Google has announced it’s working on a service to offer detailed indoor location positioning using its Tango 3D sensing computer vision tech. Read More
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Google to launch a jobs search engine in the U.S.
Google announced today it’s launching its a jobs search engine in the U.S. The service will focus on all types of jobs – from entry-level and service industry positions to high-end professional jobs. It will also leverage Google technologies like machine learning and A.I. to better understand how jobs are classified and related, among other things. Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave… Read More
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Google is giving a cluster of 1,000 Cloud TPUs to researchers for free
At the end of Google I/O, the company unveiled a new program to give researchers access to the company’s most advanced machine learning technologies for free. The TensorFlow Research Cloud program, as it will be called, will be application based and open to anyone conducting research, rather than just members of academia. If accepted, researchers will get access to a cluster of 1,000… Read More
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OUR Entrepid Network – Introducing Luke Bayard and the Cult of Startup podcast
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Podcast Host, Entrepreneur, Business Strategist, Techstars Startup Weekend Facilitator, Techie
For Luke Bayard, entrepreneurship, the idea that “this is something I created and it means something to me,” captivated him at a young age. And like many entrepreneurs, the idea of choosing your own agenda and defining your own rules further defined his path. Today he runs the multimedia brand Cult Of Startup, to help inspire entrepreneurs, startup founders and anyone who is looking to go into business for themselves.
On Cult of Startup, Luke invites his guests to share the stories the intimate stories of their startup experience – the trials, failures and rewards. In each episode Luke seeks to discover the entrepreneur’s motivation and the details of their journey. Luke says that ‘this hour long conversation will feel like you’re hanging with your startup buddies’. The format is spontaneous, entertaining and informative.
The Cult of Startup’s notable guests include the 8th employee of Amazon, multiple Forbes 30 Under 30 Recipients and a YouTube producer with over a billion views.
The Cult of Startup podcasts include:
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Facebook teams up with The Trevor Project for LGBTQ youth suicide prevention
Facebook has partnered with The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention hotline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer youth, to bring additional crisis support to Facebook Messenger. Back in March, Facebook brought suicide prevention tools to both Live and Messenger in partnership with organizations like the Crisis Text Line, the National Eating Disorder Association and the… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
Leverage is building a project management application with outsourced virtual assistance built in
Using outsourced help – whether that’s using a virtual assistant to help you book travel or hiring a development firm to build your website – is something that nearly all businesses need from time to time. But finding a qualified person to do that job from freelance job boards on online recommendations can be difficult. A company called Leverage wants to make using… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
Upload VR startup raised $4.5 million Series A from Colopl, General Catalyst last year
Upload, which shifted the “UploadVR” brand to its media arm earlier this year, closed a funding round in September of last year raising $4.5 million, TechCrunch has learned. The timing of the previously unreported funding round was alluded to in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed yesterday by a former employee. The funding round was led by Colopl. Other participants in the… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
A unicorn wanders through Startup Alley
Another Disrupt, another Startup Alley. In this exciting video I wear a unicorn head, stare dumbfounded at a founder who told us to go away, and talk to Co-Sender, Marvelmind, API.live, BoostHQ as we wander the variegated halls of Disrupt New York 2017. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
The Partnership on AI adds Intel, Salesforce and others as it formalizes Grand Challenges and work groups
Intel, Salesforce, eBay, Sony, SAP, McKinsey & Company, Zalando and Cogitai are joining the Partnership on AI, a collection of companies and non-profits that have committed to sharing best practices and communicating openly about the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence research. The new members will be working alongside existing partners that include Facebook, Amazon, Google,… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
HelloAva launches a chatbot for personalized skin care recommendations
Can a chatbot replace a dermatologist’s recommendation for skin care products? That’s the idea behind HelloAva, a startup launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, which aims to walk people through a series of questions to determine their skin type, then make recommendations as to which products to buy. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch