Mobile Minutes: HTC's virtual reality app store; Google's Uber competitor; Amazon Alexa Prize; Salesforce's probe
HTC just launched a virtual reality app store with $1 content
HTC?s app store for its Vive virtual reality headset expands globally Friday
after launching solely in China earlier this year.
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Google is giving Uber another reason to worry
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has quietly rolled out its Uber
carpooling competitor, called Waze Rider, that allows riders to request rides
to and from work using Waze, the navigation app Google bought for a reported
$1.3 billion in 2013.
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Amazon's 'Alexa Prize' will give college students up to
$2.5M to create a socialbot
If you?re a college student who think you can build an Alexa-like ?socialbot,?
you might be in the running for $2.5 million.
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Salesforce urges Microsoft-LinkedIn probes amid AI concerns
Salesforce.com Inc. urged the European Union to take a close look at Microsoft
Corp.?s takeover of LinkedIn Corp. as EU regulators ask questions on how the
software giant could use artificial intelligence to exploit data from
LinkedIn?s professionals.
Read more on Bloomberg