Tinder has partnered with nonprofit Rock the Vote for a second time, in the hopes of driving young people to the polls through in-app messaging. The company claims a young adult user base where more than half are in the 18 to 24 demographic, and believes it’s well-positioned to mobilize younger voters during the 2018…
Internet of Business says While many in the banking sector have railed against blockchain and cryptocurrencies this year, suggesting the former is a systemic risk to financial services, and the latter are failing as money – news has broken that 75 of the world’s biggest banks are adopting blockchain. Their aim is to stave off…
When Salesforce bought Mulesoft last spring for the tidy sum of $6.5 billion, it looked like money well spent for the CRM giant. After all, it was providing a bridge between the cloud and the on-prem data center and that was a huge missing link for a company with big ambitions like Salesforce. When you…
BP, Honda R&D Europe, and insurance providers Aviva and Hastings Direct are the founder members of a new mobility research programme with transport innovation centre TRL and DG Cities, the commercial arm of Digital Greenwich in London. Announced today, the Shared Research Programme (SRP) is designed to develop and test road transport technologies and services…
Dust off your old Bose 501 speakers. New devices are coming that will give traditional audio equipment a voice. Amazon recently announced a mess of new Echo devices and among the lot are several small, diminutive add-ons. These models did not have a smart speaker built into the devices but rather turned other speakers into…
Researchers at a Japanese university have devised an artificial intelligence (AI) based test to help detect early signs of dementia in patients. It is hoped that the new clinical system will lead to better treatments of the disease earlier, as it doesn’t involve invasive medical imaging. Currently, scans are used in conjunction with cognitive function…
Uber and similar services could be facing caps on the number of licenses for vehicles that can operate ride-hailing services in London and other UK cities under rule changes being recommended to the government. CCTV being universally installed inside licensed taxis and private hire vehicles for safety purposes is another suggestion. A working group in…
Internet of Business says Artificial intelligence (AI) could deliver additional economic output of $13 trillion by 2030, boosting global GDP by 16 percent, according to a new report from management consulting firm, McKinsey. However, a key challenge will be that the technology widens disparity between countries, between companies, and between citizens in economic and opportunity…
French automotive giant Renault has unveiled the EZ-PRO, an autonomous delivery concept that could provide a modular, last-mile option for logistics operators. Renault launched the futuristic concept at the Hannover Motor Show this week, highlighting the company’s confidence in this potentially lucrative market. The ‘last mile problem’ is a critical challenge for cities, as the…
Amazon is reportedly considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new Amazon Go cashier-less convenience stores worldwide. The concept could see the retail and Web services giant move aggressively into bricks and mortar shopping, by disrupting the market for healthy ‘food on the run’ in city centres and transport hubs, suggests Bloomberg. If…
