Oct 15
Those one-liners from the Sept. 29 show may have come back to haunt him.
Oct 15
A study published in Nature Plants warns that climate change could lead to beer shortages, and those beer shortages could then lead to big price increases. The issue stems from drought and excessive heat that could drastically reduce barley crop yields, a vital ingredient used to make beer. Instances of severe climate change could reduce the global beer consumption by … Continue reading
Oct 15
Study warns climate change may bring major beer shortages
Posted in: UncategorizedA study published in Nature Plants warns that climate change could lead to beer shortages, and those beer shortages could then lead to big price increases. The issue stems from drought and excessive heat that could drastically reduce barley crop yields, a vital ingredient used to make beer. Instances of severe climate change could reduce the global beer consumption by … Continue reading
Oct 15
Vinli launches mobility data platform, signs partnership with ALD Automotive
Posted in: Today's ChiliConnected car startup Vinli aims to connect vehicles to the cloud and is today announcing a change in its business model as it partners with the largest fleet operator in Europe, ALD Automotive.
Vinli launched in 2014 as a direct consumer company that allowed owners to add cloud services to automobiles. It was a clever concept, and when it launched four years ago, it was ahead of the curve. The company went on to raise to $6.5M through four rounds of funding, slowly evolving the product to meet the changing needs of the market.
Today, the company is announcing a change in focus and will no longer sell products directly to consumers. The company founder and CEO Mark Haidar tells TechCrunch this is in response to the product’s evolution, which can now offer enterprises a platform for them to launch their own mobility applications directly to their users.
Vinli is discontinuing the production of its hardware and will work with partners to offer the same services to consumers.
To go along with this new business strategy, Vinli is launching a data platform that Haidar tells me can ingest data from any source and correlate it with machine learning and AI, allowing customers to develop predictive services for their products. Called Era, Vinli believes this will enable its customers to mine trends from data without the need of data scientists.
Vinli signed a deal with ALD Automotive to add its connected services to its fleets of 1.6 million vehicles. In a press release, ALD Automotive says Vinli will enrich ALD’s “overall service offering and develop new value-added solutions to improve both driver experience and optimize overall Total Cost of Ownership for efficient fleet management.”
“We believe that the automotive industry is evolving to become a service-based and subscription-driven industry,” said Mark Haidar, CEO of Vinli. “Connected cars and data are at the epicenter of this change. Collecting, analyzing, and discovering trends from ALD’s fleets will not only be transformative to the driver but to the industry as a whole”
Terms of the partnership were not released.
Connecting vehicles to the cloud has significant implications as car makers, insurers and consumers alike can gain deep insights into the habits of the driver and mechanics of the car throughout its life. Vinli seems well positioned to offer a platform to provide this data and today’s moves should help the company into the future.
Oct 15
U.S. Experts Are Being Kept Away From the Front Lines of the Latest Ebola Outbreak
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The latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease to hit the Democratic Republic of Congo is only getting worse. But the U.S. government has pulled its experts from the affected areas of the African country in recent weeks, citing safety concerns.
Oct 15
Microsoft has announced that it will be disabling the oldest versions of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol in Edge and Internet Explorer 11 by default in 2020. The company said in a blog post that the move is intended to help “advance a saf…
Oct 15
Product catalogs have been around since forever. You could get them at the big stores or in the mail for products that you could get delivered. Even though there has been a significant change in the way people shop now over the past few years, product catalogs have largely remained the same. This is what a company called Magik Book intends to change.
Its product is called Magik Book as well and it’s essentially the product catalog of the future. It’s a physical book which can connect to a tablet. When a page is turned, the link device responds with synchronized animations, music, images, 3D models, and more.
The product has been designed primarily as a marketing tool for stores and showrooms. The catalog can provide a more interactive in-store experience to customers while retailers can use it to link their physical stores with their online presence.
The book comes in a case that can fold out into a stand. The device is then angled in the direction of the user while the book itself remains flat. The content tailored to each page is shown in a custom app.
This happens through the company’s patented advanced magnetic field technology which uses the compass and other sensors in the tablet. It works with both iOS and Android devices and requires no batteries or pairing.
Magik Book is a B2B product right now which means it’s only being sold to agencies and brands for marketing. The company is working on software which will enable small businesses and even consumers to create their own Magik Book experience and order it online.
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Oct 15
The singer’s much anticipated follow-up to “A Seat At The Table” is on its way.
Oct 15
The singer’s much anticipated follow-up to “A Seat At The Table” is on its way.
Oct 15
I Strapped GoPro's Hero7 Black to My Dog and My Hog to See How Stable the Video Really Is
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On paper at least, I’m the stereotype of a GoPro customer. I snowboard and mountain bike. I ride motorcycles and dirt bikes. I fly drones. I go on scenic hikes with my dogs. But I haven’t actually purchased an action cameras since 2014 when I picked up a Hero4 Silver. Until last week, I thought it did the job fine.…
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