In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan – TechCrunch

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone.…

Bosch turns to Fetch.ai’s Collective Learning network for ‘AIoT’ trials

Engineering giant Bosch is turning to Cambridge-based startup Fetch.ai for innovative “AIoT” trials. Fetch.ai is a blockchain (or distributed ledger, if you prefer) that is aiming to build a decentralised network of autonomous “agents” that perform real-world tasks. For the IoT, it’s potentially groundbreaking. Bosch also seems to believe in Fetch.ai’s vision and has been…

Driving Exceptional Customer Experiences | Internet of Business

Register Now As businesses and customers shift their interactions and behaviors to a more “digital first” and self-service world, it’s more important than ever that marketers deliver exceptional digital customer experiences. Eighty-eight percent of customers expect companies to accelerate digital initiatives due to COVID-19. More than half (52%) of consumers and business buyers expect offers…

Cities can have flying cars if they start working on infrastructure today – TechCrunch

Nimrod Golan-Yanay Contributor Nimrod Golan-Yanay is the CEO of Urban Aeronautics, the Israel-based aerospace company behind the world’s first wingless, eco-friendly and compact aircraft fleet designed specifically for dense urban environments. Nearly everyone knows the pain of sitting in traffic watching valuable minutes tick by. Just as bad is the maddening search for a parking…

Bosch turns to Fetch.ai’s Collective Learning network for ‘AIoT’ trials

Engineering giant Bosch is turning to Cambridge-based startup Fetch.ai for innovative “AIoT” trials. Fetch.ai is a blockchain (or distributed ledger, if you prefer) that is aiming to build a decentralised network of autonomous “agents” that perform real-world tasks. For the IoT, it’s potentially groundbreaking. Bosch also seems to believe in Fetch.ai’s vision and has been…

Driving Exceptional Customer Experiences | Internet of Business

Register Now As businesses and customers shift their interactions and behaviors to a more “digital first” and self-service world, it’s more important than ever that marketers deliver exceptional digital customer experiences. Eighty-eight percent of customers expect companies to accelerate digital initiatives due to COVID-19. More than half (52%) of consumers and business buyers expect offers…

On deploying satellite IoT networks

IoT News spoke with Astrocast COO Laurent Vieira de Mello to discuss the satellite company’s latest ventures and its future roadmap ahead of its appearance at IoT TechEx Global from 6-7 September. Since 2018, Vieira de Mello has overseen operations at Astrocast as it continues to deploy its direct-to-satellite IoT network into orbit. As of…