Artificial intelligence is making it possible for Street Views to be mined for insights about the economy, politics and human behavior — just as text mining has done for years.
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/technology/google-images-voters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
You might have noticed a new end-of-year trend on Instagram the past few days. If so, you can thank 2017bestnine.com, a website that lets you automatically collect and collage your most-liked photos of 2017. Best Nine has been around for a while, so many of you may be familiar with the tool already. But for those of you who are new to that Best Nine game, here’s how it works. First of… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/31/what-were-your-best-nine-instagram-photos-from-2017/?ncid=rss
Imagine attending a business meeting with an Amazon Echo (or any voice-driven device) sitting on the conference table. A question arises about the month’s sales numbers in the Southeast region. Instead of opening a laptop, opening a program like Excel and finding the numbers, you simply ask the device and get the answer instantly. That kind of scenario is increasingly becoming a… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/31/voice-interfaces-beginning-to-find-their-way-into-business/?ncid=rss
It’s been pretty easy to point at Twitter and, with each quarterly moment when it discloses its financial guts, let out a long exasperated sigh. But then something interesting happened in the back half of 2017: it went on a rather spectacular run, and though ending on a bit of a slump, it looks like it could finish the year up more than 25 percent — which, by Twitter terms, is… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/31/twitter-ended-the-year-on-a-fascinating-run/?ncid=rss
Happy New Year! It’s been a transformational year in tech. The golden era of startups ended. Sorry about that. The tech industry finally rolled over a big rock it had ignored and/or leaned on for years, and exposed the squirming morass of sexual harassment beneath. We witnessed major AI breakthroughs, a cryptocurrency megaboom, really truly self-driving cars, and 18 SpaceX launches. But… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/31/no-really-naming-an-award-after-myself-is-the-most-humble-thing-anyone-has-ever-done-3/?ncid=rss
Almost half of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Far fewer stick to them. “Losing weight” and “exercising more” are among the most popular goals. A sizeable percentage of Americans also aim to “be a better person.” TechCrunch reviewed apps that are designed to help people stay on track with these plans. Here are a few that will help you stay… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/these-apps-will-help-you-keep-your-new-years-resolutions/?ncid=rss
Hyperscale operators are defined as enormous companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google that need to provide computing on a massive scale. You would think that there would be a limited number of this type of highly specialized data center, but recent research from Synergy Research found that 2017 was actually a breakout year for new hyperscale data centers across the world — with… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/hyperscale-data-centers-reached-over-390-worldwide-in-2017/?ncid=rss
Each massive exit in the tech ecosystem usually follows the same cycle: an upstart becomes a huge business, it goes public or sells for a huge sum of money, many of the best people that built it take off and then they use their newfound wealth to start companies. But in addition to tech, the venture community has its own pet project: coffee. Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/the-food-revolution-may-have-just-needed-a-cup-of-blue-bottle/?ncid=rss
When you apply for credit, you essentially ask a lender to evaluate your financial picture to make an informed decision about your approval, rate and terms. The information that lenders use primarily comes from two sources: you and private credit bureaus. This system is imperfect. It’s held back by outdated technology at the IRS. New legislation would change this. Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/how-a-simple-tech-upgrade-at-the-irs-could-transform-the-economy/?ncid=rss
We’re excited to be premiering a new mockumentary series about the startup world called Bubbleproof. You can watch the second half of the first season right here.
If you missed the first four episodes, you can find those here.
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from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/watch-the-second-half-of-bubbleproofs-first-season/?ncid=rss
People are lazy. Well, let me speak for myself. I am lazy. So it’s no wonder why on this week’s episode of CTRL+T, I was drawn to some news items that touched on home assistants and personal assistants for when you’re out in the wild. Amazon’s Echo Dot was the top-selling product on all of Amazon this holiday season and startup Fin recently launched its human/AI… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/automating-your-life-on-this-weeks-episode-of-ctrlt/?ncid=rss
Those $29 battery out-of-warranty replacements Apple promised are now available for impacted users with an iPhone 6 or later. The company was initially aiming for a late-January timeframe in the States when it first offered up the discount, following blowback against its admission that it had slowed down older model phones to maximize performance.
“We expected to need more time to be… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/30/apples-29-iphone-battery-replacements-are-available-starting-today/?ncid=rss
The star of a man once renowned as the prototype of a genius inventor has faded. But his reputation is having a revival, and his creations still resonate.
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/technology/nikola-tesla.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
High jinks and networking abound at 1600 Vine Street, the apartment complex minting the next generation of Instagram and YouTube celebrities.
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/business/hollywood-apartment-social-media.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Apple apologizes for slowing down iPhones, humans spent $200 million on apps this Christmas and Google retires the Pixel C tablet. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/29/crunch-report-apple-apologizes-for-slowing-down-iphones/?ncid=rss
This time last year, the company that made Mario and Donkey Kong household names seemed to have lost its touch. Now, with the new console, it’s on a roll.
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/technology/nintendo-switch.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
While cryptocurrencies stole the spotlight in 2017, a clutch of companies were quietly working behind the scenes to slowly bring the financial services establishment to its knees. It may turn out that these startup entrants of the last several years will prove to be the more relevant disruptors. Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/29/financial-technology-startups-emerged-as-serious-challengers-to-financial-services-in-2017/?ncid=rss
Stories about Facebook’s advertising business tend to focus on the big numbers — its billions of users, millions of advertisers or its enormous lead over any competitor that’s not named Google. But Facebook says that one of its success stories in recent years involves a relatively small group of engineers — in fact, originally it was just one engineer, Vastal Mehta,… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/29/facebook-solutions-engineering/?ncid=rss
From wildfires in California to hurricanes on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, communications are the bedrock of emergency response and management. However, those communications can be challenging when quickly evolving situations cross multiple jurisdictions — a truth painfully learned on 9/11, when more than a dozen agencies found it difficult to relay critical information to the right… Read More
from iFeeltech IT News Mix4 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/29/all-50-states-vote-yes-on-atts-40-billion-emergency-response-network-firstnet/?ncid=rss
