Marketplace Innovation Report | Q4, 2014
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About this report
Hello and welcome to the latest report on Marketplace Innovation from Endava. These quarterly reports showcase some of the leading innovations in the marketplace. These examples serve toillustrate what innovative companies can achieve tochange the game.
We hope you enjoy this report. If you have any feedback, please contact us @Endava on Twitter or via our email addresses at the end of the report.
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The idea is straightforward: podcasts aresimple, and virtual reality can bring themto life.
A start-up called Podrift has combined thetwo, using Facebook’s Oculus Rift’s virtualreality platform to deliver podcasts. The future could be watching a digital versionof a comedian, delivering a podcast fromthe real world comedian!
http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-29425289
Podcasts and VR
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Duolingo is offering to teach new languages for free. It claims anindependent study proved that 34 hours of Duolingo learning isthe equivalent to 11 weeks of university.
The method Duolingo uses is to try and find the most successfulmethods in teaching a new language. If one method works, it usesthat method to other students. The course keeps evolving usingmultivariate testing and gamification. It’s just like university, with less beer.
www.duolingo.com
through multivariate testing
Learn anew language
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On the latest iPhone, as a natural evolutionbeyond Apple Pay, the technology giant islooking to use its NFC capability to replaceany other NFC devices in your wallet, fromyour office pass to hotel keys.
www.macrumors.com/2014/10/27/nfc-public-transit-security/
Apple replacing hotel roomkeys and office passes
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Ahead of Apple using its NFC feature toopen doors, the Starwood Hotel Group hasstarted using Bluetooth door locks. Using asmartphone app, guests can walk past thecheck-in desk, directly to a designatedhotel room, and use their smartphone toopen the door.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yb2TprJkc
Open up... via bluetooth
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There used to be a battle of the set-top-boxes (STBs) from TV providers.
Today, Google, Apple and Amazon are fighting over the HDMI port, with eachcompany offering their own entertainmentdevice.
www.macrumors.com/2014/10/27/amazon-launches-fire-tv-stick/
Amazon’s version ofChromecast
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How does Apple continue to innovate? One way is to keep increasing the level ofinvestment in research and development.
In 2014 Apple spent $6 billion, up a third,from $4.5 billion the year before.
www.macrumors.com/2014/10/28/apple-2014-annual-report/
Apple’s $6 billion R&D budget
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One of the most interesting underlying technologies in crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin is the blockchain.
Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology and could be used in financial services, insurance and other industries.
www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26638
UK watchdog to investigate blockchain potential
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In his creative project, Signs from the Near Future, blogger Fernando Barbellahas created a number of images which appear as science fiction today, but couldbe a reality sooner than we think.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29641853
Signs of the future
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5G promises to overcome the critical limitations of previous generation networkssuch as concentrate crowded areas, builtup urban areas, security and stability, allcombined with up to 4 Gbps data rates andbillions of connected devices.
Japan is aiming to roll out the first 5G network for the 2020 Olympic Games.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30224853
5G coming
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Honda presents... Honda have created two videos, with different stories and can be swapped seamlessly at any moment by pressing the R key.
The R is used because the videos promotethe latest Honda Civic Type R. The effectand execution is stunning, and similar effectscould be used in entertainment in the future.
www.youtube.com/user/HondaVideo
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About Endava
Endava is a leading European IT services organisation with nearly 1,700 fulltime employees. Headquartered in London, Endava has offices in the UK, USA,Germany, Romania, Macedonia and Moldova and reported revenues of £64mfor the year 2013-2014. Supporting the full software lifecycle, we cover application development and management, testing, digital media, infrastructure management and cloud services.
Industry-focused verticals are led by professionals who speak our customers’ language, designing services for clients,complemented by world class delivery. Our solutions transform systems, platforms and processes for the world’sleading brands in Capital Markets, Banking, Payments, Insurance, Media, Retail and Telecommunications.
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