Beauty

5 Beauty Market Trends You Can Not Ignore in 2021

Source: TelecomTV, January 28

If there's anything we witnessed about the beauty market during 2020, it's that it's resilient and growing strong. Throw a pandemic and lockdowns at this industry, and it still comes out on top. At least, that's what the numbers are showing us. 

Market

UK Programmatic Digital Display Advertising Outlook 2021

Source: TelecomTV, January 27

The pandemic put a dent—albeit a small one—in UK programmatic display ad spending last year. But strong growth is expected in 2021, as automation’s reach extends into traditional channels. However, trust in open exchanges is diminishing.

Open RAN

Open RAN projects in line for massive German government funds: Report

Source: TelecomTV, January 26

Talk about wish fulfilment. Just as the ‘Open RAN G4’ of European telco giants were committing to deploy disaggregated radio access networks and calling for national and regional government funding to help develop a European Open RAN ecosystem.

Tech

Global TV Players Poised for COVID Rebound as Streaming Boom

Source: VARIET, January 25

The global television marketplace has come through an unprecedented 18-month period of moving and shaking as the structural shift to direct-to-consumer streaming collided head-on with pandemic lockdown conditions around the world.

Tech

Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2021

Source: WSJ, January 25

A pandemic that ravaged the world and accelerated the digital transformation of, well, everything? Not even the best of futurists or Magic 8 ball-shaking psychics could have predicted the year that was 2020.

Tech

CES 2021: You Can’t See It All in One Sitting

Source: MESA, January 25

A pandemic that ravaged the world and accelerated the digital transformation of, well, everything? Not even the best of futurists or Magic 8 ball-shaking psychics could have predicted the year that was 2020.

Automotive

Automotive industry shows signs of recovery, in 2021 ad spending

Source: eMarketer, January 22

Annual US auto sales overall declined by as much as 4.7% in 2020, according to Bloomberg. Automotive companies made cuts to their advertising budgets at the onset of the pandemic...

Data Centter

Data Center and WAN Virtualization Technologies Step Forward in 2021

Source: Network Computing, January 21

As a beleaguered IT world stumbles into 2021, it's apparent that virtualization is set to play a pivotal role in advancing key data center technologies, from servers to wide-area networking connectivity and beyond.

Social Media

Facebook Shares New Insights Into Emerging Trends in eCommerce

Source: Social Media Today, January 21

This year looks set to present a whole new way of looking at things, as we push through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and consider the future impacts on how we interact, engage, and importantly for marketers, how we shop and respond to...

AR/VR

The AR/VR/MR Market to Surpass $30 Billion by 2030

Source: AVNetwrok, January 20

Through deep analysis of both key players and technologies, IDTechEx’s most recent report—Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality 2020-2030: Forecasts, Markets and Technologies—can provide readers with the trends this market will face ...

CES

CES 2021: Diversity & Inclusion–Moving The Conversation Forward

Source: Twice, January 19

Diversity & Inclusion continues to be at the forefront of conversation at CES 2021, thanks in part to the contributions made by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

CES

Best of CES 2021

Source: thegadgetflow, January 18

CES 2021 has come to an end but the kind of technologies we've seen this year is surely worth a watch. There are flying taxis, robots that can pick up objects and those that can actually feel. Presenting the best of CES 2021–a list of top 30 gadgets...

Datacenter

From AI to 5G, How Global Trends Will Transform Data Centers in 2021

Source: NetworkComputing, January 18

Over the past three years, the number of data centers worldwide has shrunk from to 7.2 million from 8.6, according to industry tracker site Statista - and there are only a few hundred hyperscale centers operated...

Datacenter

Renewable generation to remain below 10% in Africa by 2030

Source: PVTech, January 18

The amount of non-hydro renewables such as solar in Africa is likely to remain below 10% in 2030, although there are significant regional differences.

CES

Digital Trends Top Tech of CES 2021 Awards

Source: Smart Cities Dive, January 15

A year like none other deserved a gadget show like none other, and CES 2021 delivered. The first all-digital show in the 55-year history of CES arrived as a necessary measure to keep attendees safe amid COVID-19,

CES

Automotive tech takes the digital stage at CES 2021

Source: Smart Cities Dive, January 14

The world's largest consumer electronics show, CES, has embraced a fitting framework this year with its first-ever all-digital event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CES

The devices, software and health tech headlines of CES 2021

Source: mobile health news, January 14

There was a time when CES' annual takeover of Las Vegas was about as reliable as the passing of seasons, but the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed this year's event into the first all-digital show of the trade convention's decades-long history. 

CES

Best of the best: Our 10 favorite CES 2021 Best of Innovation award winners

Source: Tech Republic, January 13

From a smart faucet to a robotic harvester to a medical-grade wearable device that can detect early COVID-19 symptoms, this year's winners proved innovation remains resilient during a pandemic.

Renewable

The role of B2B marketing in 2021

Source: Martech Today, January 12

“For me, this is the best time to be a B2B marketer. It’s not only B2B marketing’s opportunity, but it’s B2B marketing’s responsibility to take back control of the buying cycle.”

Renewable

How 100% clean energy could power our cities and towns

Source: Grist, January 11

We built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we tried to transition to 100% clean energy. In the real world, it’s even more difficult. Staff reporter Shannon Osaka wrote about what it really means when cities say they’re going...

Healthcare

HIMSSCast:What to expect from 2021 health tech news

Source: Healthcare IT News, January 11

HIMSSCast is back from a short holiday hiatus with our first annual predictions podcast. In this episode, host Jonah Comstock, Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard,

Tech

10 tech ideas to improve remote work

Source: Fast Company, January 11

Too often in technology, we tend to focus on the grandiose: breakthrough hardware, hot new apps, ambitious new services.

Cosmetics

Five key beauty and personal care trends set to shape the industry in 2021

Source: Cosmetics Design-Asia

As we move into the new year, CosmeticsDesign-Asia sits down with industry leaders and upcoming players about five trends that are going to have a major impact on the Asia Pacific beauty and personal care industry in 2021...

E-Commerce

Global E-Commerce in a Post-Pandemic World

Source: Total Retail

As the world begins its slow pivot from managing the COVID-19 crisis to recovery and now the long awaited reopening of economies, it’s becoming clear that the period of lockdown will have a long-lasting and profound impact on the way global retailers...

Smart Cities

The global IoT in smart cities market is expected to grow to USD 260 B by 2025

Source: MARKETS AND MARKETS

The global IoT in smart cities market size is expected to grow from USD 113.1 billion in 2020 to USD 260.0 billion by 2025, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.1% during the forecast period.

Commerce

 Intelligence Analysts Expect in 2021: The convergence of media and commerce

Source: eMarketer

eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman, research analyst Daniel Keyes, and senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Cindy Liu discuss what they're paying attention to in 2021.

Managment

How to Fix the Worst Parts of a Virtual Meeting.

Source: Kellogg Insight

A few years ago, we kicked off a management course on using creativity as a business tool in an unusual way: instead of hearing a standard lecture, students were led through a workshop on improvisation by a pair of actors.

Consumer

New consumer behaviors will shift US$3Trillion in economic value

Source: TelecomTV

With the pandemic driving people to spend more time at home, avoid air travel, and change their spending habits, businesses can expect to see a shift of more than US$3 trillion in economic value, according to Accenture.

Market

Global Telco Cloud Revenue Will Grow to US$29.3 Billion by 2025

Source: Data Center News

Global telco cloud revenue will grow to US$29.3 billion by 2025, up from US$8.7 billion in 2020, at a 5-year Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 27%, according to a new report from ABI Research. 

Strategy

3 Trends That Could Make Virtual Events Less Awful in 2021 

Source: Contently

With the pandemic driving people to spend more time at home, avoid air travel, and change their spending habits, businesses can expect to see a shift of more than US$3 trillion in economic value, according to Accenture.

Strategy

3 Trends That Could Make Virtual Events Less Awful in 2021 

Source: TelecomTV

 Following a stronger than expected third quarter (3Q20), the global smartphone market is expected to return to growth during the holiday quarter this year.