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Archives for February 2019
Small sellers calling it quits on Amazon
Over a dozen small, fringe sellers have begun exiting or suspending their accounts on Amazon, unable to manage logistics and order deliveries on their own after norms for online marketplaces kicked in on February 1. This move, however, is unlikely to affect the e-commerce giant’s revenue. Most of these entities sold products through Amazon-owned Cloudtail […]
Comparing Feature Selection Scripts
In this series about feature selection, the first three posts covered three different WhizzML scripts that can help you with this task: Recursive Feature Elimination, Boruta and Best-First Feature Selection. We explained how they work and the needed parameters for each one of them, applying the scripts to the system failures in trucks dataset described in the first post. As […]
Google CEO bets big on YouTube for future growth
With nearly two billion monthly logged-in users, video-streaming platform YouTube is poised to bring in big moolah for Google in the coming years, the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai hinted in an earnings call with analysts on Monday. Google’s advertising business accounted for $32.6 billion of its parent company Alphabet’s overall revenue of $39.3 billion for […]
EU Recalls Children’s Smartwatch That Leaks Location Data
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YouTube expands its Instagram-like ‘Explore’ feature to improve the search experience
Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube has expanded its test ‘Explore’ feature to iPhones, iPads, Android phones, tablets and web that is intended to help users find relevant content recommendations based on their search history for viewing. YouTube confirmed that the test feature now comes with ‘On the Rise‘ recommendations, suggesting content from smaller, up-and-coming creators […]
How Jeff Bezos lost out to billionaire Mukesh Ambani in poll-bound India
by P R Sanjai and Saritha Rai Amazon and Walmart’s plans to dominate India’s online retail landscape have been ambushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political priorities heading into a tightening election. The vote, which must be held by May, has increased the influence of local retailers that lobbied for growth-crimping curbs on the U.S. […]
Now stream live together on Twitter’s Periscope
Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday globally rolled out the “Go Live Together” feature to its live-streaming app, Periscope, allowing users to go live and even add people from the audiences to the chat. The chosen guests could be heard by everyone and can drop off at any time and broadcasters would be able to read […]
CDW confirmed as headline sponsor for UKCA 2019
CDW has pledged its support for the work organisations are doing around cloud by signing up as the lead sponsor for this year’s UK Cloud Awards. Established by the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) in association with Cloud Pro, the awards are designed to showcase and celebrate the most innovative providers, projects and individuals that are […]
From New Delhi to New York, Amazon finds populism now trumps politics
By Brad Stone A day before it delivered relatively good earnings to Wall Street last week, Amazon got roughed up in a New York City Council hearing over the company’s plans to locate half of second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. “It’s a cold day in New York,” shouted one union organizer at a […]