If you look at AI from a purely business point of view, Alphabet’s DeepMind last year’s loss of $572 million should make you worry. Especially, when considering the rising magnitude of DeepMind’s losses: $154 million in 2016, $341 million in 2017 and $572 million in 2018. Basically, you need to have really deep pockets to...
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Summer Reads | Edge.org
This year’s EDGE.ORG summer reading tips, consisting of the published books by members of the Edge community in the past year or so. Check it out! Source: Summer Reads | Edge.org Photo by Pixabay from Pexels
Wie ersetzt man WhatsApp (from Facebook) Newsletter?
Die bevorstehende Umbennenung vom WhatsApp in WhatsApp from Facebook gibt die Richtung vor, in welche sich WhatsApp wohl in naher Zukunft entwicklen wird. Vieles deutet darauf hin, dass es eine gemeinsame Plattform geben wird. Über Änderungen an den AGBs und deren mögliche Auswirkungen kann nur spekuliert werden, aber es wird sicherlich Änderungen geben. Ein möglicher...
How to replace WhatsApp (from Facebook) Newsletters?
The upcoming renaming of WhatsApp in WhatsApp from Facebook sets the tone for the near future of WhatsApp. There are many indications that there will be a common platform with Facebook. Changes to the terms and conditions and their possible effects can only be speculated, but there will certainly be changes. A taste of changes...
Introducing ACADRON
Our former SOLOMON colleague Özgün Algin has started his own ompany called ACADRON – https://www.acadron.com The focus of ACADRON is project consulting and the management of innovative research and development projects. They have a network of innovative SMEs and industrial companies with strong R&D capabilities in the Information and Communication Technologies field. The company’s portfolio...
WhatsApp Newsletter Ersatz mit Kostenkontrolle
Konfrontiert mit dem Ende von WhatsApp-Newslettern beginnen Unternehmen aktiv um Alternativen umzusehen. Das ist nicht ganz trivial, da WhatsApp-Newsletter bedingt durch die Marktmacht von WhatsApp ein enorm wertvolles Tool für die Kundenaktivierung waren. Die von WhatsApp angebotene Alternative ist kostenintensiv: pro Nachricht werden mehrere Cent verrechnet. Das summiert sich bei großen Newslettern mit mehreren tausend...
WhatsApp Newsletter Replacement with Cost Control
Faced with the end of WhatsApp newsletters, companies are actively starting to look for alternatives. This is not trivial, because WhatsApp newsletters were a tremendously valuable tool for customer engagement due to WhatsApp’s market power. The alternative offered by WhatsApp is costly: per message several cents are charged. That adds up very quickly for large...
What Western media got wrong about China’s social credit system | Public Radio International
A nuanced look on China’s social credit system. While some of the reports in western media were exaggerated, the overall outlook to acutally implement a centralized Orwellian-like surveillance system is nevertheless grim. Currently, the internet is highly censored, cell phone numbers and online activity are assigned a unique ID number which is tied to a...
Replacing WhatsApp Newsletters
WhatsApp newsletters are very popular and used by many companies and communities alike. Communities use this channel to inform their citizens about news, clubs keep their members up to date and also political parties communicate with their members. The direct reach of customers make this channel very attractive. However, WhatsApp bans their use on December...
Der WhatsApp Newsletter Ersatz
WhatsApp Newsletter sind sehr populär und werden von vielen Unternehmen eingesetzt. So nutzen im öffentlichen Bereich Gemeinden diesen Kanal um ihre Bürger über Neuigkeiten zu informieren, Vereine halten ihre Mitglieder und Fans auf dem Laufenden und auch politische Parteien kommunizieren mit Mitgliedern. Die direkte Kommunikation und Erreichbarkeit von Kunden machen diesen Kanal sehr attraktiv. Nun...
