Inside Salesforce Ventures — the investment arm behind a $1 billion software ecosystem fueling growth

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-salesforce-ventures-helped-fortify-salesforce-empire-2018-8?IR=T

Nokia secures 500 million euro EU loan for 5G development

https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/nokia-secures-500-million-euro-eu-loan-for-5g-development/65570548

Facial Recognition Tech Catches Traveler With Fake Papers

https://futurism.com/facial-recognition-tech-airport/

Twitter’s deletion of its Facebook app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/28/facebook-has-removed-all-cross-posted-tweets/

Buffett eyes investment in India-based tech company

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/buffett-eyes-investment-in-india-based-tech-company

63% of pedestrians don't trust self-driving tech' - could 'virtual eyes' be the next step for autonomous driving?

https://www.wheels24.co.za/News/63-of-pedestrians-dont-trust-self-driving-tech-could-virtual-eyes-be-the-next-step-for-autonomous-driving-20180828

Lafayette Poised for Vibrant Tech Industry

https://www.klfy.com/news/local/lafayette-poised-for-vibrant-tech-industry/1399838119

New facial recognition tech catches first impostor at D.C. airport

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-facial-recognition-tech-catches-first-impostor-d-c-airport-n903236

Brexit beschleunigt Niedergang des britischen Einzelhandels (Spiegel)

http://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/warum-der-brexit-die-krise-im-britischen-einzelhandel-verschaerft-a-1221501.html

Stennis to be first aircraft carrier with additive manufacturing lab

https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/stennis-be-first-aircraft-carrier-additive-manufacturing-lab

Nach Aus für Roboter Kuri: Bosch-Startup Mayfield Robotics gibt auf (Heise)

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Nach-Aus-fuer-Roboter-Kuri-Bosch-Startup-Mayfield-Robotics-gibt-auf-4143707.html

Stop worrying about how much energy bitcoin uses

https://theconversation.com/stop-worrying-about-how-much-energy-bitcoin-uses-97591

Worrying about robots stealing our jobs? How silly

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/20/robots-stealing-jobs-digital-age

Manchester City’s smart band of gold seems to have scrambled fans’ minds

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/19/manchester-city-fantom

What Retail Apocalypse? Ask Some Department Stores, But Not All (Bloomberg)

What Retail Apocalypse? Ask Some Department Stores, But Not All 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-18/what-retail-apocalypse-ask-some-department-stores-but-not-all

Why Can’t Europe Do Tech? (Bloomberg)

Why Can’t Europe Do Tech? 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-16/inside-europe-s-struggle-to-build-a-truly-global-tech-giant

Digitalisierung: Keine Horrorszenarien für Arbeitsmarkt (Heise)

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Digitalisierung-Keine-Horrorszenarien-fuer-Arbeitsmarkt-4140282.html

How TripAdvisor changed travel

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/17/how-tripadvisor-changed-travel

Uber reports Q2 losses of $404 million, up 32 percent from Q1

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/15/uber-reports-404-million-in-losses-up-32-percent-from-q1/

Weltausstellung mit Computer

https://blog.hnf.de/weltausstellung-mit-computer/

Bitcoin verliert eine Milliarde Dollar an Wert - pro Stunde (Spiegel)

http://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bitcoin-rutscht-unter-6000-dollar-a-1201348.html

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Bitcoin-Ether-Co-Drastischer-Kursrutsch-bei-Kryptowaehrungen-4136960.html

Weltweit erster Wasserstoffzug in Niedersachsen

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/lueneburg_heide_unterelbe/Weltweit-erster-Wasserstoffzug-in-Niedersachsen,aktuelllueneburg518.html

Chinas Bitcoin-Ausstieg: 600 Miner beschlagnahmt (Heise)

https://m.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Chinas-Bitcoin-Ausstieg-600-Miner-beschlagnahmt-4036849.html

A German Publisher Is Winning the Internet (Bloomberg)

A German Publisher Is Winning the Internet 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/axel-springer-is-winning-the-internet-with-business-insider

How to Lose $3 Billion of Bitcoin in India (Bloomberg)

How to Lose $3 Billion of Bitcoin in India  

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-08-09/cryptokidnapping-or-how-to-lose-3-billion-of-bitcoin-in-india

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A Short History of Crypto Euphoria

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2018/06/crypto-bubble-historical-analysis-of-financial-crises/adriano.htm

Andreas Adriano:

„A Short History of Crypto Euphoria“

Finance & Development, June 2018, Vol. 55, No. 2 

„An eminent economist’s taxonomy of bubbles is applied to the latest financial fad“

L'Oréal partners with Facebook to create AR makeup experiences

https://www.zdnet.com/article/loreal-partners-with-facebook-to-create-ar-makeup-experiences/

Robots and Brexit

https://m.facebook.com/Reasons2Remain/posts/659684947724211

41% of Americans Say They Won't Ever Invest In Cryptocurrencies

http://fortune.com/2018/08/09/buy-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-who-owns/

Banks explore a safe deposit box for cryptocurrencies

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/banks-explore-a-safe-deposit-box-for-cryptocurrencies

The Crypto Market Just Hit a Low for 2018

https://www.coindesk.com/the-crypto-market-just-hit-a-new-low-for-2018/

CW Benelux: Netherlands to experiment with self-driving trains

https://www.computerweekly.com/ezine/CWEurope/CW-Benelux-Netherlands-to-experiment-with-self-driving-trains

Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake predicts AI’s impact on fashion

https://digiday.com/marketing/stitch-fix-ceo-katrina-lake-predicts-ais-impact-fashion/

Die digitale Pinnwand

https://blog.hnf.de/die-digitale-pinnwand/

Lufthansa & SAP Aviation Blockchain Challenge for entrepreneurs

https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/lufthansa--sap-aviation-blockchain-challenge-for-entrepreneurs-431594

Jenoptik Gears Up Berlin Site for Semiconductor Lasers Demand

http://www.novuslight.com/jenoptik-gears-up-berlin-site-for-semiconductor-lasers-demand_N8335.html

Where the Wall once cut through Berlin, a digital giant rises

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/technology/where-the-wall-once-cut-through-berlin-a-digital-giant-rises

Investing in people alongside tech is crucial for digital sustainability

https://www.consultancy.eu/news/1361/investing-in-people-alongside-tech-is-crucial-for-digital-sustainability

GREEN TECH ISN’T DEAD – AND HERE’S WHY YOU NEED TO EMBRACE IT

https://allwork.space/2018/07/green-tech-isnt-dead-and-heres-why-you-need-to-embrace-it/

We're A Long Way Off From The U.S. Being A Utopia For Fintech

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahkocianski/2018/08/07/were-a-long-way-off-the-us-being-a-utopia-for-fintech/#1304f39b7607

Dar students solving problems through ICT-based solution

http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazine/success/1843788-4667834-v3l4wwz/index.html

WTO report: ICT services ‘the most dynamic sector’

https://www.verdict.co.uk/wto-report-ict-services-technology/

Educationally investing in ICT: Five Singapore Polytechnics, SAP, and SkillsFuture Singapore sign MoU to launch SAP Skills University Singapore

https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/educationally-investing-in-ict-five-singapore-polytechnics-sap-and-skillsfuture-singapore-sign-mou-to-launch-sap-skills-university-singapore

Second edition of Huawei ICT Competition launched

http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/540543/BUSINESS/Second-edition-of-Huawei-ICT-Competition-launched

Die Roboter-Busse: Wie wenig selbstständig autonome Busse noch sind (Heise)

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Die-Roboter-Busse-Wie-wenig-selbststaendig-autonome-Busse-noch-sind-4036565.html

Has Zuckerberg, like Frankenstein, lost control of the monster he created?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/has-zuckerberg-like-frankenstein-lost-control-of-the-monster-he-created

Großbritannien: Parlamentskommission schießt scharf gegen Facebook & Co. (Heise)

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Grossbritannien-Parlamentskommission-schiesst-scharf-gegen-Facebook-Co-.html

Wort & Bild Verlag, Herausgeber der Apotheken Umschau, will in E-Commerce machen

https://meedia.de/2018/07/27/e-commerce-fuer-apotheken-umschau-wort-bild-verlag-will-konkurrenz-zu-arznei-versand-aufbauen/

Here's the memo Apple CEO Tim Cook sent to employees after hitting $1 trillion

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/apple-ceo-calls-1-trillion-value-a-milestone-but-not-a-focus.html

The robot will see you now: could computers take over medicine entirely?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/29/the-robot-will-see-you-now-could-computers-take-over-medicine-entirely

Don't forget SD-WAN during your next network infrastructure upgrade

https://searchsdn.techtarget.com/tip/Dont-forget-SD-WAN-during-your-next-network-infrastructure-upgrade

Was aus dem Drucker kommt

https://blog.hnf.de/was-aus-dem-drucker-kommt/

Deutschland hat zu viele alte Strukturen und zu wenig Mut (FAZ)

http://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/diginomics/deutschland-hat-zu-viele-alte-strukturen-und-zu-wenig-mut-15711579.html

Apple Becomes First U.S. Company to Hit $1 Trillion Value (Bloomberg)

Apple Becomes First U.S. Company to Hit $1 Trillion Value  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-02/apple-becomes-first-u-s-company-to-hit-1-trillion-market-value

Sexpuppen-Fabrik in China: Künstlich intelligent und immer zu Diensten (Spiegel)

http://m.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/sexpuppen-aus-china-bilder-aus-einer-fabrik-fotostrecke-162687.html

Why GE Digital Failed

https://www.inc.com/alex-moazed/why-ge-digital-didnt-make-it-big.html

Virtuelles Sightseeing: Mit dem Roboter in die Kunsthalle Emden

https://www.ankevonheyl.de/mit-dem-roboter-in-die-kunsthalle-emden/