Canada has recognized the obvious and declared high-speed broadband internet access a “basic telecommunications service” that every citizen should be able to access. Previously, only landline telephone services had received this designation from the country’s national telecoms regulator, CRTC, and the change is supported by a government investment package of up to $750 million to […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
French startup Agricool to grow fruits and vegetables in containers
French startup Agricool has raised $4.3 million (€4 million) from newly launched VC firm Daphni as well as Parrot founder Henri Seydoux and Captain Train (acquired by Trainline) co-founder Jean-Daniel Guyot. Agricool’s product is quite unusual as the company wants to grow strawberries and later other fruits and vegetables inside shipping containers. With many people […]
8 FAQs About Artificial Intelligence and Customer Service
How Slack Became The Fastest Growing Business App of All Time [Infographic]
Why your next chatbot should be human-augmented, not AI-augmented
Chatbots hit a hot streak in 2016. It seemed like every week there was a new bot. Many of these bots faded as fast as they came on the scene. Most likely, they weren’t backed up with a proper business model, and many in the industry overestimated the capacity of chatbot and AI to tackle […]
The women’s health tech companies to keep an eye on in 2017
It’s Like Uber for Tractors, and It Could Change the Game for African Farmers
It’Three minutes into my conversation with Jehiel Oliver, CEO of Hello Tractor, the line goes dead. When I call back, he’s already laughing. “Welcome to West African communication,” he said. “That’ll happen three more times during this call.” He’s right (the third time, thankfully, is the charm), but the difficulty drives home only one of […]