July 11, 2017
SAP wants to bridge the gap between IoT and business data
SAP announced a new tool today called the Leonardo IoT Bridge designed to help bridge the gap between data coming from sensors in the field and business systems…
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July 11, 2017
Samsung quietly acquires Greek text-to-speech startup Innoetics for under $50M
With the launch of Bixby and reports that Samsung is building its own competitor to Amazon’s Echo, the consumer electronics giant has now made an acquisition that could…
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CompareAsiaGroup scores $50M from investors including IFC, Alibaba and Goldman Sachs
CompareAsiaGroup, which runs online financial marketplaces in seven Asian countries, has closed a $50 million Series B. The round was led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a…
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Microsoft experiences the triumph and tragedy of transformation
When long-time Microsoft COO Kevin Turner left the company last year, it marked a key turning point in the Satya Nadella era. Turner’s exit enabled Nadella to start…
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Kids app maker Toca Boca debuts its first consumer product collection at Target
Toca Boca, a hugely popular kids’ app maker, has grown to over 170 million downloads across its line of 38 apps, which 13 million children use every month.…
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Twitter lets you avoid trolls by muting new users and strangers
When trolls barge into people’s notifications with offensive replies or user names, those legitimate users might not keep coming back to Twitter. So today the company rolled out…
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Microsoft launches new email marketing and invoicing tools for small businesses
In the shadow of its Inspire partner conference, Microsoft today launched in preview three new tools for small businesses: Microsoft Connections, Microsoft Listings and Microsoft Invoicing. These join the…
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Foodles uses connected fridges to modernize your office canteen
French startup Foodles thinks office canteens should work more like food delivery startups. The company delivers fresh food every morning into smart fridges that sit in your office.…
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How Bassem Hamdy aims to disrupt the construction industry
Construction – the actual process of putting brick on brick to build something – is still in the dark ages. While there is plenty of technology out there…
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Microsoft’s Azure Stack private cloud platform is ready for its first customers
Microsoft’s cloud strategy has long focused on the kind of hybrid cloud deployments that allow enterprises to run workloads in a public cloud like Azure and in their own…
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