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Weekly#196

  • Over the past 18 months, Accenture estimates that it has automated 17,000 tasks and roles, saving it around 20m hours of work per year
  • Amazon Go Video (Youtube)
  • Uber in Artificial-Intelligence Drive After Buying Startup (Geometric Intelligence)
  • Bill Gates On His Five Favorite Books Of 2016
  • Charlie Rose : A look at virtual reality with Brendan Iribe, the co-founder and C.E.O. of Oculus.
  • Charlie Rose : A look at artificial intelligence with John Kelly, senior vice president of cognitive solutions and research for the IBM Corporation.
  • New Nordstrom mobile chatbot is ready to help shoppers find the perfect holiday gift
  • Amazon Web Services expands with its first Canadian region
  • Moving to the cloud requires (and attracts) scarce, expensive talent, say 3 big AWS users
  • Microsoft just completed its $26B LinkedIn acquisition: Here’s what they’re going to do first
  • Magic Leap is actually way behind, like we always suspected it was
  • AngelList Buys Product Hunt, a Marriage of Two Beloved Silicon Valley Sites
  • The Hierarchy of Engagement
  • 2017 Google will reach 100% renewable energy for global operations
  • Google Opens its Digital Assistant to Developers in Race Against Amazon’s Alexa
  • Google Asisstant API
  • Facebook Messenger Platform v1.3 Features
  • Amazon Alexa API
  • Apple Music Hits 20 Million Paid Subscribers
  • Fast Path to a Great UX — Increased Exposure Hours

Twitter

  • @cdixon : Steve Jobs: “there is a tremendous amount of craftsmanship between a great idea and a great product.”
  • @cdixon :
    2016 League of Legends finals: 43M viewers
    2016 NBA finals: 30.8M viewers
  • @morellimarcp : #Robotics market 2015 by @BCG ($ 26B)
  • @lukew: “no one will ever…”