Daily Archives: August 20, 2020

When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced Saqib Shaikh on stage at BUILD in 2016, he was obviously moved by the engineer’s “passion and empathy,” which Nadella said, “is going to change the world.” That assessment was on the mark because Shaikh went on to co-found the mobile app Seeing AI, which is a showcase for […]

Microsoft’s Seeing AI founder Saqib Shaikh is speaking at Sight ...

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence augmented reality Cloud Education Microsoft Mobile TC on August 20, 2020 by Ned Desmond

Apple is well known for picking up smaller startups on the hush-hush to augment its business, and today news leaked out about the latest of these… nearly two years after the fact. Sometime between 2018 and 2019, the iPhone giant reportedly acquired and shut down Camerai, an augmented reality and computer vision company based out […]

Report: Apple quietly acquired Israel’s Camerai, formerly Tipit, a specialist ...

This entry was posted in AR Computer Vision Europe Mobile and tagged apple on August 20, 2020 by Ingrid Lunden

George Sehremelis is building what he calls a “social news network,” with the aim of combating the spread of misinformation and fake news online. “My goal has always been to make an impact on the 2020 election,” Sehremelis told me — a tall order, particularly when the big social networks are struggling to solve these […]

Overlooked teams up with college newspapers to build a news-focused ...

This entry was posted in Media Social Startups TC on August 20, 2020 by Anthony Ha

Yalochat, a five-year-old, Mexico City-based conversational commerce platform that enables customers like Coca Cola and Walmart to upsell, collect payments, and provide better service to their own customers over WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and WeChat in China, has closed on $15 million in Series B funding led by B Capital Group. Sierra Ventures, which led a […]

Yalochat, a fast-growing conversational commerce startup, lands $15 million led ...

This entry was posted in Apps artificial intelligence eCommerce Mobile Startups TC Venture Capital on August 20, 2020 by Connie Loizos

DoorDash is announcing that customers can now order groceries through the DoorDash app from partners including Smart & Final, Meijer and Fresh Thyme. Additional stores like Hy-vee and Gristedes/D’Agnostino are supposed to be added in the next few weeks. Through these partnerships, DoorDash says it has a delivery footprint covering 75 million Americans in markets […]

DoorDash expands with on-demand grocery delivery

This entry was posted in Apps eCommerce Mobile Startups on August 20, 2020 by Anthony Ha

These replacement grates can upgrade a gas grill by improving its heat distribution. But not everyone will see the same results.

GrillGrates Review: A Good Upgrade for Gas Grills

This entry was posted in Gear on August 20, 2020 by Joe Ray

A feature that maps wildfires in near-real time is getting a much bigger rollout as the western US continues to blaze.

Google Expands Its Fire-Tracking Tools in Maps and Search

This entry was posted in Gear on August 20, 2020 by Lauren Goode, Boone Ashworth

Twitter users have to wait to longer to find out what penalties, if any, the platform faces under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for a data breach that dates back around two years. In the meanwhile the platform has continued to suffer security failures — including, just last month, when hackers gained […]

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