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Moovit closes $28 million funding round to boost public transportation data

Reblogged from Gigaom: Moovit, the public transportation app that uses Waze-like crowdsourced data to give users accurate readings on their morning commute, has closed a $28 million funding round, led by Sequoia Capital, to make better use of the data

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Moovit closes $28 million funding round to boost public transportation data

Reblogged from Gigaom: Moovit, the public transportation app that uses Waze-like crowdsourced data to give users accurate readings on their morning commute, has closed a $28 million funding round, led by Sequoia Capital, to make better use of the data

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Top 10 trends in business intelligence for 2014

Reblogged from Gigaom: As anyone working with data these days knows, there is a massive wave of innovation in analytics today. Hundreds of companies from startups to Amazon and Google are making breakthroughs. In the best spirit of innovation they

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Top 10 trends in business intelligence for 2014

Reblogged from Gigaom: As anyone working with data these days knows, there is a massive wave of innovation in analytics today. Hundreds of companies from startups to Amazon and Google are making breakthroughs. In the best spirit of innovation they

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3D printing pen lets surgeons draw cells on damaged bones, speeding recovery

Reblogged from Gigaom:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAU9gIRVqss&w=710&h=400] A “bio pen” that allows surgeons to draw layers of healing cells on damaged bones and cartilage is closer to entering clinical trials after its creators handed it over to scientists at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne,

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3D printing pen lets surgeons draw cells on damaged bones, speeding recovery

Reblogged from Gigaom:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAU9gIRVqss&w=710&h=400] A “bio pen” that allows surgeons to draw layers of healing cells on damaged bones and cartilage is closer to entering clinical trials after its creators handed it over to scientists at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne,

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New vision algorithm will label you 'goth,' try to sell you black makeup

Reblogged from Gigaom: University of California, San Diego researchers have developed an algorithm that’s quite impressive from a computer science standpoint, but might give some people flashbacks to high school. The technique uses machine learning to figure out the most-common

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New vision algorithm will label you 'goth,' try to sell you black makeup

Reblogged from Gigaom: University of California, San Diego researchers have developed an algorithm that’s quite impressive from a computer science standpoint, but might give some people flashbacks to high school. The technique uses machine learning to figure out the most-common

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YouTube could make $5.6B with ads this year

Reblogged from Gigaom: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/377ed152-6220-11e3-bba5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nC0WpuAU YouTube’s ad revenue is set to hit $5.6 billion this year, according to an eMarketer report relayed by the Financial Times. The same report estimates that the service’s net revenue after paying its partners is close

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YouTube could make $5.6B with ads this year

Reblogged from Gigaom: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/377ed152-6220-11e3-bba5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nC0WpuAU YouTube’s ad revenue is set to hit $5.6 billion this year, according to an eMarketer report relayed by the Financial Times. The same report estimates that the service’s net revenue after paying its partners is close

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Self-repairing running shoes 3D printed from biological cells

Reblogged from Gigaom: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/12/11/3d-printed-trainers-synthetic-biology-protocells-shamees-aden-wearable-futures/ A London designer and researcher has prototyped shoes that repair themselves overnight. How? They’re made of protocells, which are non-living molecules that can be added together to create materials that respond to stimuli like pressure or

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Self-repairing running shoes 3D printed from biological cells

Reblogged from Gigaom: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/12/11/3d-printed-trainers-synthetic-biology-protocells-shamees-aden-wearable-futures/ A London designer and researcher has prototyped shoes that repair themselves overnight. How? They’re made of protocells, which are non-living molecules that can be added together to create materials that respond to stimuli like pressure or

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Coursera releases iPhone app for MOOCs

Reblogged from Gigaom: Coursera has built a name for itself by providing MOOCs (massive open online courses) in a variety of subjects to practically any student willing to learn. Now, the company will offer those lessons on the go with

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Coursera releases iPhone app for MOOCs

Reblogged from Gigaom: Coursera has built a name for itself by providing MOOCs (massive open online courses) in a variety of subjects to practically any student willing to learn. Now, the company will offer those lessons on the go with