Center for Data Innovation Unveils 10-Step Agenda for Congress to Harness Power of Data to Grow Economy and Benefit Society WASHINGTON—Congress is overlooking many opportunities to have the federal government publish more of the data it already gathers, collect more data that can be put to valuable use, and encourage […]
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In some of our earlier blog posts (link), we have been highlighting how startups need to start thinking and acting like a business (or small business). In a corollary to that thinking, larger tech firms are also trying to retain the essence of a ‘startup’ thinking. Amazon, by all accounts, […]
Amazon’s Day 1 thinking: eCommerce giant to retain a startup ...
A few weeks ago we ran a feature on Amazon’s growing significance in the digital world : What’s the big deal about $1 out of every $2 spent online in the US going to Amazon? Amazon is now making news by seeking permission from the Indian government to start New […]
Amazon Seeks Fresh Investment in India With New Grocery Service
A weekly roundup of startup news Baidu furthers AI push with acquisition of digital assistant startup Raven Tech – Baidu is furthering its push into artificial intelligence after it announced the acquisition of Raven Tech, a Chinese startup that developed an AI voice assistant platform. Baidu confirmed it has bought […]
Digital Startup News roundup 19 Feb 2017
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This week we feature the interesting Startup from Mexico TRATO. TRATO – A web based Contract management solution from Mexico TRATO is a software as a service (SaaS) with web and mobile application, that allows small and medium size companies to create contracts in an easy and intuitive way.The SaaS […]
Startup of the Week : TRATO from Mexico
A weekly roundup of startup news US technology startups panic over immigration ban – SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley venture capitalist Kate Mitchell said her startup companies have a message for their employees who are foreign nationals: Don’t travel outside the country right now. “Common sense would say, why take […]
Digital Startup News roundup 12 Feb 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) is fast becoming a major transformative opportunity for industrial enterprises. Many organizations have started their IoT journey already in the recent years, but most of them are yet to move beyond pilots to create enterprise-level transformative IoT strategies. To understand the challenges, HCL partnered with […]
Half of Organizations in the US and Europe Lag in ...
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I came across a recent report from the “Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)” that looks at aspects of Amazon and its business model. The report highlights how “behind the packages on the doorstep and the inviting interface, Amazon has quietly positioned itself at the center of a growing share of […]
What’s the big deal about $1 out of every $2 ...
A weekly roundup of Startup news Emoji marketing startup Inmoji raises another $1.5M – Well, Inmoji, a startup that creates emoji-focused marketing campaigns, is announcing that it has raised an additional $1.5 million, bringing its total funding to $9 million. This comes a week after announcing a self-serve platform that […]
Digital Startup News roundup Feb 5th 2017
COPTRZ ENABLES MARTEK MARINE TO WIN £8.5M CONTRACT Drone company Coptrz has enabled sister company Martek Marine to win a contract from the European Maritime Safety Agency worth £8.5m (€10m). Their drones will follow commercial ships to measure the amount of polluting sulphur and CO2 that they emit from their […]