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WhatsApp is targeting Snapchat's potential market with its latest update

Edit Business Insider 06 Oct 2016
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here ... The new camera features allow users to write or draw on photos and videos, and add emojis ... Facebook attempted to buy Snapchat in 2013 for $3 billion but was turned down ... Examines the user behavior of chat app users, specifically what makes them so attractive to brands, publishers, and advertisers....

FIVB UNDERLINES IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA DURING CONGRESS WORKSHOP (AVC - Asian Volleyball Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Oct 2016
FIVB Communications Director Richard Baker explained what platforms the FIVB is using and how the participants can benefit from these platforms and the respective content before a panel of federation representatives advised national federations on how to activate the right communications / social media platform ... You must have a voice they can trust and you must have something exciting to say.'....

On a quest in a virtual world

Edit The Hindu 06 Oct 2016
Desperately she returns and loses herself in a virtual world, frenziedly swapping profiles and sifting through chat rooms to see whether she could catch a whiff of her essence, perhaps scattered and caught inside those meaningless chats in social media ... To find visual tropes to a story that deals with the virtual world, where all action revolves around social media chats, is a tall order for any director....

US spy agency contractor arrested in data theft probe

Edit Arabnews 06 Oct 2016
Six of the documents “were produced through sensitive government sources, methods and capabilities, which are critical to a wide variety of national security issues,” the complaint states. In a statement, Booz Allen said it had reached out to offer full cooperation with authorities as soon as it learned of the arrest ... The NSA did not immediately respond to requests for comment ... Martin’s lawyers said in a statement to US media....

Samsung joins digital assistant race with acquisition of Viv

Edit The Associated Press 06 Oct 2016
... with technology to compete against Google, Amazon.com, Microsoft and Apple in the increasingly important field of programming computers to learn and respond as if they were human....

Samsung makes a major move into the AI assistant space

Edit TechRadar 06 Oct 2016
Viv will continue to operate independently but will provide services to Samsung's platforms. Samsung did not reveal how much it paid for Viv ... What makes Viv unique among today's voice assistant is that it's designed to work across apps and services ... According to Kittlaus, Viv is able to understand a user's intent and will write its own code to perform a task that it didn't previously know how to do....

A week in, star-studded Warriors still finding chemistry

Edit The Oklahoman 06 Oct 2016
They chat about life, not just basketball. It's these very moments and conversations, face to face and a few minutes without the distraction of their smartphones, that Pachulia is counting on to help new-look, star-studded Golden State begin to find a chemistry that will carry the group deep into the postseason once more ... Kerr has pulled KD aside a few times to check in or go over a quick video clip as a learning tool....

Doping: WADA Urges Athletes to Check Accuracy of Hacked Data

Edit New York Times 06 Oct 2016
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Wednesday that some of the athlete data leaked by a Russian cyber espionage group has been changed from its initial form, and has asked "affected parties" for feedback on any inaccuracies ... ....

WADA urges athletes to check accuracy of hacked data

Edit Zeenews 06 Oct 2016
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Wednesday that some of the athlete data leaked by a Russian cyber espionage group has been changed from its initial form, and has asked "affected parties" for feedback on any inaccuracies ... ....

Teachers and students meet to transform learning (The University of Queensland)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Oct 2016
Teachers and students from around Australia gathered at The University of Queensland to share insights and transform the learning experience together ... National Teaching Fellow and project driver Dr Kelly Matthews from UQ's Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI), said it was a chance for staff and students to gain new perspective and insight into each other's worlds....

Trunk Club tacks on new try-on fee

Edit Business Insider 06 Oct 2016
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here ... To combat potential customer losses, Trunk Club should consider implementing additional features like a stand-alone loyalty program or a chat service to connect members and their stylists ... Click here to learn more about how you can gain risk-free access today....

A week in, star-studded Golden State Warriors still finding chemistry

Edit Denver Post 06 Oct 2016
They chat about life, not just basketball. It’s these very moments and conversations, face to face and a few minutes without the distraction of their smartphones, that Pachulia is counting on to help new-look, star-studded Golden State begin to find a chemistry that will carry the group deep into the postseason once more ... Kerr has pulled KD aside a few times to check in or go over a quick video clip as a learning tool....
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Samsung Brings in Founders of Apple’s Siri With AI Acquisition

Edit Bloomberg 06 Oct 2016
is acquiring Viv Labs Inc., a U.S.-based artificial-intelligence software company, seeking to bolster its expertise as smartphones become virtual assistants for complex tasks. The deal is a coup for Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung; the developers behind Viv also founded Siri, which was sold to Apple Inc. and became the voice-based digital assistant on iPhones and other gadgets ... LEARN MORE....
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