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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

TechCrunch LA

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. Via has two sides of its business: a consumer-facing shuttle and a “partnerships” division that sells its software platform to cities and transit authorities that allows them to deploy their own shuttles.

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Internet of Things (IoT) – What’s Next in Automotive?

Tech Zulu Event

Take Watson , IBM’s artificial intelligence platform as an example: it has advanced significantly since it handily defeated human opponents on the Jeopardy game show four years ago. By 2024, it’s estimated that 89% of new cars sold worldwide will have embedded connectivity. Control Your Car from Your Smartphone.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

We take courses on-line. The mobile web will become what desktop Internet became in the 1990’s – the standard platform for anyone doing business. Big Data – threading the needle while still in the haystack By 2024, there will be an estimated 8,200 gigabytes of stored data for every person on earth. This is big business.

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