Earlier this year, Nike began experimenting with AR to sell limited-edition shoes through its SNKRS app for iOS. The implementation was fairly simple: To unlock the sneakers, you just had to go to the product page in the application, tap on a 3D model of […]
Day: September 15, 2017
BIRD
Have a look at BIRD: Bio-Image Referral Database. Design and implementation of a new web based and patient multimedia data focused system for effective medical diagnosis and therapy by Francesco Pinciroli, Marco Masseroli and Livio Acerbo @lacer2k
Breakout Ventures, spun out of Peter Thiel’s Breakout Labs, has closed its debut fund with $60M
Lindy Fishburne has spent most of the last six years heading up Breakout Labs, a San Francisco-based program that’s underwritten by renowned investor Peter Thiel and that in 2011 began offering nascent science-focused startups up to $350,000 in funding with no strings attached. The idea […]
Forget the Driverless Future. Get Ready to Physically Merge With a Car Called the Roadable Synapse
In the future, they say, cars will drive themselves. You’ll call a roving robo-taxi, tell it where you want to go, and check out mentally in the back seat. People will be human cargo—as unengaged in the journey as a smiley-faced Amazon box awaiting delivery. […]
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus pre-orders go live this evening in Australia
Apple fans can officially get in line for a shiny new iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus from 5pm Friday, September 15, as pre-orders from the online Apple Store, retailers, and major telcos launch. If you’re massively eager to get your mitts on these new […]
Portland finds Uber used ‘Greyball’ to evade 16 authorities
Portland is done investigating Uber’s use of the infamous ‘Greyball’ tool in the city. The results? According to Reuters, authorities have discovered that the ride-hailing service used the software to prevent 16 of the city’s regulators from booking rides. It also ignored and canceled 29 […]
Renzi: “In legge di bilancio non c’è spazio per riduzione tasse”
Intervenendo alla Festa de l'Unità di Roma, il segretario del Pd, Matteo Renzi, esclude un intervento a breve sul fronte delle tasse. “Nella legge di … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
CashShield raises $5.5 million to prevent credit card fraud
Over $10 billion is wasted every year due to fraudulent e-commerce charges and that number is growing. This is not only costly and time-consuming for the businesses, but also the credit card companies and customers. But now there are several startups including Signifyd that believe […]
Facebook allowed advertisers to target anti-Semites
Earlier this month, Facebook admitted that its algorithm approved $100,000 worth of ads that point to fake news pages between June 2015 and May 2017. After some internal investigation, the company found that both the accounts that purchased the ads and the pages they advertised […]
Android Oreo is coming to a ton of Moto phones soon
Motorola has announced that just about every phone in its current fleet will soon be updated to Android Oreo, the latest operating system from Google. This comes shortly after the cookie-influenced update landed on the Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL and depending on your carrier, […]