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Genies makes realistic looking Bitmoji that can be used in other apps
Genies has just launched its first iOS and Android mobile app designed to let users build a three-dimensional cartoon…
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Tumblr booted from App Store due to child porn
Tumblr’s app was booted out of the iOS App Store a few days ago due to an issue with child…
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Amazon Echo devices can now make Skype calls
Video chat was always one of Echo Show and Spot’s biggest selling points. But until now, the products have been…
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Purdue researchers use AI to predict students’ locations and friends from Wi-Fi data
Location-based check-ins reveal a lot about a person — and college students in particular, as it turns out. Researchers at…
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Microsoft acquires app-provisioning startup FSLogix
Another day, another profitable exit for a well-regarded startup. Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Atlanta, Georgia-based FSLogix, the company behind…
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Alexa users can now make Skype calls
Microsoft announced in September that Skype calling would come to devices with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant by the end of…
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AWS Comprehend gains Custom Entities and Custom Classification for training bespoke AI models
Amazon’s AWS ReInvent summit in Las Vegas might not kick off until later this month, but the Seattle company’s cloud…
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Amazon’s neural TTS can model speaking styles with only a few hours of recordings
Tired of Alexa’s staid, monotonous tone? Well, thanks to a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique, Amazon might soon be able…
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Enlight and Facetune creator Lightricks raises $60 million
The mobile app market is on the upswing, according to research firms like App Annie. Global downloads grew an estimated 15…
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