If you watch the news regularly or pick up your local paper a few times a week, the odds are that you’ve seen the words “food crisis” thrown around quite a lot lately. The fact is, with the exponential growth rate of today’s population and the dramatic climate changes being faced across the globe, it’s…
With the recent booms in the retail, healthcare, entertainment, and travel industries, it’s getting increasingly difficult for businesses to provide enough salespeople and customer service agents to meet their clients’ needs. Interactive Kiosks were invented to solve this problem by offering a means of helping customers get information about various products and services without face…
Microfinance began as a manner of empowering the low income segment by boosting their economic activities with the help of microcredit facilities, but has evolved over the past two decades into a serious market with a lot of profit potential. Indeed, as of 2013 the Global Microfinance Market is valued at a whopping US$99.56 billion and that number…
Data centers are emerging as core computing hubs for enterprises across the globe. Instead of localized computing, enterprises are opting for a centralized computing structure which allows equipment and peripherals to be hosted in one centralized facility. Obviously such a computing structure also comes with a lot of risk—for instance, the entire network infrastructure of…
These days it seems like we use our phones for virtually everything, whether it’s talking, texting, e-mailing, finding directions, or just browsing the web. Together, all of these functions comprise The Global Mobile Service Market , which currently nets at a whopping US$995 billion. This market is about to witness some huge changes however, namely with respect…
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and many other degenerative diseases are on the rise in the United States, leading to a huge demand for effective ways to treat these illnesses—a niche that the healthcare industry presently lacks. Addressing this gap is a challenge that vendors in The Global Regenerative Medicine market aim to bridge. If this…
The concept of GPS and computerized mapping programs is not exactly new—indeed, it’s likely that anybody who’s used a mobile device or automobile in the past decade has made use of the technology. The market for digital mapping technology has far from matured however, and vendors are currently jumping over each other’s feet to produce…
In the 21st century it seems like a new model of smartphone, tablet, or laptop is released every day. This might be great for us technology fanatics who thrive on staying up-to-date with the latest electronics, but the fallout is an “e-waste graveyard” full of devices that were abandoned after the release of “the next…
Walk by a magazine rack in any convenience store, and the odds are that you’ll see at least one headline about the latest celebrity to go under the knife in an effort to better satisfy the Hollywood beauty ideal. Nose-jobs, Botox, and lip injections are no longer taboo subjects exclusive to the world of the…
Virtually everybody who owns a mobile phone or tablet has been out and about waiting for an important phone call or e-mail at some point in their life, only to have their phone die while they’re miles away from the nearest charger. Such an incident is a huge issue in today’s fast-paced world where every…
