Startup News roundup for Week ending 3rd December News you can use Facebook attempts to address fake news by nurturing digital startups in Canada – The Facebook Journalism Project recently announced that it is partnering with the DMZ university incubator and the Ryerson School of Journalism to advance innovation in […]
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Announcing the Global Startup Challenge 2017 : FinTech Series, an initiative to empower innovations & start-ups across the globe through the platform EDGE 196. The challenge runs across 26 global clusters (196 countries) where our objective is to identify start-ups that have the potential to become the next unicorn in […]
Introducing Global Startup Challenge : Fintech Series
Startup News roundup for Week ending 26th Nov News you can use LinkedIn Startups: The 50 industry disruptors you need to know now – Daniel Roth, Editor in Chief of LinkedIn recently published a review of some of the most iconic ‘startups’ of our time (link). He introduces the topic […]
Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 26th November
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Artificial intelligence (A.I) has fascinated technologists and science fiction writers for decades, but the business world seems to be getting serious about its disruptive potential. Technologies including Deep Blue from IBM, DeepMind from Google or Microsoft’s Chatbots are going beyond press-mentions, and beginning to demonstrate value in solving real world problems. Last […]
Top 20 Companies paying the Highest salary for A.I Engineers
Hellocar is another UK car-buying startup closing doors – The used-car market seems ripe for disruption, not least in terms of customer service and creating a better experience online. However, if recent events are anything to go by, it is a hard nut to crack. Following Carspring going quiet after […]
Failed ventures November 2017 : RIP Startups that didn’t make ...
The Facebook Journalism Project recently announced that it is partnering with the DMZ university incubator and the Ryerson School of Journalism to advance innovation in journalism. They are launching the Digital News Innovation Challenge, which will provide five startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive seed funding. The announcement highlights it is A Canada-wide […]
Facebook attempts to address fake news by nurturing digital startups ...
A few days ago, I reviewed a Digital Wallets and their aggressive cashback programs. The article included picture of a banner advert at a Reliance retail store where MobiKwik claimed “Save 15%” I decided to test out the claim for myself and this is how it went: I downloaded the […]
Read the fine print: Don’t fall for SuperCash ‘cashback’ deals!
Innovations in Virtual Reality and gaming continues to be among the top startup ideas. Most of the VR innovations are in support of video games, and for other recreational activities. However, a few emerging business innovations in retail and property management seem to be taking hold too. Such futuristic thinking […]
Williams-Sonoma is buying a 3-D imaging and augmented reality startup ...
Facebook announced a “Community Boost,” (link) program to help US small businesses grow and to equip more people with the digital skills they need to compete in the new economy. Facebook Community Boost will visit 30 US cities in 2018, including Houston, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Des Moines and Greenville, South […]
Facebook to launch Digital Training, Startup Training Hubs
It has been a little over a year since the Indian government dramatically Demonetized a couple of high-value currency notes. This large-scale economic experiment still generates a lot of press. Analysts, economists and the media spent endless hours analyzing this move, reviewing the pro-and-cons. At the time, many also predicted […]