Monthly Archives: May 2017

Exclusive: This is Amazon’s new Echo with a built-in touchscreen

Here is the first look at what Amazon’s upcoming Echo with a built-in touchscreen looks like. I was able to locate this unfortunately low resolution image on Amazon’s servers in a similar manner to how I found what we now know to be the Echo Look. This new member of the Echo lineup is codenamed...

By |2017-05-08T22:56:55+00:00May 8th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

A La Réunion, le leader de la fibre teste des super-débits

La Réunion est l’un des départements les plus fibrés de France. Le leader de la fibre sur l’île y a testé des débits dix fois plus élevés que la normale. Prenez une île de 900.000 habitants, avec un volcan au milieu, mais un tissu industriel et un niveau de PIB qui la placent au quatorzième...

By |2017-05-08T22:53:28+00:00May 8th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

Apple veut investir dans l’industrie de pointe aux Etats-Unis

Le géant va créer un fonds d’investissement d’un milliard de dollars, a annoncé Tim Cook. Assis sur près de 250 milliards de dollars de trésorerie, Apple élargit ses perspectives. Le géant informatique américain a annoncé mercredi 3 mai son intention de bâtir un fonds d'investissement d'au moins un milliard de dollars afin de favoriser la...

By |2017-05-08T22:52:38+00:00May 8th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

Walmart Seeks a Patent for a Dash-Like System

Walmart filed a patent for a system that would allow it to track an individual household's use of consumer products, detect when supplies run low and automatically ship a replenishment—in essence, an automated Amazon Dash button. The patent was first reported by CB Insights, which noted that the product replenishment application is the first Walmart...

By |2017-05-08T22:37:49+00:00May 8th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

Thanks to millennials, Amazon controls 70% of the voice-enabled speaker market

CEO Jeff Bezos owes a thank you to consumers between the ages of 17 and 36 for the incredible lead its Echo device has in the voice-enabled speaker market. While using devices like the Echo or Apple's (AAPL) voice assistant Siri is still not the norm in the U.S. in 2017, their popularity is growing,...

By |2017-05-08T22:36:16+00:00May 8th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

Conversation digitale : AccorHotels accélère le pas avec le lancement d’un Social Desk

S’il est un secteur d’activité où le digital a complètement rebattu la donne et favorisé l’émergence de nouveaux acteurs comme les plateformes Booking.com ou Airbnb et de nouveaux modes de consommation, c’est bien celui de l’hébergement touristique. A l’heure actuelle, 37% des touristes réservent en ligne leurs prochaines vacances et il est fort à parier...

By |2017-05-05T23:21:55+00:00May 5th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

Baidu’s Ad Platform Makes Smart Moves with AI

Baidu, a technology-based media company, is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. Parent company Baidu, Inc. today announced that its international mobile ad network, DU Ad Platform, has successfully bolstered their offerings for developers and advertisers across the globe. Adding to its existing features, the DU Ad Platform now supports both video ads and...

By |2017-05-05T23:17:52+00:00May 5th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

How Uber Deceives the Authorities Worldwide

Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive the authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was resisted by law enforcement or, in some instances, had been banned. The program, involving a tool called Greyball, uses data collected from the Uber app and other techniques to identify and circumvent officials who...

By |2017-05-05T22:23:30+00:00May 5th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

India’s Silicon Valley Is Dying of Thirst. Your City May Be Next

ON THE OUTSKIRTS of Bangalore one morning last summer, a sullen young man named Manjunath stood high atop a cocoa-colored 1,850-gallon tanker truck, waiting for its belly to fill with water. The source of the liquid was a bore well, a cylindrical metal shaft puncturing hundreds of feet down into the earth. An electric pump...

By |2017-05-05T22:14:11+00:00May 5th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments

Créativité : un robot pour aider les humains

Le Directeur de Création 2016 de McCann Japon ? AI-CD β ! Un robot, il fallait y penser… Les explications de Shun Matsuzaka, fondateur de McCann Millennials. INfluencia : vous avez décidé d’embaucher un directeur de création doté d’une intelligence artificielle. D’où vient cette idée ? Shun Matsuzaka : AI-CD β (pour Artificial Intelligence –...

By |2017-05-05T22:04:52+00:00May 5th, 2017|Scoop.it|0 Comments