While the cryptocurrency world continues to swirl around in a daze of troughs and highs, startups are continuing to make use of the fundamental underlying strengths of blockchain technology. A new entrant in this race is Tradeshift, a leading players in supply-chain payments and marketplaces, […]
Category: Food
Whisk, the smart food platform that makes recipes shoppable, acquires competitor Avocando
Whisk, the U.K. startup that has built a B2B data platform to power various food apps, including making online recipes ‘shoppable’, has acquired Avocando, a competitor based in Germany. The exact financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed, although TechCrunch understands it was all-cash and […]
Finnish university’s online AI course is open to everyone
Fagerlund mentioned the use of AI in the food industry to sort produce and other items at facilities as an example. And while you know that Facebook uses AI for facial recognition, a lot of people might not. Indeed, Helsinki’s course focuses on the basics, […]
What Alibaba Can Do With Ele.me
Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) took time during its latest earnings call to get investors excited about its recent decision to fully acquire online food-delivery … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Can A Book Make You Smile? Food And Travel Tips To Increase Happiness
Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy's Food Culture by Matt Goulding. A James Beard Award-winning writer, Goulding jumpstarts this ode to … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Apple’s rumored cheaper HomePod tipped to have Beats branding
Bought yourself a HomePod yet? Amidst talk that sales aren’t doing too well, we’ve heard rumors about a cheaper version hitting the market, and today there’s some extra information about that cut-price HomePod – it’s going to come with Beats branding. Remember that Apple acquired […]
What we know about Google’s Duplex demo so far
The highlight of Google’s I/O keynote earlier this month was the reveal of Duplex, a system that can make calls to set up a salon appointment or a restaurant reservation for you by calling those places, chatting with a human and getting the job done. […]
Holiday guide to Basilicata, Italy: what to see plus the best restaurants and hotels
Add lots of warm sunshine plus fine food and wine and you might expect the area to be a tourist mecca, busy with hotels and tour buses. However … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Uber’s chief product officer is out
Uber Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden, who oversaw Uber Elevate, has left the company, Recode first reported. His last day was yesterday, TechCrunch confirmed. On a day-to-day level, Holden was not that heavily involved. Manik Gupta, for example, is in charge of product, maps and […]
A leaked look at Facebook’s search engine for influencer marketing
Facebook’s next money-maker could be this tool for connecting marketers to social media creators so they can team up on sponsored-content Facebook ad campaigns. The Branded Content Matching search engine lets advertisers select the biographical characteristics of creators’ fans they want to reach, see stats […]