Rakuten is getting into the Airbnb for business sector after it invested SG$4 million ($2.8 million) in Singapore-based MetroResidences. MetroResidences was founded in 2014 by James Chua and Lester Kang and it matches corporate employees needing to rent for a month or more with home owners who seek tenants. It is currently active in Singapore, but has plans to expand into Hong Kong and… Read More
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Tenzo, a London startup and graduate of Techstars, has built what looks like an interesting and timely platform to help restaurants (and potentially any brick ‘n’ mortar retailer) get real-time data insights on how they and their staff are performing. Read More
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Every notebook on this list can survive a normal eight-hour workday and then some.
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Google’s AlphaGo AI last year took down South Korean Go master Lee Sedol. Next month, it’ll take on Chinese champion Ke Jie.
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Payday loan firm Wonga has suffered a data breach affecting up to 245,000 customers in the UK. A further 25,000 customers in Poland may also be affected, according to the BBC. Read More
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A famous optical illusion doesn’t stand a chance against the hunting instincts of a bored housecat.
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They are literally cool, in the sense that they’re blue and green.
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It’ll save police departments — and, by extension, taxpayers — plenty of cash in fuel.
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Nice to the planet, mean to criminals. The post Ford’s First Hybrid Cop Car Is One Mean, Green Machine appeared first on WIRED.
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Saleswhale, a Singapore-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to let companies automate their sales emails, has raised a $1.2 million seed round. The capital was provided by VC firms Monk’s Hill Ventures, Gree Ventures and Wavemaker Partners with a number of angel investors. Those include early Dropbox hire Albert Ni, Pieter Walraven (who founded now Google-owned… Read More
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