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Dr. Oliver Harrison MD, MPH, CEO, Telefonica Innovation Alpha — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor

Ira S. Pastor — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:11:44 +0000

Mobile If Apple Builds Smart Glasses, They’d Better Be Spectacular — By Jamie Condliffe | MIT Technology Review

Odette Bohr Dienel — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:20:49 +0000

” … Apple is considering the idea of producing digital glasses. The specs would, we’re told, “connect wirelessly to iPhones, show images and other information in the wearer’s field of vision, and may use augmented reality.””

Apple hires CMU professor as director of AI research to smarten up Siri — By Devin Coldewey | TechCrunch

Odette Bohr Dienel — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:01:00 +0000

Apple is making a visible push in the direction of AI today by hiring Carnegie Mellon University professor Ruslan Salakhutdinov for what appears to be a newly minted position: director of AI research.

The iBrain is Here And it’s Already Inside Your Phone — By Steven Level | Backchannel

Odette Bohr Dienel — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:01:40 +0000

“An exclusive inside look at how artificial intelligence and machine learning work at Apple”

Apple’s Tim Cook arrives in China bearing gifts: A new research center and environmental help — By Chris O’Brien | VentureBeat

Odette Bohr Dienel — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:57:33 +0000

”“We want to show the world that you can manufacture responsibly, and we’re working alongside our suppliers to help them lower their environmental impact in China,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives …”

Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’ — By Jena McGregor | The Washington Post

Odette Bohr Dienel — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:52:20 +0000

“Apple’s CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors”

EU May Decide on Apple Tax Probe In July — By Natalia Drozdiak | The Wall Street Journal

Odette Bohr Dienel — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:41:16 +0000

“The European Union may announce its decision in its long-running probe into Apple Inc.’s tax arrangements with Ireland in July, the country’s finance minister said Thursday.”

The best is the last — By Benedict Evans | ben-evans.com

Odette Bohr Dienel — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:02:06 +0000

“The point of this excursion into tech history is that a technology often produces its best results just when it’s ready to be replaced — it’s the best it’s ever been, but it’s also the best it could ever be.”

Colorware Retro iMac | Uncrate

Odette Bohr Dienel — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:00:32 +0000

“The Colorware Retro iMac blends the fun, nostalgic look of the Apple IIe with the technology of a 27-inch Retina iMac.”

The Most Important Apple Executive You’ve Never Heard Of — By Brad Stone, Adam Satariano, and Gwen Ackerman | Bloomberg Businessweek

Odette Bohr Dienel — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:52:49 +0000

“A little over a year ago, Apple had a problem: The iPad Pro was behind schedule. Elements of the hardware, software, and accompanying stylus weren’t going to be ready for a release in the spring. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and his top lieutenants had to delay the unveiling until the fall. That gave most of Apple’s engineers more time. It gave a little-known executive named Johny Srouji much less.”