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SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software

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Instead, we continue to use the anachronistic term SaaS, even though no company on the planet still delivers old-school software on a disk. Vertical Artificial Intelligence. An expansive and lucrative greenfield opportunity, especially for startups, is the vertical applications of artificial intelligence.

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Sebastian Thrun and Udacity Launch New Self-Driving Nanodegree

Xconomy

Thrun (pictured) says many software engineers working at the raft of companies now developing self-driving vehicles have trained in the technology via Udacity , the educational technology company he. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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How Will Apple Innovate Beyond the iPhone 7? With Next-Gen Siri

Xconomy

Maybe, before phones can get smarter, software engineers have to get smarter. What made the original iPhone so groundbreaking was a remarkable convergence of hardware and software innovation. But my bet is that the seeming slowdown in the iPhone iteration cycle isn’t primarily a hardware issue. Let me explain.