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eBay uses augmented reality to help sellers find the right box for their product
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 23:24
eBay is continuing its augmented reality (AR) embrace with the launch of a new feature for sellers to easily find the right box to fit their products. Available on some Android devices in the U.S. from today, eBay is tap...
5 lessons learned from the predictive policing failure in New Orleans
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 23:10
GUEST: Predictive policing sounds like something out of a new sci-fi movie written to highlight the dangers of our algorithmic, data-driven modern world, but it’s not. Nor is it a possible tool currently relegated to r...
5 Tips For an Effective Instagram Story Takeover
Forbes - 19 Mar 2018 22:58
Storytelling in the age of ephemeral content creation has given rise to a new form of interactivity. The implementation of takeovers -- where someone takes over another brand or person's Instagram account temporarily to ...
A Retailer Favored By British Moms (A Royal One, Too) Opens In The U.S.
Forbes - 19 Mar 2018 22:11
Jojo Maman Bebe sells quality clothing and more for kids and moms including the Duchess of Cambridge and has a social mission, too.
How Machine Learning Is Reshaping Online Search
Forbes - 19 Mar 2018 22:01
Does the success of Google RankBrain mean the search landscape will continue to evolve toward a future of machine learning?
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds goes live on mobile in regions worldwide
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 21:38
Chinese publisher Tencent has launched one of the biggest PC games in the world on iOS and Android devices around the world. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is now available in the iOS App Store and Google Play market in m...
Canada and New Zealand announce major 5G tests, but national service remains years off
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 21:27
As governments race to authorize 5G wireless networks across the globe, Canada and New Zealand each took major steps today toward testing 5G technologies within their borders. Yet nationwide 5G service appears to remain ...
KFx Medical, LLC Announces Another and Fourth License of its Knotless Double Row Patents
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 21:25
PRESS RELEASE: KFx Medical, LLC announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:WMGI) relating to KFx patents used in knotless double row rotator cuff repair. Under the...
As Facebook revelations stir user and investor blowback: Can Zuckerberg and Sandberg fix what's broken?
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 21:15
ANALYSIS: Nobody shakes off outrages over data privacy like Facebook. The company has built a culture and business model on pushing the envelope around data use since its founding. But that usually triggers a cycle of us...
Microsoft Cofounder Steve Allen To Invest $125 Million To Teach Computers Common Sense. Be Afraid, Very Afraid
Forbes - 19 Mar 2018 21:00
Dubbed "Project Alexandria," the investment will bring together various tech segments used in the artificial intelligence field to create a system with good sense and judgment. The goal is to teach AI systems to react to...
The Art Of Being Self-Made: A Conversation With Rapsody
Forbes - 19 Mar 2018 21:00
I spoke with Roc Nation / Jamla recording artist Rapsody about her business model, building a sustainable career, and the importance of appreciating the process.
Fortnite rides a rocket to No. 2 highest-grossing iOS game
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 20:16
Epic is now enabling people to take Fortnite with them wherever they go, and players are rewarding the developer with massive quantities of cash. The last-player-standing shooter launched last week as part of an invite-o...
Ataribox is now Atari VCS, preorders open in April for retro-inspired console
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 20:00
Atari has renamed its upcoming Ataribox console as the Atari VCS, which is a retro-inspired entertainment platform based on PC technology. The iconic video game brand is showing off the latest version of the box at the G...
Uber parks its self-driving cars after fatal pedestrian crash in Tempe
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 19:25
Uber has parked its autonomous cars in North America after a crash early this morning in Tempe, Arizona that killed a female pedestrian. Tempe Police said in a statement provided by Uber that the car was operating in aut...
Jabra Elite 65t review: Alexa in earbuds is missing key features
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 19:20
REVIEW: A few days before the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year, Amazon rolled out its mobile accessory kit to enable creators of wireless earbuds and wearables like smartwatches or fitness tracker...
Google Play Instant lets you try Android games immediately, no installation required
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 19:00
At the Game Developers Conference 2018 in San Francisco today, Google introduced Google Play Instant, the new name for Android apps and games that can be launched immediately without having to install them first. Major g...
Games are getting the same realistic lighting as blockbuster movies
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 19:00
Multiple gaming technologies are coming together right now to enable real-time ray tracing. This is a technology that enables processors to replicate the physics of light, which is something video games have had to fudge...
IDC: VR and AR headset sales expected to jump over 50% annually, hit 68.9 million in 2022
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 18:49
Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets are set to grow dramatically in popularity, IDC projects, with 2018 sales expected to hit 12.4 million units — up from roughly 8 million in 2017. This year’s gains are e...
Magic Leap shows off AR glasses creator portal and SDK to game developers
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 18:20
Magic Leap announced that it will give developers a technical preview of its creator portal and software development kit (SDK) at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Magic Leap has raised an estimated $2.3 b...
Amazon HQ2: Herndon VA and Cambridge MA Are Prime Choices Based On Recent Hiring Patterns
Forbes - 19 Mar 2018 18:11
While Seattle has the most Amazon job openings and Tokyo, Japan has the second-most, two east cost cities in the U.S. stand out.
Amazon powers cloud servers for 90% of large game companies
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 18:01
More than 90 percent of the world’s largest game companies use Amazon Web Services, which offloads online gaming infrastructure tasks to Amazon’s giant cloud computing resources. Amazon said that top games from Activ...
Amazon pulls back the curtain on SageMaker AI service
Venture Beat - 19 Mar 2018 18:00
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon peeled back the curtain on its SageMaker AI service today, unveiling how its customers are able to train machine learning models at massive scale while keeping costs down. The company uses novel techniq...