2016

Uber to pour $500m into global mapping project

August 1, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

Uber is preparing to pour $500m into an ambitious global mapping project as it seeks to wean itself off dependence on Google Maps and pave the way for driverless cars. More on Financial Times

IBM has launched a platform for companies to test “blockchain”

August 1, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

IBM has launched a platform for companies to test “blockchain” record-keeping technology in their supply chains, combining its existing blockchain cloud offering and IBM LinuxONE. The service is an attempt to expand the use of […]

Hedgeable, the automated advice platform to add peer-to-peer lending

August 1, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

Robo Adviser Hedgeable, an automated advice platform with $50.5 million in assets, says it will offer a peer-to-peer lending product later this year. Customers can invest in the loans as an alternative to fixed-income investments, […]

Eurozone’s GDP slowed in Q2

August 1, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

Eurozone GDP growth slowed in the second quarter to 0.3%, half the rate of the preceding period, but inflation picked up to 0.2%. Growth stalled in France, the second-leading industrial power in the currency bloc. […]

Drones – First fully autonomous delivery to a customer’s residence

July 31, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

Helping advance research toward integrating drones into the National Airspace System, 7-Eleven (OTCPK:SVNDY) and upstart Flirtey have completed the first fully autonomous drone delivery to a customer’s residence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xehCOXwKDGI While there’s some speculation on […]

China’s internet regulator ordered online companies to stop news reporting

July 31, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

China’s top internet regulator has ordered major online companies including Sina Corp. (NASDAQ:SINA) Tencent (OTCPK:TCEHY), Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) to stop original news reporting, tightening its grip over the country’s web and information industries. […]

Why chatbots may be the future of native advertising

July 31, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

Chatbots are becoming more popular and they could be the future of native advertising, allowing brands and consumers to have personalized, valuable conversations, writes Vladimir Klimontovich, CTO and Founder of GetIntent. Machine learning will enable […]