Quixey, a mobile search startup, which has raised $133 million is failing.
Do tell me more “market leader.”
Driverless disruption
While autonomous vehicles, tech and auto companies stand to gain, many other industries — from airlines to fast food to real estate — could face serious upheaval from driverless cars. We look at 21 industries that could be changed by autonomous vehicles.
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We got some of the smartest journalists on fintech joining us at The Future of Fintech. Lots more names to be revealed, but here are some great folks from the FT, NYT, Bloomberg, and Forbes who will be there.
Reminder: Nassim Nicholas Taleb is joining us. Through end of day today, you can get $1000 off with the code blackswan17. Sign up here.
Patent party
We dug up a series of recently granted patents in auto and logistics tech from IBM, Ford, Uber, and Google. Ford was granted a patent for a spring-loaded vehicle charging system for electric vehicles.
Bloomberg Quint. Gerrit De Vynck (@gerritd) shares ideas from Canada’s tech community regarding the country’s “innovation” budget and cites CB Insights investment data.