L'Oreal, because AR is Worth It
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| L'Oreal, because AR is Worth It | |
| Number | 3344 |
| Broadcast Date | AUGUST 10, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 29:45 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Chris Christensen |
The Amateur Traveler, Chris Christensen, joins us with his picks of must have tech for the avid traveler.
Guest
Quick Hits
- The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission dropped charges of monopolistic practices against Qualcomm. In exchange, Qualcomm will make $700 million in promised investments related to 5G collaborations, market expansions, startup and university collaborations and development of a Taiwanese center for operations and manufacturing engineering. Qualcomm can continue its current pricing strategy, which it is contesting in court in other regions including high profile cases involving Apple.
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe has arrived at its launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida for an early morning launch Saturday. The probe will get within 8.66 Solar radii of the sun, the closest a human object has ever been. At its closest approach ti will be traveling at 700,000 kph, the fastest velocity relative to the sun of any human-made object. The Parker Solar Probe will study solar wind and coronal mass ejections among other things, which will help protect satellites and orbiting humans.
- The Philippine Competition Commission has approved Grab's acquisition of Uber's operations there, provided Grab complies with certain conditions to improve service. Grab must improve fare transparency, booking acceptance rates, complaint response time as well as re-evaluate driver incentives. Grab has 93% of the ride-hailing market after the acquisition of Uber.
- Nintendo Switch Online will launch in September and the company has announced some more details about what subscriptions will include. Subscribers get online play in games like Splatoon 2 and MarioKart 8 Deluxe among others as well as access to classic NES games some with online play as well. Save data cloud backup lets subscribers access game data in case you switch to a new system. Subscriptions are $4 a month, $8 for three months or $20 a year. Family memberships cost $35 a year.
Top Stories
- John Gruber of Daring Fireball notes that Doug Field has left Tesla after 5 years, including overseeing Model 3 production. Field was once VP of Mac hardware engineering and is now returning to Apple. Gruber says Field will work with Bob Mansfield on Apple's Project Titan car project. Sources have told various outlets that Apple changed from the idea of manufacturing a car to developing autonomous car technology, but Field's production experience at Tesla could be put to use in either.
- Security researchers from Fleetsmith and Dropbox at the Black Hat conference demonstrated a method for gaining control of a brand new Mac when it makes its first WiFi connection. If the target Mac was enrolled in a corporate Mobile Device Management system, the attackers could intercept the handoff between the enterprise server and the Mac App store to replace the corporations apps with malware. It's a sophisticated attack but could be achieved by large organizations or governments. Apple patched the vulnerability in macOS 10.13.6.
- L'Oreal is developing augmented reality experiences for Instagram, letting users virtually try on foundation, lipstick, eye shadow as well as see things like different eyebrow shapes. L'Oreal bought augmented reality and AI developer ModiFace in March. L'Oreal is talking about developing something similar with Chinese partners as well.
- Microsoft's Altspace VR released tools to let users create shareable spaces in virtual reality for Oculus Go and Gear VR. Users drag and drop objects in a 3D space and can invite others to join them there. Basic kits are out there with more to come. Templates include: Base Worlds and SDK Playground Worlds.
- Last year, property-listing site Redfin started experimenting in parts of southern california with actually buying homes and then re-selling them. It's now ready to expand that operation called Redfin Now, beyond San Diego and the Inland Empire, starting with Orange County. Redfin Now gives homeowners offers within 48 hrs of an open house, and sends them their money within a week. The company spent $6 million buying homes in the 1st quarter and $17 million in the 2nd quarter. Redfin says it made money on each home bought and sold. However, the business segment lost about $100,000 overall in the 2nd quarter.
Discussion
Pick of the Day
- BigJim on IBM blockchain shipping effort
Mailbag
- Is it just me? Everytime I hear about Space Force all I can picture is Starship Troopers.
- Sent by Curtis
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