HT @readwritelabsThe European patent covers a future augmented reality windshield system. It describes occupants of an autonomous vehicle having a FaceTime session between different vehicles.
RT @CBinsights Why would SoftBank consider a staggering $750M investment in robotic pizza tech? Obvious benefits aside, this looks like a platform play rather than a pizza play: the tech underpinning @zumepizzacould be licensed to other restaurants in a B2B pivot.
Per @businessinsider – In the book “Swipe to Unlock,” by product managers at Google, Facebook and Microsoft: Amazon changes product prices 2.5 million times a day, meaning that an average product’s cost will change about every 10 minutes. They also raise prices on uncommon products, and then the most common products will appear cheaper — and people will start to assume they have the best prices overall.
The iconic museum recently announced a partnership with Intel and Linden Lab (creators of Second Life) that turns its current exhibition, No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, into a virtual experience on Linden Lab’s social VR platform.
ICYMI OceanofPDF was shut down last week after publishers issued hundreds of takedown notices – but authors have been left dealing with angry users, who are calling them “elitist” (even though the authors are just trying to make a living!)
Don’t forget to vote in The Great American Read from PBS – you can do so once a day. Voting is open until October 18th. Get a first look of the top 40 books from the list of 100 that are currently leading the pack, based on 2 million votes so far.
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