| FTC green lights Amazon and Whole Foods deal
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 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is allowing Amazon to move forward in the process of purchasing Whole Foods. The $13.4 billion acquisition, which was announced in June, combines the e-commerce behemoth with a major grocery chain. The FTC then investigated whether this would decrease competition. It ultimately concluded that this was not a problem. Whole Foods shareholders have also now…
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| Digital Currency Ripple Soars 70% Overnight
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 The cryptocurrency Ripple, which is used by many banks, shot up dramatically in the last 24 hours, climbing to nearly 30 cents from yesterday's price of around 17 cents. The price surge also saw the total value of Ripple grow to $11 billion, briefly making it the third most valuable digital currency behind bitcoin and Ethereum. For those unfamiliar, Ripple is like a corporate cousin to bitcoin. It relies on blockchain software to create a permanent, indelible transaction record but, unlike many crypto-currencies, it is controlled by a company rather than mined. The chart below, courtesy of CoinMarketCap, shows what happened yesterday. After staying flat at around 16 cents for most of the week, the price of Ripple (whose currency is also called XRP) began to shoot up until it nearly doubled: CoinMarketCap The price has since retreated to around 23 cents as of Wednesday afternoon ET, and Ripple has dropped to fourth on the list of most valuable crypto-currencies. The exact explanation for the price surge is ...
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| 'The Tick' lives again on Amazon in just the right clever and crazy mix
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 There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like their superheroes bleak and those who like them bright. (And, yes, there are people who don't like superheroes at all, but I have factored them out of this equation.) You have your Revisionists and your Classicists, your Team Kevlar and...
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| South African rhino breeder starts online auction of horns
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 Embed Share An online auction of rhino horn is set to open Monday after a court in South Africa approved the site which has outraged conservationists. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A rhino breeder in South Africa has opened an online auction of 264 rhino horns that has raised alarm among leading conservation groups that fear a legal domestic trade could encourage more poaching. The indicates that ...
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| Here's Amazon's Plan to Make Students Better Writers
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 Amazon wants to help students become better writers. The retail giant debuted a writing curriculum and software tools on Wednesday for teachers to use with fourth through sixth graders. Eventually, Amazon plans to introduce something similar for seventh and eighth graders, but it did not say when it would be available. The teaching tools are being sold by TenMarks, an online education company that Amazon bought in 2013 for an undisclosed amount. Previously, TenMarks only sold courses and software tools for teaching math. Announcing TenMarks Writing, a new online curriculum designed for teachers to help students become better writers: https://t.co/... pic.twitter.com/auB0UTtUXh — TenMarks Education (@TenMarks) August 23, 2017 The writing curriculum costs $4 dollars per student for a 12-month period. It includes advice for teachers about how to create lesson plans and how to grade and give students feedback. Get Data Sheet, Fortune's technology newsletter. In one sixth grade lesson plan, for example, ...
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| Watch: Smart Warehouse in China Has Over 100 Mobile Robots
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| Alibaba Group's logistics arm Cainiao launched operations for a new smart warehouse in Huiyang, Guangdong, home to the most robots in China. The robots working in a warehouse (New China TV) A usual smart warehouse usually contains only a few dozen mobile robots, also known as AGVs or automatic guided vehicles. But this new smart warehouse has over a hundred mobile robots. Cainiao offers same-day and next-day delivery services in more than 1,000 regions in China. The Wi-Fi equipped, self-charging machines are responsible for moving goods around the warehouse. The robot is activated when a ...
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The robots working in a warehouse (New China TV)
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| Metro Shoes Taps IBM Watson To Streamline Inventory Management, Personalization
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 Indian footwear retailer Metro Shoes is launching a digital commerce platform powered by Watson Customer Engagement hosted on IBM Cloud. The platform includes the IBM Watson Order Management and Commerce solutions. With a countrywide footprint of 350 physical showrooms, an expanding brand portfolio and shifts in customer preferences, Metro Shoes sought to: • Address challenges in managing orders coming from multiple online platforms; • Improve online presence for some of its popular internal brands, which were generating low visibility and impacting overall sales; and • Personalize the online experience for each visitor as they navigate through the site. {loadposition GIAA}Delivered through a single platform, Metro Shoes will be able to showcase all of its brands and recommend specific items based on customer insights. This personalized experience will include new fulfillment options such as buy online/pickup in-store, reserve in-store and easy returns. With IBM's technology capabilities and marketplace ...
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| Modern-Expo to showcase latest in parcel locker technology at Post-Expo 2017
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 Equipment manufacturer Modern-Expo Group is using this year's Post-Expo Exhibition and Conference to showcase its latest parcel locker solution, which has been purpose-built to help consumers make the most of their online shopping and delivery experience. Convenience and ease-of-access are key when dealing with modern e-commerce customers and as such, Modern-Expo Group has partnered with OMNIC to introduce its 24/7 Delivery Station, an automated self-service parcel locker that enables shoppers to collect parcels at a time that's convenient for them. The solution can either be deployed as a standard parcel locker for general e-commerce ...
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