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Oracle Modern Customer Experience 2018

Oracle Modern Customer Experience 2018

By Vivek Kumar

About the Conference

Pack months of training, education, and research into just three days. At Modern Customer Experience you’ll master new skills to boost your career and achieve legendary results for your organization. It’s an opportunity to unite with thousands of other Marketing, Service, Sales, and Commerce professionals, sharing your challenges and victories while learning…

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The DJI Mavic Air Wins

The DJI Mavic Air Wins

By Vivek Kumar

In the past couple years, you could ask a drone to be two things: good or small. But never both. The Mavic Air changes the game. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that the Mavic Air wins the game, and things will never be the same.

At just under one pound and just over six inches long, DJIs new folding drone fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. I’ve described its big sibling,…

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INSIDE THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY WORLD-RECORD DRONE SHOW

INSIDE THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY WORLD-RECORD DRONE SHOW

By Vivek Kumar

THE OPENING CEREMONY of any Olympics provides pageantry at a global scale, a celebration that, at its best, can create moments every bit as indelible as the games themselves. For the Pyeongchang Games, those watching the curtain-raiser at home also witnessed a sight never seen before: a record-setting 1,218 drones joined in a mechanical murmuration.

Drone shows like the one on…

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A New Investment in Community Leaders

A New Investment in Community Leaders

By Vivek Kumar

By Jennifer Dulski, Head of Groups and Community, and Ime Archibong, Vice President, Product Partnerships

Today at the Facebook Communities Summit Europe, we announced the Facebook Community Leadership Program, a global initiative that invests in people building communities. Facebook will commit tens of millions of dollars to the program, including up to $10 million in grants that…

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Here are some of the images from our recent coverage of Samsung developer conference.

Samsung Developer Conference 2017 #SDC2017 Here are some of the images from our recent coverage of Samsung developer conference.

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Most Happening on AI: VB Summit 2017

Most Happening on AI: VB Summit 2017

By Vivek Kumar

VB Summit is Silicon Valley’s most intimate invitation-only executive event, focusing this year on the explosion of AI in business – specifically how execs are using AI to extract real ROI for their companies. 

It’s where senior product,  brand, innovation and marketing execs (VP+) openly share and exchange frank conversations. It’s where they learn and debate. It’s where they make…

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Dreamforce 17 Will Feature Keynotes on Growth, Small Business Breakouts, Big Names

Dreamforce 17 Will Feature Keynotes on Growth, Small Business Breakouts, Big Names

By Vivek Kumar

We’re less than a month out from Dreamforce 2017 and if you’re attending the marquee Salesforce event, prepare for an event featuring big names, keynotes on business growth and break out events focused specifically on small business.

Headlining the keynote rosterare former First Lady Michelle Obama, actor and noted investor Ashton Kutcher, the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA Sylvia…

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Salesforce Einstein AI expands reach as Dreamforce approaches By Vivek Kumar Salesforce Analytics extended to data sources outside the platform. Salesforce Einstein AI adds forecasting, email insights and opportunity scoring features for Sales Cloud users.

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Mercedes is building smarter headlights for its cars of the future

Mercedes is building smarter headlights for its cars of the future

By: Vivek Kumar

In a dark garage at the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, a flat gray S-Classilluminates a white screen at the end of long hall. The headlights blast on and while the light is bright, it’s not that impressive. Then Stefan Toepfer, electronic and software developer for exterior lighting taps on his tablet and a series of black moving squares appear within the lit…

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Nvidia Shield TV gets a new, lower price ahead of Apple TV 4K launch

Nvidia Shield TV gets a new, lower price ahead of Apple TV 4K launch

By: Vivek Kumar

Nvidia’s Shield TV, an Android TV-based device that’s currently the best option available for 4K streaming fans, is getting a price drop with a new package that leaves out the included video game controller. Bundled with just the remote, the 16GB Shield TV is now $179– $20 cheaper than the Shield TV bundle that also includes the joypad, and in line with the pricing of the new…

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By Vivek Kumar

HAWTHORNE, Nevada – In the searing midday heat of the Nevada desert, a white Jeep Wrangler heads down a desolate strip of dirt road, surrounded on either side by miles of sagebrush and sand.

As the Jeep bumps along, two members of a Microsoft research team, Jim Piavis and Rick Rogahn, steady themselves against the roll bar, their feet planted on the seats and their upper bodies…

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RIP Flash

By: Vivek Kumar

Adobe has long played a leadership role in advancing interactivity and creative content – from video, to games and more – on the web. Where we’ve seen a need to push content and interactivity forward, we’ve innovated to meet those needs. Where a format didn’t exist, we invented one – such as with Flash and Shockwave. And over time, as the web evolved, these new formats were…

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Lyft is partnering with Taco Bell for late night munchies pit stops

Lyft is partnering with Taco Bell for late night munchies pit stops

By Vivek Kumar

Lyft’s new partnership with Taco Bell seems like a weird cross-marketing campaign at first glance, but it could become a model for future tie-ups to come, and a new revenue opportunity for ride-hailing in general. Lyft and the fast food restaurant chain debuted “Taco Mode” today, which allows riders to add on a Taco Bell side trip during their ride with a simple tap within the app.

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DockerCon 2017, Austin

By Vivek Kumar

DockerCon 2017 DockerCon 2017, Austin By Vivek Kumar

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By: Vivek Kumar

Here are the pictures from our recent coverage of Gigaom AI 2017.

Full Coverage at below link

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Gigaom AI 2017 Coverage By: Vivek Kumar Here are the pictures from our recent coverage of Gigaom AI 2017. Full Coverage at below link

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Uber and Daimler Join Forces on Self-Driving Cars

Uber and Daimler Join Forces on Self-Driving Cars

By: Vivek Kumar

January 31, 2017  Posted by Travis Kalanick

I’m excited to announce an agreement with Daimler, one of the world’s top auto manufacturers with more than a century of experience designing some of the world’s best and most iconic vehicles. In the coming years, Daimler has planned to introduce and operate their own self-driving cars on Uber’s ridesharing network.

We are incredibly…

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Amazon Expands Into Ocean Freight

Amazon Expands Into Ocean Freight

By: Vivek Kumar

Move marks online retail giant’s latest step in effort to build out its delivery business By LAURA STEVENS

Jan. 25, 2017 10:24 a.m. ET

Amazon.com Inc. is taking to the high seas.

The online retail giant has begun handling shipment of goods by ocean to its U.S. warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its s ite-taking on its role previously left to global…

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