Category: Business
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Messaging app Line adds livestreaming for group chats
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the latest update to its messaging app, Line has added a livestreaming feature which can be used in group or multi-person chats of up to 200 people, called Chat Live. The company suggests a variety of uses for the live video feature — such as chatting with friends while livestreaming a sporting event or chatting with…
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How This Upstart Ice Cream Company Began Outselling Ben & Jerry’s and Haagen-Dazs
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ce Cream Company – In 2011, when Justin Woolverton began experimenting with a dessert of frozen Greek yogurt blended with fruit, he wasn’t trying to start a business–much less one that would draw in revenue of $49 million in 2016, up almost 21,000 percent over a three-year period. “It was just something that I was…
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MIT’s Artificial Intelligence streaming software aims to stop those video stutters
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]IT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) wants to ensure your streaming video experience stays smooth. A research team led by MIT professor Mohammad Alizadeh has developed an artificial intelligence (dubbed ‘Pensieve’) that can select the best algorithms for ensuring video streams both without interruption, and at the best possible playback quality. The method…
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Five Central Florida cities soon will help you pay for Uber rides
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]entral Florida – If you live in Altamonte Springs and use Uber to dine at a Lake Mary restaurant, the city of Lake Mary could pick up part of the tab for your trip. Likewise, if you take the ride-sharing service from Maitland to downtown Sanford or to the Orlando Sanford International Airport to catch…
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Now convicted, Corrine Brown finds donors are no longer there
Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown was back in court this week, trying to appeal the corruption charges for which she was convicted earlier this year. Her prospects don’t look good. As I’ve written before — “Corrine Brown Delivered to herself, feds say;” “Corrine Brown conviction about corruption, not race” — the case against the Jacksonville Democrat…
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Florida’s first Cafe Rio is coming to Winter Park and here’s what you should eat when it opens
Utah-based fast-casual Mexican chain Cafe Rio was just announced to open their first Florida location right here in Central Florida. Specifically, in a stand-alone store in front of the Winter Park Whole Foods. The restaurant chain has an almost cult-like following among Left Coasters. I went to college in Utah, and as soon as my…
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Seminole Tax Collector Joel Greenberg clashes with Commissioner Brenda Carey, bans her from his offices
Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg said Tuesday he is banning County Commissioner Brenda Carey from his offices after he said the longtime elected official launched into a profane tirade Monday while transferring tags. Carey disputed Greenberg’s account, saying she went to the tax collector’s office as a “private citizen” to conduct business and got…