Daily Archives: August 17, 2016

Microsoft Builds Out Windows Holographic Vision at Intel IDF 2016

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Microsoft started showing the company’s vision for AR and VR at Computex 2016 with Windows Holographic, a platform that blended together the applications of AR and VR into a mixed reality implementation. With Microsoft’s announcements at IDF 2016, it appears they are doubling down on the holographic mixed reality vision. Microsoft is partnering with companies like Intel on hardware to enable both HMD-based Windows Holographic experiences as well as PC-based Holographic experiences.

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How Shafin Tejani Is Remaking V.C. With Lessons He Learned From Online Vice

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In the current issue of Forbes, we’ve published a story about an investor with a novel way of nurturing start-up companies in Vancouver. Shafin Tejani calls his style “venture-build,” and compared to traditional venture capitalists, Tejani is decidedly hands-on and collaborative. It’s a product of his own, very unusual, experience a serial founder: Tejani spent about 15 years in the murky world of online vice, and he left it with, by his own accounting, about $130 million in profits and a collection of insights that guide his approach to his current ventures.

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Since so many people dislike the default brick textures, I created a pack with 8 random dirty looking textures to make them a little more bearable! Faithful support included! via /r/Minecraft

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Since so many people dislike the default brick textures, I created a pack with 8 random dirty looking textures to make them a little more bearable! Faithful support included!
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Ford’s Upcoming Autonomous Car Likely To Be More Like Series Than Mass Production

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This week Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields and CTO Raj Nair visited the company’s Palo Alto research center again to announce plans to build what may end up being the world’s first series production fully autonomous vehicle. At least it’s the first announcement with a hard date, in this case 2021. Note, the use of series rather than mass production which is probably an important distinction.

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The Significance Of Netflix’s Technology & Development Expenses

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Netflix has an online ordering model and hence it devotes a significant amount of resources to develop the best suggestion and referral algorithms. This ensures that customers can find their favorite movies without much effort. Further, it also invests heavily in streamlining its delivery process and has successfully managed to automate a significant part of its postage and packaging process. These costs are included in technology and development expense heading and these investments ensure high levels customer satisfaction. Contributing here are not only compelling viewing experiences, but convenient payment and delivery processes as well. Since resources poured into technology and development (in addition to content) somewhat govern the user churn rate, it seems worthwhile to look at Netflix’s contribution profits from the perspective of technology and development expenses.

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