare because they found a better alternate to Retinol?
“RoC has a rich history of skincare solutions innovation stemming from its French pharmacy roots. As the first brand to stabilize Retinol, which is one of the top U.S. dermatologist-recommended cosmetic ingredients for improving the appearance of aging skin, RoC continues to be one of the largest brands solely focused on anti-aging skin care products,” […]
InterDigital Patents Position them a threat to Chinese Companies
On Apr 28, 2020, InterDigital entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Huawei Technologies Ltd, and also settled all litigation against each other. The licensing agreement runs through 2023 and covers royalties from the sale of some of Huawei’s 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless telecommunications products. Huawei is a much bigger company then Interdigital yet […]
Twitter Patent Portfolio – A Little Organic and Mostly Acquired
Twitter’s strategy to make its platform more engaging and less spam turned out to be great. And the company is not just thriving but has great user growth and along with it is what every company longs for – a good revenue. In the fourth quarter of 2019, Twitter’s revenue amounted first-time ever to over […]
Xiaomi’s Global Expansion Plan is Steered by Patents – A Patent Portfolio Analysis
Xiaomi has been surprising the consumer electronics industry with its innovative and affordable products since its inception. Founded in 2010, the startup quickly became a smartphone leader in the Chinese market. Its success was attributed to its innovative e-commerce tactics, which gave it a first-mover advantage and resulted in a rise in smartphone demand. The […]
ITC and Nestlé’s Entry Into Skincare
In the previous article, we talked about the research of Fujifilm in the skincare domain. While it’s a surprise for the skincare players, it could have been anticipated by analyzing the earlier signs, such as research and patent filings of potential or emerging players. During the skincare domain analysis, two more players showed signs of […]
Fujifilm — A noteworthy competitor in skincare industry!
Did we tell you about that one photographic film company that made an annual sale of over 10 billion yen in 2010 by selling skincare products? One, which can be very easily overlooked by major skincare companies? No? Okay then, listen up. The year was 1934, Fujifilm had established itself as a domestic producer of […]
Alexa Patents: From Mere Ideas to More Features
Smart Speakers have become quite the household commodity nowadays. Recently, I was working on a research study on smart speakers, and as a result, I learned a lot about Amazon’s Alexa. To my surprise, there’s not one single post that describes every detail about Alexa. You’ll have to browse through Amazon’s website and scroll across […]
