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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Why image recognition is about to transform business

From programs that help the visually impaired and safety features in cars that detect large animals to auto-organizing untagged photo collections and extracting business insights from socially shared pictures, the benefits of image recognition, or computer vision, are only just beginning to make their way into the world — but they’re doing so with increasing frequency and depth. Read More

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Prompted by the ongoing refugee crisis affecting much of the western world, new initiatives have emerged to provide solutions to the many challenges facing the beleaguered masses. In a sea of clueless government bureaucrats and fearful citizens, these new startups want to tap into the potential of the newcomers. Privately funded initiatives may one day become the norm in helping tackle… Read More

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I hear a lot of horror stories about investors. Many are misunderstandings. Some are just outright false. Then there are those that are true. Sadly, there are a lot of those. This kills companies. I’ve watched great entrepreneurs with brilliant ideas sink because they’ve been fucked around and because they made poor choices. I wanted to write something that will help people. Here… Read More

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Digital magazine company Issuu is now a collaboration platform, too

Digital media company Issuu has been trying to offer a better way to present content online. Now it’s a promising a better way for teams to work together on creating that content too, with the launch of a new product called Collaborate. Issuu, for those of you who don’t know, allows publishers to create digital publications. They may resemble glossy magazines, except freed from… Read More

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Digital magazine company Issuu is now a collaboration platform, too

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Kentucky Derby attendees can now order food, place bets from their seats

{rss:content:encoded} Kentucky Derby attendees can now order food, place bets from their seats http://ift.tt/21kilGn http://ift.tt/1rGcvTR April 30, 2016 at 01:04AM The first turn of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

The first turn of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Getting around, drinking and dining at the Kentucky Derby this year should prove a lot easier for fans and employees. According to Churchill Downs’ General Manager Ryan Jordan, the famed horse racing venue on Friday launched a Churchill Downs Racetrack app, powered by VenueNext, to give attendees a better experience on-site. The new app, available for iOS and Android devices, will let… Read More

Home Chef, one of several startups delivering recipes and ingredients to take some of the hassle out of home cooking, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Pat Vihtelic told me that Home Chef stands out from similar-sounding companies in a couple of ways. The big one is flexibility — customers get to choose their meals from 10 overall choices… Read More

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Samsung’s VR bedtime stories are cute, but really?

{rss:content:encoded} Samsung’s VR bedtime stories are cute, but really? http://ift.tt/1QFu8Hp http://ift.tt/1XYeQmW April 29, 2016 at 08:00PM vr_story

Samsung worries about your child. Are they sleeping well? Do they miss you when you’re away on business? Can they put on a VR headset without their parents’ help? That last one is pretty important. Because Samsung wants your kids to experience the joy of VR just before bed instead of a regular bedtime story even though why would you do that. Read More

Fullscreen’s new streaming service aims to be the MTV for the YouTube generation

{rss:content:encoded} Fullscreen’s new streaming service aims to be the MTV for the YouTube generation http://ift.tt/1SzdTBl http://ift.tt/1XYeQ6B April 29, 2016 at 07:59PM Screen Shot 2016-04-29 at 1.46.25 PM

It’s not exactly a Netflix or YouTube rival, but AT&T-backed Fullscreen is hoping to carve out its own niche in the now-crowded subscription video market with its new service, launched this week. The $5 per month offering includes a mix of shorter, original content alongside full-length Hollywood movies and TV shows, like “Hitch,” “Dawson’s Creek,”… Read More

As Twitter tries out bigger things to spur growth activity — like changing the order and length of Tweets — it is turning away from others. Twitter has quietly retired Magic Recs, a strikingly effective bot account that used to send you DMs recommending viral accounts or Tweets to follow, run by algorithm that measured how many others you knew were following an account… Read More

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There’s an epidemic in Canada. That epidemic is a mentality that leaves top talent with no option but to leave the nation’s borders and with them, everything they learned. It undervalues breakthroughs developed and paid for by Canadian taxpayers. It’s a mindset that resents the success of others. It’s a bad case of tall poppy syndrome. Read More

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CloudMagic can now tell you everything about the person who just emailed you

{rss:content:encoded} CloudMagic can now tell you everything about the person who just emailed you http://ift.tt/1Tjrolc http://ift.tt/249B1Ob April 29, 2016 at 05:35PM Sender-Profile_In-Action

CloudMagic, an email application that today has grown to 3 million users, has just added a useful feature that can aid those who receive a lot of inbound email from unknown persons: Sender Profile. Similar to services like LinkedIn’s Rapportive or newly launched Connect from Clearbit for desktop email, Sender Profile lets you quickly view a summary of information about the person who… Read More

Some of the most influential and successful companies in the game have come out of startup studios. Just look at Giphy, Reserve, and Operator. But what makes a startup studio successful? At Disrupt NY in May, we aim to find out. Betaworks’ John Borthwick, Expa’s Naveen Selvadurai, and Human Ventures’ Heather Hartnett will be joining us for a panel called “How A… Read More

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French startup Sqreen wants you to rethink how you deal with security for your web-based apps. With little effort, Sqreen can inspect, track and fix security holes, acting like a shield. You won’t have to change your workflow as Sqreen plugs to your existing app. Read More

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No, Google did not try to buy us, says Telegram founder

{rss:content:encoded} No, Google did not try to buy us, says Telegram founder http://ift.tt/1UlmvNc http://ift.tt/1OqxB0X April 29, 2016 at 01:33PM butcher Pavel Durov 5

Reports in the Russian press that Google tried to acquire the Telegram messaging app last year for $1 billion have been firmly rebutted by Telegram founder Pavel Durov. The rumors had been widely reported in the tech press today. Read More

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Epic Foundation’s new app helps donors understand where their money is going

{rss:content:encoded} Epic Foundation’s new app helps donors understand where their money is going http://ift.tt/24nLrX6 http://ift.tt/1Sx72Zk April 29, 2016 at 02:50AM Epic Foundation app

Epic Foundation is a nonprofit aiming to improve charitable giving — an approach that encompasses the way people select, monitor and “experience” their donations. Founded by serial entrepreneur Alexandre Mars (among other roles, he was CEO at Phonevalley, a mobile marketing agency acquired by Publicis Groupe, where Mars became head of mobile), Epic is trying to bring a more… Read More