A slight delayed edition of THE COMUNICANO as I'm WINGing my way coast to coast to join the Dialers f
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A slight delayed edition of THE COMUNICANO as I’m WINGing my way coast to coast to join the Dialers for tonight’s DIALPAD holiday party after a successful week in New York City….the news about the fires across Southern California of course has my friends deep in my thoughts. What a terrible situation from San Diego up to Santa Barbara…WOW….So, let’s dive into today’s news…Softbank is playing the dinner delivery game…Amazon expands music…More people like longer Tweets…Tesla promises more AI…Facebook, China, Google and more are in today’s COMUNICANO.
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SoftBank is in talks to invest around $300 million in DoorDash
UberEats could also pose a possible conflict for the Japanese investor, though.
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Twitter Users Like Long Tweets More Than Short Ones
The early verdict is in: People are retweeting and liking longer tweets almost twice as much as shorter ones.
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Jailed for a Text: China’s Censors Are Spying on Mobile Chat Groups
Chinese authorities scour messaging apps for sensitive words and images—even those sent privately—prompting police to question, and even jail, some who send them.
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Facebook Instant Games gets livestreams — Angry Birds, multiplayer video chat to come
Facebook launched Instant Games on its Messenger platform earlier this year with 20 games. It’s since grown its library to 70, including arcade classics like Tetris as well as modern scrolling shooters BlackStorm Labs’s EverWing.
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Elon Musk talks up Tesla's upcoming artificial intelligence hardware
At a private party on Thursday, Elon Musk spoke boldly about Tesla’s upcoming custom artificial intelligence hardware.
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Researchers train robots to see into the future
Robots usually react in real time: something happens, they respond. Now researchers University of California, Berkeley are working on a system that lets..
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San Francisco to robots: Don’t crowd our sidewalks
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Google is letting celebrities answer questions about themselves in search results
Using selfie-style videos
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YouTube to Launch New Music Subscription Service in March
YouTube plans to introduce a paid music service in March, according to people familiar with the matter, a third attempt by parent company Alphabet Inc. to catch up with rivals Spotify and Apple Inc.
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Amazon brings its Echo smart speakers and Music Unlimited service to 28 new countries
Amazon is continuing to push its media services worldwide after it expanded its Alexa smart speakers and its standalone Music Unlimited service.
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Hospitality Trends 2018 – What’s Happening in Hospitality
Each December, we come out with my trends for the following year. Last year we led with Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
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Hilton Unveils Plans for Its Smart Hotel Room Rollout in 2018
Hilton Worldwide is betting that guests will want to control their room’s thermostat, television, and other amenities via their mobile phones.
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