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With a team hailing from around the world Imprompt.io hacks on the fly communications

The team hailed from Lagos, New York, and suburban New Jersey and had been up for nearly 24-hours working on imprompt.io, a new collaboration tool for meetings on-the-fly for the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon. It’s a problem the hacking team knew quite well. Hailing from the coding staffing company Andela, which pairs top-tier developers from …

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Local Competition Launches 7 New Startup Projects, Inspires Entrepreneurs To Focus On …

Following two full days of intensive startup development, four teams of local entrepreneurs have emerged as the winners of ‘48Hour Launch: Internet of Things Edition,’ an annual business launching competition hosted by The Company Lab (CO.LAB) and Mozilla. This year, the program challenged participants to start companies involving internet-connected devices. The first place prize went …

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Amazon's new Fire HD 8 tablet will soon have Alexa baked in

This new FIRE HD tablet from Amazon features an 8-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, Dolby Audio speakers, rear and front-facing cameras and 12-hour battery life. When Fire OS 5.4 is released, this new tablet will have Alexa enabled. Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, …

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China's Wanda Group Joins Hyperledger Project After 170% Growth in H1 2016

Photo: FM The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort to advance blockchain technology, has announced the addition of FFan Technology – part of the Chinese real estate giant Wanda Group. As a premier member, Wanda will contribute to the development of the project’s mission to create an enterprise grade, open source distributed ledger technology. Join the industry leaders …

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Gizmo Guy: Roundup of the best new watches and music devices: Amazon's Alexa gets more allies

There’s no rest for the die-hard gizmo tracker who takes off in August. It’s a hyperactive time for product releases in New York, segueing into the giant IFA electronics show in Berlin where even more are unveiled. Consider these finds from my (sigh) “busman’s holiday.” Slideshow Advertisment Alexa will rule the world. Amazon’s voice command …

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The Digitalization Dilemma

To prepare for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), there is an important first step for organizations: Digitalization. That was the message from Siemens executives at this week’s Siemens PLM industry analyst conference in Boston, who recapped their several-year journey of acquisitions and product portfolio integration in order to align product lifecycle management (PLM) software …

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Better Buy: Intel Corporation or NXP Semiconductors?

Many chipmakers have rallied over the past year, thanks to improving sales of chips for mobile devices, Internet of Things devices, connected cars, and other gadgets. That optimism boosted the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index by 20% since the beginning of 2016, which easily outperformed the Nasdaq’s 6% gain. However, two major chipmakers, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and NXP …

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