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Tuesday, June 07, 2016
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English: Khusruwiyah Mosque in Aleppo, Syria Français : Mosquée Khosrowiyé à Alep en Syrie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Banksy Leaves School Kids a Thank You Students at Bridge Farm Primary school in Bristol, U.K. came back from vacation to a special surprise. Internationa
‘The Powerpuff Girls’ will save the world through coding while tutoring viewers in Scratch
When you’re a trio of superpowered kindergarteners tasked with saving
the world on a weekly basis, you’ve got to use every tool in the old
toybox. Thankfully for an animated world constantly in peril, this
year’s rebooted Powerpuff Girls have picked up a few new tricks along
the way. Blue-eyed, pig...
Snapchat adds previews and subscriptions to Discover channels
Snapchat combines the best of social networks, magazines, and
television in a redesign of its omni-entertainment app. You’ll now see
image and headline previews of the content inside Discover channels and
Live stories on the Stories page, instead of just logos for the
publishers or events they capt...
Equity crowdfunding is now legal, but don’t expect anything to change just yet
Equity crowdfunding is now legal in the United States. Four years in
the making, Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS)
finally entered into force on May 16. Prior to this, the masses had
access to only what amounts to donations-on-steroids provided by
Kickstarter and company, ...
CrowdFlower raises $10M to combine artificial intelligence with crowdsourced labor
CrowdFlower is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series D
funding.
The round was led by Microsoft, with participation from Canvas Ventures
and Trinity Ventures. The San Francisco-based company has now raised a
total of $38 million, according to CrunchBase.
CrowdFlower launched at the Tec...
Conversable chatbot will offer allergy info along with a side of Wingstop wings
Conversable, a conversational commerce startup seeking to bolster
relationships between brands and consumers, is announcing a partnership
today with Wingstop. Users will be able to order food, inquire about
potential food allergens, and look for nearby locations from within apps
like Facebook Messe...
Telecom giant Telenor launches a digital health service for emerging markets
There’s a new company entering the mobile healthcare space in Asia,
and it is perhaps an unlikely name. That’s because telecom giant Telenor
has launched Tonic, a service that provides basic medical information
as well as more sophisticated services. Read More
Healthcare booking platform DocPlanner scores $20M Series C and merges with Doctoralia
Europe’s DocPlanner, an online booking platform for healthcare
appointments, has raised a $20 million Series C round, and at the same
time is announcing a merger with Spain’s Doctoralia. The new funding,
which was led by Target Global, will be used for further international
expansion and developmen...
Smartphone sales growth will drop to single digits in 2016, says Gartner
Analyst Gartner is expecting a big drop in smartphone sales growth,
projecting the market will shrink from 14.4 per cent growth in 2015 to
just 7 per cent in 2016 — with only 1.5 billion smartphone units being
shipped globally this year. The high watermark for smartphone sales was
back in 2010, whe...
Blue Origin continues successful, record-setting year with another NASA contract
Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos, has partnered
with NASA to fly and test technology payloads on suborbital flights with
the New Shepard launch vehicle. Bezos’ company is the sixth partner
that NASA has selected through the Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle
Flight and Payload ...
Researchers find a way to snoop on you through your phone’s vibration motor
Cover up your webcam, disable microphone access and put on your
tinfoil hat — but it won’t make any difference, because the Illuminati
can get at you through your phone’s vibration motor now. Well, kind of,
anyway. Your best defense? Talk in a high voice. Read More
Microsoft officially launches Planner, its Trello competitor
The Microsoft Office lineup is getting a new addition today: Microsoft
Planner, team collaboration software that lets you visually organize
plans, assign tasks, share files, chat and more. The new app, first
introduced into testing last fall, enters a competitive space which
includes pro software l...
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