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That’s right, Blippar, the technology company building a visual discovery browser through artificial intelligence and augmented reality, has opened their self-service suite to anyone willing to give it a go. Users will have access to the best-in-class augmented reality and computer vision capabilities on the market, allowing developers and marketers without coding experience to tap into the potential of the AR market. With simple drag-and-drop instructions, everyone will be able to transform their boring old company into an innovative powerhouse fueled by augmented reality....

BlockChain Becomes a Game Changer Here’s a frightening thought. There are songs being viewed and downloaded over music streaming sites hundreds of thousands of times each day. In many cases, the people who should be receiving compensation for this are not.This isn’t because of piracy or plagiarism. It’s because the information associated with this music is not up to date. This means that streaming services simply have no way to identify artists and properly compensate them....

How Casual Works To create a project on Casual, all you need is to drag-and-drop tasks onto the project canvas. All the tasks can be set to step-by-step execution, or divided into 2+ parallel processes. Next, set up deadlines and add executors for each task. Each executor will now have his own to-do task list with respective deadlines. As a manager, you can view everyone’s tasks at one glance or specific users’ lists and make necessary adjustments....

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Last year, Columbia Engineering researchers made waves as the first to invent a “full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs)”, which can ease the progression of enabling simultaneous transmissions and receptions on the same frequency as a wireless radio. Using this system requires two antennas; however, the team of researchers has developed a way to complete this process using only one antenna – cutting down on materials and bulk while maximizing efficiency....

BAND currently has 35 million users worldwide and operates as an invite-only platform for both iOS and Android. When The RKA selected BAND, they officially added 600,000 South Korean soldiers and their parents to the platform. Each platoon – 30 soldiers – opens its own BAND with soldiers’ parents to provide and receive updates about military and home life; since December 2014, 25,000 groups consisting of 30 soldier-platoons have been created....

Now, while real-world people can follow the tips laid forth in that article, fictional characters cannot (because, duh, they don’t exist). Formstack, the online form building platform that allows you to easily create online forms without the use of any code, recently toyed around with this idea: do certain fictional characters have the right skillsets and managerial styles to successfully manage a remote team? The startup recognizes the role that remote work can play on a work-life balance, so they took some time to look at some of modern pop culture’s most notorious bosses, and ranked them according to how well they could manage a remote team....

Obviously the event was successful, so it wasn’t surprising to see that the White House wanted to continue creating opportunities for entrepreneurs. Only, this time they’ll be kicking off an inaugural Smart Cities Initiative, hosted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). All told, the White House is investing over $160 million in federal research money and leveraging more than 25 new technology collaborations to help local communities....

The widely-covered T-mobile data breach that occurred last year, for instance, cost the company $350 million in 2022 – and that’s just in customer pay outs. This puts more onus than ever on businesses to secure their networks, ensure staff have strong passwords, and train employees to spot the telltale signs of phishing campaigns. Below, we’ve compiled a list of significant, recent data breaches (and a couple of important data leaks) that have taken place between January 1, 2022 and today, dated to the day they were first reported in the media....

Founded a mere two years ago, Pinbooster/loop88 helps companies like Whole Foods, Home Depot, Ghirardelli, Verizon, and Yoplait connect with influential Pinterest users who then collaborate with marketing campaigns to help reach millions of people on the social media platform. Loop88 identifies the top influencers on Pinterest and sorts them by different categories and interests, allowing brands to engage in highly-targeted advertising campaigns. The re-launch as loop88 is motivated largely by the company’s desire to grow with the user base and with this long-tail of influence....

Distil Networks provides a simple and accurate solution to keep malicious bots from entering websites and ultimately prevent bot-based hacker attacks. Founded in 2011 by Essaid and two friends who were all working in cybersecurity, they developed a technology that can detect whether it’s a bot or a human entering a website. If accurate detection is not immediate, their product will send out a captcha box or some other form of verification....

Today, universities, groundbreaking tech companies, and research labs are utilizing drones – UAVs and UASes – to perform important missions that have nothing to do with military initiatives. These missions are generally categorized into the “three Ds”: dull, dirty, or dangerous. Often, the mission combines two of these elements. In the case of aerial data acquisition, the collecting of data for industries like agriculture, construction, mining, and land or resource management is not necessarily an exciting endeavor....

Led by Allos Ventures and Cultivation Capital, the round had participation with from Bob Davoli and returning investments from Bill Godfrey, Tim Kopp, and Mark Hill. To date, Bluebride formally raised a reported $5.7 million across three rounds, and acquired Cadence Consulting in February. Bluebridge by way of Emplify, is a platform to allow businesses to create their own internal app. The platform makes it easy for businesses to employ basic drag-and-drop functionality in an effort to build an internal communication medium....

For the modern sports conglomerate, that’s a problem. Consumers Don’t Want Cable Sports TV has been slowing moving away from cable and towards online streaming for a while. Which makes sense, since most media has been shifting towards the internet. TV networks that are the most reliant on sports have been seeing a decline: 2014 saw ESPN lose 3 million subscribers, while NFL, TBS, and TNT all trended downward as well....

It’s no secret the internet is a bit of a mess right now. From weekly security breaches to unsettling data practices, lawmakers and everyday users from around the world have called for some kind of legislation to right the online wrongs. Unfortunately, US lawmakers have stalled in their efforts to enact meaningful change on nearly every attempt. Fortunately, the EU has been a bit more effective, proposing and passing a number of changes to the way the internet works in comparatively record time....

Recently, an advisor to me and my company asked me how things were going on the home front with my 1-year-old. A big smile came across my face. Things couldn’t be better. As a new father, there were certainly some nights I could have done with more sleep, and “free” time is a distant memory, but in a pure cost-to-benefit type calculation, the joy that comes from parenthood has far outweighed any conceivable downside by a wide margin....

The Excelerate 2010 startups include the following ten companies: Edulender – a student loan marketplace.FanGo – mobile transfer of data between customers and merchants.GiveForward – online fundraising platform.MathZee – educational math games.Noblivity – emerging designer fashion marketplace.PVPower – photovoltaic solar panels.ScholarPro – aims to innovate the application and distribution process of scholarships and private financial aid within the United States private and public educational system.Tap Me – mobile games developmentTransFS – comparing credit card processors is the best way to make sure you are getting a good deal....

If you’ve never heard of it, don’t be too surprised. It’s currently only available in five countries, and the 14 further countries that it’s being rolled out to still won’t include the US. Its killer feature is the “Secret Crush”, which lets you signal who in your friendship group you’ve always been kinda keen on. If they mark you down as a Secret Crush too, Facebook will play matchmaker. However, with a string of privacy concerns hounding Facebook at every turn, should we really be letting them know who among our friends has taken our fancy?...

The app is capable of analyzing faces from video streams, cameras or existing databases and match encode face descriptions with a set of standard personality traits they are likely to possess. The company has created 15 different classifiers, which are capable of evaluating certain traits with 80 percent accuracy and now they are pushing the technology forward with machine learning. The Art and Science of Facial Recognition Faception took the scientific claim that our genes affect our personality....

Password managers and other cybersecurity software will help shield you from threats like credential stuffing or brute-force attacks, but social engineering scams like this are arguably harder to snuff out and increase in sophistication by the day. Educating yourself to recognize the tell tale signs that a scam might be taking place, however, and never handing out your information without verification, are two steps you can take to ensure you’re not the latest victim....