Last night I dined out using Feastly for the first time. It was the way to book seats at a “pop up” dinners across the USA. The dinner was the debut of former Herringbone LA chef Jason Witzl, who is in the process of opening up his own Cal-Ital place, Ellie’s, in DTLA. Not only was Feastly a cool app/service experience end to end, but the communal dining experience made it easy to make new friends, hang with old friends, eat very well and of course BYOB.
Alexa-can you come with me? So many times i wanted to take Alexa with me, so while Telzio had voice enabled access to my Amazon Echo first via their mobile app, almost a full year or so ago, there wasn’t a lot of use. Well the game just changed as Rain Labs has launched Reverb with apps for the Mac, iOS and Android. It’s all made possible by Amazon Voice Service. As I wrote on the Xceptional Blog a few days ago, Amazon keeps looking more and more like a telco/information services competitor to AT&T, Verizon, H-P and more….
So with that, let’s dive into the news in today’s extended edition of Comunicano.
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![]() Facebook used to repeat its mission statement so often that most tech reporters could recite it from memory: “To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” And it’s…
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![]() In this Q&A session, the complaints against Uber varied from low fare prices, even lower earnings, and hated services like UberPOOL.
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App Watch
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![]() Anurag Lal explores how messaging platforms function as productivity tools, encompassing a wider variety of services and capabilities.
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![]() Some senior officials are using a new messaging app that may not be as secure as it claims. “We would not recommend this app to someone…
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![]() Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa can help streamline your day-to-day business operations with voice-activated skills across communications, logistics, productivity, scheduling, and much more.
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Money Watch
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![]() With no public offering imminent, the $69 billion ride-hailing startup is buying back shares from longtime staff.
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Acquisition of Canadian company gives San Francisco firm access to luxury rentals
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![]() Verizon is bolstering its efforts in drones with the acquisition of Skyward, a Portland-based startup whose software helps commercial drone operators in in
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![]() Greek taxi hailing app Taxibeat has been acquired by German competitor MyTaxi, which is owned by Daimler. No financials have been disclosed.
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![]() Soundtrack Your Brand thinks music streaming for business is worth billions.
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Apple Watch
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![]() The company is testing a new Apple TV capable of streaming ultra-high-definition 4K. It may not be enough to take on Amazon and Roku.
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![]() As some industry experts wonder whether Apple will add wireless charging to its next iPhone, others believe it will go all in – cutting the charging cord completely, just as it cut the analog audio port in the iPhone 7.
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Cool Things
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![]() Piaggio’s Gita follows you around. It goes with you, turns with you, stops with you.
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![]() The Loon project says these advancements shorten their timeline for deployment.
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![]() NASA intends to put a backup plan in place in the event that SpaceX and Boeing are not ready to fly humans to space in 2019, according to a new report.
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![]() A new study argues that a mostly submerged landmass about two-thirds the size of Australia meets all the usual criteria for a continent.
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Odds & Ends
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AT&T’s new, new unlimited data plan eliminates an annoying requirement
The move comes days after Verizon launched its own competing offer.
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![]() On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Dorsey offered some insight into the source of Twitter’s user growth problem, which has haunted the company for years.
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