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(Infographic) Facebook Acquisitions – The Complete List (2019)
[Investing]
2019/07/03 10:13
Mark Zuckerberg has acquired 72 companies to date. Facebook’s largest acquisition so far has been WhatsApp Messenger, which they purchased at $19 billion in February 2015. Other notable acquisitions include Instagram ($1 billion in April 2012) and Oculus Virtual Reality ($2 billion in March 2014). This infographic from Techwyse contains the complete list of companies acquired by Facebook from...
(PDF) Capgemini - AI : Re-Humanizing Digital Customer Experience
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:41
Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) into digital customer platforms makes customer experience (CX) more human at a scale previously unimaginable. It’s improving the quality of life for the individual customer and employee, while creating a wealth of new opportunities for businesses to increase their operational efficiency, grow sales and loyalty, improve and speed up decision making and beco...
Corona Creates Uniquely Stackable Beer Cans To Kill Plastic Ring Packaging
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:40
Leo Burnett Mexico designed the cans to screw into one another. Corona's solution does not rely on extra packaging costs.Corona has found a novel way to counteract the scourge of the ecocidal plastic connector rings used to hold together packs of canned beverages.In a campaign from Leo Burnett Mexico, the AB InBev brand is introducing a new model of beer can designed to screw into one another v...
(Patent) Apple's Ridiculous Patent for Adding a Camera to the Apple Watch
[Tech]
2019/07/02 10:40
Apple patent describes Apple Watch camera with a solution to the angle problem.Since its launch back in 2015, Apple has been steadily adding new sensors and features to the Apple Watch. The first model had a built-in heart rate sensor, the Apple Watch Series 2 tacked on GPS, while the Series 3 was the first version to feature true cellular connectivity. Most recently, Apple added an ECG monitor...
The Future of Fashion : Intelistyle’s AI Chatbot Stylist Can 'Complete the Look'
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:40
Intelistyle’s AI chatbot stylist works with both retailers and customers.London-based Intelistyle’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot stylist works with both retailers and customersSpotted: “Styled by AI” isn’t yet a commonly used term, although that may be about to change. London-based Intelistyle’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot stylist works with both retailers and customers....
Food Makers Crowd Snack Aisle Despite Uneven Growth
[Business]
2019/07/02 10:40
Companies look to expand offerings as competition increases from smaller brands, private labels, more delivery options.Americans lost some of their vast appetite for snacks last year. Food makers are betting they will still come back for more.Consumption has dipped for many grab-and-go foods in the U.S., where people ate some 3% fewer servings of protein bars and other health-oriented snacks in...
Auto Brands Rollout Driver-Monitoring Technology
[Tech]
2019/07/02 10:40
As automobiles increasingly offer autonomous functions that aid drivers, car manufacturers are providing extra safety measures by adding technology that monitors driver activity. The following brands have installed in-car, driver-facing cameras that are intended to prevent distracted driving, falling asleep at the wheel, and drunk driving.subaru Subaru’s 2019 Forester model has the ability to...
Ocrolus Raises $24M to Scan Financial Documents with Computer Vision
[Investing]
2019/07/02 10:39
Ocrolus, a New York startup that taps AI and machine learning to parse financial documents, today announced it has raised $24 million in a series B round led by venture growth equity firm Oak HC/FT. Ocrolus cofounder and CEO Sam Bobley said the fresh capital, which follows a $4 million series A in April 2018 and brings the company’s total raised to about $30 million, will fuel expansion into v...
This Fully Autonomous Concept Car Comes with a Personal Robotic Butler - EXIGEN
[Design]
2019/07/02 10:39
Knowing that self-driving technologies will open many new possibilities in the future, designers bene distler and felix marx have conceptualized a fully autonomous, electric fleet vehicle that services passengers’ storage needs instead. Called EXIGEN, the concept car intelligently adapts in space and storage abilities, even including a personal robotic ‘butler’. the design was created in coo...
