Despite exit rumors and quitting Morocco, Uber is staying in Africa, according to its General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, Alon Lits. Speculation Uber could leave the continent surfaced late last year when a board member of its biggest investor, Softbank, encouraged the company to focus on markets such as the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. “It really was an…article after that… Read More
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Once again it’s the car for those who want more than a standard Mustang — but don’t want to live with a Shelby.
Source: CNET
The department has ruled against the app’s use on officials’ phones. Limited use of Facebook is allowed, according to the Australian Financial Review.
Source: CNET
One of the truisms of software business strategy is that services is bad business; heck, we’ve also said it. The reason, put bluntly, is that it’s a business with low margins and is not as scalable. So in the early days of bringing to market a complex enterprise software product, the repeated feedback I got from nearly all my advisors was to make sure customers were… Read More
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iFixit’s examination of Samsung’s flagship phone may explain why low-light images are often blurry.
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Cuando los humanos disponen de información relevante sobre el mundo, su proceso de aprendizaje es mucho más rápido que el de las máquinas. Pero sin esta información, las cosas cambian. El conocimiento básico que damos por sentado es el que nos da ventaja sobre el aprendizaje automático
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El Director Global de Oliver Wyman Labs, Paul Beswick, compara el reto de la planificación urbana con la transformación digital de las empresas, y plantea tres estrategias para adaptarse a las nuevas necesidades y tecnologÃas sin perder la esencia ni paralizar la actividad
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Commentary: Is this a portent of the true future? Welcome to a replica that has real world uses. Perhaps too real.
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On January 5th, The VOID’s new walk-around VR experience, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, opened to the public at Downtown Disney in California, preceded by a December launch at Disney Springs in Florida, marking the single biggest moment yet for out-of-home virtual reality. Many months in the making, this joint effort from ILMxLAB and The VOID is backed by Disney and features one of… Read More
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 A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books as a kid. I read it over and over, then tracked down the sequels and gobbled up many more of Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy- and science fiction-tinged novels for young adults.
But I hadn’t touched it in more than 20 years, maybe closer to 30, when the excitement began to build around a new Disney adaptation directed by Ava Duvernay. Read More
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