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Month: June 2018
User-Generated Marketing Service Chute Acquired by Private Equity Firm ESW Capital
A few years ago, companies clamored for solutions to help them capitalize on free media, the content people were producing on social media and voicing their support or displeasure about a particular product or brand. Companies created tools to facilitate communication from marketing managers and customer service agents to these influencers. Several, including Buddy Media […]
How Ceres Imaging Uses AI to Help Farmers Grow Better Crops
Editor’s Note: This post about Ceres Imaging was originally published on the now-defunct All Turtles blog in June 2018. You can read other articles I’ve written for that site here. In the United States, much of the food is produced by 75 percent of the country’s farms, but this group grosses only $50,000 a year. The big […]
Can AI Build You a Better Burger?
Editor’s Note: This post about Creator Burger was originally published on the now-defunct All Turtles blog in June 2018. You can read other articles I’ve written for that site here. There are burgers and then there are burgers. It’s hard to describe what makes a great burger, but you’ll know it when you taste it. […]
Speculating About Mozilla’s Upcoming Scout Browser App
The browser has always been a staple of the internet experience, providing a gateway to unlimited pieces of information in a visually-pleasing manner. While Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Google Chrome have often been bandied about as being the browser, there are a whole host of options with some tackling specific problems based on technology at the […]
Samsung Woos Developers With AI Fund, Mirroring Amazon’s Playbook
Editor’s Note: This post about Samsung launching its Q Fund was originally published on the now-defunct All Turtles blog in June 2018. You can read other articles I’ve written for that site here. We’re in a gold rush-like moment where the biggest tech companies are staking their claims to capitalize on the soaring demand for voice assistants […]
For Intercom, All Your Customer Relationships Are Belong to You
When I started working for Intercom a year ago, the initial reactions I received were people asking: “The live chat company?” While that’s primarily the solution it’s known for, the reality is in this age where businesses flock to Facebook, Google, Slack, Kik, WeChat, and other third-party messaging services, Intercom wants to provide the same […]