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09:35 18.10.2015

How Volkswagen used software to cheat on its emissions tests

(By Andreas Cremer, Bruce Wallace and Paul Lienert, Reuters) – Volkswagen made several versions of its “defeat device” software to rig diesel emissions tests, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, potentially suggesting a complex deception by the German carmaker. During seven years of self-confessed cheating, Volkswagen altered its illegal software for four engine […]... →

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09:05 18.10.2015

Japan’s Beenos founder Teru Sato and partner Hiro Maeda form new $60M fund

The founder of Beenos, Teruhide Sato, who has been active in funding startups primarily in Asia recently established a new fund called Beenext.... →

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06:00 18.10.2015

When greed turns to fear

There is a cliche in the financial world that has been around forever. “Two things drive decisions: Greed and Fear” For the past few years, we’ve been a zone where greed has been dominating. Every now and then a little fear creeps in and then gets squished into the corner by chants of “things are different […]... →

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06:00 18.10.2015

Where Does Apple Pay Stand On Its First Birthday?

While the “year of Apple Pay,” as Apple CEO Tim Cook dubbed 2015, still has a ways to go, the product’s first anniversary is rapidly approaching. And, considering Android Pay’s recent unveiling, it seems that its competitors are, as well. So, as we prepare to celebrate, the question is: How are things going? Read More... →

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04:01 18.10.2015

Adjustable standing desks linked to less sedentary time at work

Giving workers adjustable-height desks may contribute to less sedentary time in the office, a small U.S. study suggests.... →

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01:00 18.10.2015

Programming Hate Into AI Will Be Controversial, But Possibly Necessary

In the last few years, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has been thrust into the mainstream. No longer just the domain of sci-fi fans, nerds or Google engineers, I hear people discussing AI at parties, coffee shops and even at the dinner table: My five-year-old daughter brought it up the other night over taco lasagna. When I asked her if anything interesting had happened in school,… Read More... →

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23:53 17.10.2015

Spotify reacts to Joanna Newsom’s “villainous cabal” criticisms

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Friday, musician Joanna Newsom had some harsh words for Spotify. While discussing her new album, the eccentric singer-composer-harpist laid out her complaints with the music streaming service using the quirkiest, most Joanna Newsom-sounding metaphor possible: “I’ve walked out of grocery stores because I can tell that there’s […]... →

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23:00 17.10.2015

Before you hire a CISO, read this

GUEST: In an ideal world, every organization, large or small, would prioritize security enough to make sure it has the necessary staff and resources to manage it effectively. Of course, in reality, that’s not the case. One big problem standing in the way is that it’s rarely clear what is “necessary” in the first place — […]... →

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22:19 17.10.2015

Notifications Summit: Session 2

The Notifications Summit was recorded live October 1, 2015 @ betaworks in New York. The Notification stream eats Apps, becoming the meta app. Matthew Panzarino (Techcrunch), Or Arbel (Yo!), Peter Rojas (betaworks) In a world where the only death sentence is noise what will be the relationship between notifications and the current smartphone UI with its field of app icons? Read More... →

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22:05 17.10.2015

Scoot Unleashes New Four-Wheeler Quad Cars On San Francisco Streets

Scoot, the San Francisco-based electric scooter ride share network, has teamed up with Nissan to create a four-wheeled two-seater enclosed vehicle onto the streets of San Francisco. Starting today, Scoot members have the option to rent one of these adorable little cars to get them anywhere in the 7×7. Known as the Scoot Quad, this is an all-electric vehicle that you can turn on with the… Read More... →

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22:00 17.10.2015

The California Drought And Standards Of IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) has a remote control problem — devices are operating independently with no knowledge of each other’s existence. Even systems that are supposed to work together don’t do so easily. We need a digital age of enlightenment and openness to unleash the full potential of the IoT. This means standardizing cross-device and multi-platform communication,… Read More... →

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21:35 17.10.2015

Google acquires 360-degree photography startup Digisfera to beef up Street View

Google has acquired Digisfera, a startup focused on working with panoramic images. Digisfera’s employees will be joining the Street View team at Google “to continue building great experiences using 360° photography.” Financial details of the deal were not revealed. Founded in January 2011, Portugal-based Digisfera describes itself as a company that provides “photography, design, and […]... →

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21:00 17.10.2015

Tesla, Apple, and the ‘secretly terrible’ engineer conundrum

GUEST: Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently dismissed media speculation that Apple had been hiring away some of his most important engineers, with his usual aplomb. “Important engineers?” Musk scoffed, in an interview with Handelsblatt. “They have hired people we’ve fired. We always jokingly call Apple the ‘Tesla Graveyard.’ If you don’t make it at Tesla, you […]... →

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20:00 17.10.2015

Ghana’s MEST Incubator To Launch Pan-African VC Fund, Expand Training Programs

Ghana’s MEST innovation space is making moves, gearing up to launch a Pan-African VC fund in 2015, while expanding its IT training program into Nigeria and Kenya. Based in Accra, MEST (full name Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology) operates both as a tech institute and startup incubator. Its 12 month Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EIT) program infuses African techies with… Read More... →

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20:00 17.10.2015

How to move forward when you have too many ideas

GUEST: True entrepreneurs have an uncanny knack for seeing opportunity in everyday circumstances. What to some people, is merely a frustration — for instance, the absence of an app to handle some desired tracking function — is a clear source of inspiration for the entrepreneurially-minded. But seeing potential businesses on every street corner and in every […]... →

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18:44 17.10.2015

Instagram is down for some users

Instagram has stopped working for some users today. The service was having trouble loading as early as 6:00 a.m Pacific on Saturday, but broke down even further just a few hours later. Users are taking to Twitter and Facebook to discuss the outage. It’s not clear how widespread the problems are. We have contacted Facebook […]... →

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18:30 17.10.2015

Can Facebook solve the family attribution gap?

GUEST: Attribution. It’s a big challenge for e-commerce marketers. Most of these pros use a bevy of technologies and methodologies to concoct their attribution approach. They assign weights to actions across ad channels, and monitor their analytics to determine which of the channels are contributing to sales and how to allocate spend. If the attribution model […]... →

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18:00 17.10.2015

Specialization, Polymaths And The Pareto Principle In A Convergence Economy

Economists tell us that the history of human labor is one of continually increasing specialization. As we progressed along the economic continuum from hunter-gatherer through agrarian and industrial and now into post-industrial economies, the labor force has become more fragmented, with workers having more and more specialized skill sets. Read More... →

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17:31 17.10.2015

How to incorporate apple pay into your business plan by @provendata

If you are going to take the time and effort (and funds) to incorporate Apple Pay into your business plan, I highly recommend that you do so strategically. The post How to Incorporate Apple Pay into Your Business Plan by @ProvenData appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

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16:00 17.10.2015

Is Uber The Root Of All Evil?

It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil. It is accepted as axiomatic that they exploit their drivers; they brazenly reject the rule of democratic law, while simultaneously kowtowing to authoritarian China; they use vicious and/or deceitful tactics; and they ignore the needs of the disabled. Read More... →

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