The LG Urbane, pictured above, like many other smartwatches running Android Wear from last
year launched with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 400 on the inside.
Not exact matches
In the two
years since Watson Health
launched, it has struck partnerships
with an impressive array of academic institutions, such as the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and prominent biopharma companies like Pfizer (pfe), Medtronic (mdt), and Johnson & Johnson (jnj).
He also spent seven
years at CNN, producing financial news programs including
launching the successful «In the Money» show
with anchor Jack Cafferty.
Pebble, the smartwatch maker that two
years ago
launched its business
with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, is making all kinds of waves in the world of connected devices, where brands such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Amazon.com dominate.
The problem for Nintendo is the NX's
launch is at least a
year away — likely more, as the company reportedly just started talking about it
with third party partners at this
year's E3.
Founder and CEO Jack Davis
launched the company four
years ago
with the goal of becoming the «Marvel for monsters,» a generator of scary characters that distributes programming through social media.
The new media darling
launched to the top of this
year's readers» choice poll
with a total of nearly 750 votes, far outpacing Etsy, its closest rival,
with more than 330 votes.
It's a lot of engines, but we use nine on a Falcon 9, and
with Falcon Heavy, which should
launch early next
year, there's 27 engines on the base.
Within a mere
year and a half after
launch, Slawsa gained placement in the relish aisle in over 4,200 stores in the US and Canada
with rave reviews from critics and consumers alike.
One new service, CrowdHut,
launched last
year to provide entrepreneurs
with guidance on everything from manufacturing to marketing to ensure expectations are met.
-- Nick Alt, founder and CEO of VNYL, a subscription company that
launched as a successful Kickstarter project and,
with its three -
year growth, now curates 500,000 new vinyl records annually to its members
With lessons learned — and money earned — from that experience, Neumann and McKelvey
launched WeWork, which — in four
years — has raised $ 969 million in funding at a $ 10 billion valuation.
Backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, preparing for his talk
with the founder of Frontback — an app that lets you take pictures
with both of your iPhone cameras at the same time — Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, is reflecting on the six -
year history of this start - up
launch conference.
Within a
year of
launching Slack in 2013, Butterfield was surfing a frothy tidal wave of interest,
with the user base growing by a stunning 5.5 % per month.
In addition to her entertainment career, Beyoncé founded ready - to - wear fashion line House of Deréon in 2004 in partnership
with her mother, Tina Knowles; eight
years later, she
launched shop.beyonce.com, an online marketplace for branded apparel and accessories.
With Vector and Virgin Orbit also pushing to reach orbital
launch this
year, these rocket builders are hoping to seize a part of the premium market to
launch small satellites.
Still, she notes that the company is constantly evaluating new business models,
with a goal to
launch one or two new businesses each
year.
Did you need to raise money one way or the other
with your
launch this
year of your own line of glasses, Recon Jet?
Nearly a
year ago, Walmart
launched its startup incubator Store No. 8
with the aim of reshaping the retail experience through technology like virtual reality and drones.
She's credited
with launching the careers of stars like Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Seth Meyers, and each
year sends about 15 performers to audition for NBC's Saturday Night Live.
She opened her first storefront in Brooklyn in 1999 and
with the
launch of CarolsDaughter.com the following
year, she built a devoted following in the early days of ecommerce.
-- Scott and Missy Tannen, founders of Boll & Branch, a New York - based company
with a line of accessibly priced luxury bed linens that
launched in January 2014
with first -
year revenue topping $ 2 million and more than a $ 10 million run rate in its second
year in business.
A group of not for profits that joined forces 18 months ago
with a mission to end homelessness will today publicly
launch its 10 -
year plan on Adelaide Terrace, followed by a music event through the streets of the CBD.
That debate developed over a few
years, he says, and when it started to heat up, his attention was elsewhere — trying to
launch Alpha's listings business and then dealing
with the TMX acquisition.
In terms of in - store innovations, the company made a big splash last
year by
launching and then heavily hyping two stores — a massive 140,000 - square - foot Canadian Tire in south Edmonton and a Sport Chek in midtown Toronto — that came fully loaded
with all manner of screens, simulators and other forms of digital eye candy, including interactive video walls, window shopping using glass screens that display products, and community boards that give customers access to local sports clinics, league registrations and fitness classes.
Twenty
years ago, husband - and - wife duo Craig and Kathryn Hall
launched themselves into the wine business
with the purchase of a winery overgrown
with weeds.
A few
years later, all six of the country's big banks, along
with Desjardins, the Canada Pension Plan and Canaccord, joined together to
launch Alpha, in hopes of lowering trading costs and bringing more competition to the market.
Within a mere two and a half
years after
launch, Slawsa gained placement in the relish aisle in over 6,000 stores in the US and Canada
with rave reviews from critics and consumers alike.
The streaming video site racked up another big deal
with major TV networks for its live - TV streaming service that will
launch next
year.
While a number of institutions offer joint law and management degrees, this
year Odette
launched an MBA / Dual JD degree, which allows students to earn legal qualifications in both Canada (
with Windsor) and the U.S. (
with University of Detroit - Mercy).
AMD announced its Zen 2 lineup at this
year's Consumer Electronics Show,
with the chips expected to
launch in 2019.
Brin had predicted a
launch this
year, but 2015 is now the most likely date, a person familiar
with the matter said.
With no plans to accept Apple Pay, and no set
launch date for MCX, it appears Walmart could wait no longer without risking missing out on a major shift in customer behavior: Forrester Research has forecast that mobile payments by U.S. consumers will go from $ 52 billion last
year to $ 142 billion by the end of 2019.
With 100 million businesses
launched every
year, entrepreneurs have no problem finding ideas.
Earlier this
year, for example, it
launched a program in which more than 420 of its most active and influential community members sell products to their friends and followers; in turn, they receive a cut of the profits, as well as rewards that include sneak previews of products and trips to New York to visit Glossier and have dinner
with Weiss.
With an expected
launch in the first quarter of this
year, you may have to rain check the gift.
Ride - sharing app Lyft, which has seen its market share surge in the last
year as rival Uber has struggled, is expanding outside of the U.S. for the first time
with plans to
launch in Toronto.
First
launched in 2013, Adidas advanced the line this
year with «Ultra Boost,» priced at $ 180.
The Houthis and allied militias loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi territory during a 2-1/2
year war, said on their official news agency they had
launched a mid-range ballistic missile that «hit its military target
with high precision».
They were pleased enough
with the results that they ponied up another $ 10 million ($ 14 million) for LAPCAT II, a four -
year study that
launched in October 2008
with a mandate to refine two of the LAPCAT concepts based on engines that would burn liquid hydrogen, and to produce detailed development road maps for producing them.
In October last
year, Calgary - based ATB Financial
launched a virtual banking assistant in conjunction
with Finn.ai that allows users to do transactions such as paying bills via Facebook Messenger.
It's a concept that seems to resonate — more than 1 million people have visited the site since it
launched in 2013,
with 30,000 participating in forums around the topic of divorce and 2,500 couples expected to use the platform this
year.
Before he can get an answer, McMullin
launches into a giddy litany of all the Edmark products he owns, what his five -
year - old daughter and three -
year - old son can do
with them, and why the lukewarm prospect who's been staring vacantly at the screen until now should buy anything
with the name Edmark on it.
We're very good at
launching Mario Party - type games — that's one franchise that does better in Canada than other markets, for example — but when it comes to
launching new IP it's a huge challenge in today's world, where consumers are just bombarded
with entertainment options that didn't exist when we first
launched Mario 30
years ago.
SoapWorks has doubled its revenues each
year since its
launch, but, as is typical at growing companies, Antonetti and husband Karp, who serves as chief financial officer, are grappling
with chronic cash - flow problems.
Had it
launched, Google Here would have been available to more than 350 million Android users by early 2015,
with plans to support iOS later in the
year.
Earlier this
year he
launched Singularity University
with a handful of other tech luminaries
with the stated mission of «preparing the world for accelerating change.»
If you're all - consumed
with $ 10 per hour busy work, you have no time to stop and ask yourself, «What salvo should I
launch next week that will double sales next
year?»
The funding, which has come in over the last
year, has been used in part to get Opentrons» new robot, the OT - 2, developed, along
with now
launching the product.
President and CEO Steve Easterbrook struck a bullish tone while discussing the results
with analysts, touting last
year's
launch of all - day breakfast 2.0 — an update that saw the addition of McGriddle and other items — as having lived up to expectations.