Industry
Microsoft Works To Improve Poor Battery Life of HoloLens, Its First Augmented Reality (AR) Product
Microsoft has started to display HoloLens, its first AR product at its flagship stores in New York. Unlike similar products developed by other competitors, the WiFi device has a very poor battery life. The tech giant is working to transform the device devoid of such shortcomings and expects to make it available in the first quarter of the current year.
JD Finance, JD.com subsidiary raises $1 billion
JD.com, China’s largest online direct sales company, has raised $1 billion, for its JD Finance subsidiary from investors including Sequoia Capital China, China Harvest Investments and China Taiping Insurance.
ANA and Japan Airline Eliminate Fuel Surcharge and Search for Alternative Fuel
As oil price continues to plunge, two Japan airlines:Air Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) decided to eliminate fuel surcharge. This will trim the airline tickets price substantially. Both airlines are also actively searching for alternative fuel.
Robots, Automation and Artificial Intelligence to replace Human Jobs According to The World Economic Forum
With the advancement of technologies, businesses would prefer robots or artificial intelligence as workers. However, the industries would still need growing numbers of certain skilled workers.