3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 332 Journalist-curated daily news by Informed.so Informed is a Berlin-based news startup. They employ journalists to curate a daily-brief of “must-reads” to, you guessed it, stay informed. No super deep-dives, but the major news to keep conversation with friends and co-workers going. Sources are major news outlets (mostly from English speaking countries), like The Atlantic, The…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 331 In-car holographics, rising with Envisics Envisics provides with technology to overlay information upon reality while driving a car (avoiding distraction with clear symbolic elements). Dynamic Holography Platform is the product, it runs on head-up displays. Hyundai Mobis (mobility ventures) is the lead investor with $100m, last round last Thursday. Stellantis, GM and Jaguar involved as…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 330 For moving objects (and athletes) — Kinexon Kinexon calls itself “The operating system for moving things”, a specialist for live location data of moving objects. An IoT stack with trackers and an operating system behind. Communication (updating each other about live location) between moving objects (e.g. robots in a factory) enables automation of these moving objects. BMW…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 329 eBay, less users, less buyers. But very solid economics. eBay was spearheading the e-commerce in the years 2000, rising to the leader in marketplace (buyers and sellers). Now the decline is confirming, seven quarters in a row. Decline in sales (8–12%), in users and in buyers. Half of sales happens in the US (declining faster than the rest of…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 328 Bet for data and AI behind medicine, this is Verily Verily is a data platform gathering and making sense of medicine (life science) data, this is the bet. Claim “precision health”, treatment a diagnostics based on data. The solutions run in the background, like Immune Profiler or SignalPath (for clinical studies). In the pic, a more mass-market solution — Verily…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 327 Year in review by Klarna — gamified tracking of own consumption Klarna has launched the “Money Story” format in its German app. This format, which is based on a similar concept seen on social media, provides users with a comprehensive overview of their spend for the year 2022. Klarna aims to promote financial awareness through this feature. With interactive animations in…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 326 Kive, a companion for creatives! Kive platform allows creative professionals to create images, edit images, collaborate with other creatives, build mood boards and storyboards. Above all, it is an image classifying tool with smart and automatic taggings. All these features are based on AI. By communicating the style and mood of a wanted image, the…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 325 Pasqal marches as a quantum computing champion Pasqal is one of the most advanced tech-start-up in quantum computing. Quote (easier in that difficult quantum subject): “quantum computers from ordered neutral atoms in 2D and 3D arrays to bring a practical quantum advantage to its customers and address real-world problems”. Real world, this is the edge and ambition…

3 innovation and digital news in 1 minute. Every Monday. Episode 324 VPN is boring? It’s not with champion NordVPN Nord VPN is the leading VPN (virtual private network) provider in the world, grew mainly by sponsoring YouTube videos, always with heavy discounts (like 60% off). Besides VPN, they offer a growing range of cybersecurity products. Sounds boring, it’s not. NordVPN has a lively education blog and tutorial around VPN…