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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)’s role in pushing innovation

May 29, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to govern how organizations manage the personal information of European Union (EU) citizens. Any company that conducts business in Europe or stores data belonging to EU citizens is impacted, no matter where it is based.Organizations that fail ...

Transfrom Africa seeks to create a continental single digital market

May 4, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

More than 4,000 delegates from 80 countries are expected to converge in Kigali on the 7th of May for the Transform Africa Summit 2018.The summit will bring together African leaders, private sector players, representatives of development partners that are active the ICT field, among others.Up to 22 H ...

Overstock.com purchase $2.5 million Common Stock In Elio Motors

April 24, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

An e-commerce retailer is injecting millions of dollars into a fledgling small-car startup in Phoenix.Overstock.com (Nasdaq: OSTK) is purchasing $2.5 million worth of common stock in Phoenix-based Elio Motors (OTC: ELIO) at $2.75 a share in a private placement. The deal was announced April 24.Elio i ...

Perkbox allows you to stretch your money further

April 19, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

There are lessons for any start-up in the success of Perkbox.The employee perks and engagement platform seem to have cracked the winning formula of providing a subscription-based product with mass market appeal.It has over 500,000 employees from 8,000 customers on its platform, made over £30 millio ...

Plans to make a self-cleaning coating that repels all liquid underway at the University of Michigan

April 17, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

What’s the best way to keep our screens clean? The first, and obvious answer, is to keep our hands themselves free of grime. But there may be another option: self-cleaning coatings created by materials scientists.Recently, Anish Tuteja, a materials researcher at the University of Michigan, develop ...

FDA approves AI-powered diagnostic that doesn’t need a doctor’s help in its operations

April 17, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial intelligence diagnostic device that doesn’t need a specialized doctor to interpret the results. The software program, called IDx-DR, can detect a form of eye disease by looking at photos of the retina.It works like ...

Qualcomm launches Vision Intelligence Platform for IoT devices

April 12, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Qualcomm is introducing a new line of chips today that are custom-made for smart cameras. The new line is called the Vision Intelligence Platform, and it’s meant to get AI features, extreme low-light image processing, image stabilization, and computer vision abilities into more cameras — and to ...

NASA knows how to make it rain?

April 10, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

There are many odd conspiracy theories propagated in social media that claim NASA, the federal government and others are manipulating the climate or controlling our minds using "chem-trails" or HAARP. If you google either of these, get ready for an interesting experience. The reason that this viral ...

Louis Vuitton makes a travel gadget that tracks where your luggage is at any time

April 5, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

People who are worried about whether their designer luggage will make it onto the baggage carousel at their destination need be concerned no longer: upscale maker Louis Vuitton has just released a tracking device, which is yours for a few hundred dollars.The Louis Vuitton Echo is on sale now for $37 ...

Intel’s Core i-9 processor finally makes it to laptops

April 3, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Intel announced its first Core i9 processor for desktops last year.Now, Intel is announcing its first Core i9 chip for laptops, with what it claims is “the best gaming and creation laptop processor Intel has ever built.”The top-of-the-line model being announced today is the Intel Core i9-8950HK, ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)’s role in pushing innovation

Transfrom Africa seeks to create a continental single digital market

Overstock.com purchase $2.5 million Common Stock In Elio Motors

Perkbox allows you to stretch your money further

Plans to make a self-cleaning coating that repels all liquid underway at the University of Michigan

FDA approves AI-powered diagnostic that doesn’t need a doctor’s help in its operations

Qualcomm launches Vision Intelligence Platform for IoT devices

NASA knows how to make it rain?

Louis Vuitton makes a travel gadget that tracks where your luggage is at any time

Intel’s Core i-9 processor finally makes it to laptops

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