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Tech
– DIG Investment co-leads investment in Pivotal Commware with Bill Gatesto increase speed of data transfers to mobile devices Link
– Creandum invests in bank competitor Tide Link
– NTL announced details on the investment period of Q1 & Q2 2017 in the Nordics. Number of investments down, especially in Sweden but total invested amount up Link
– Na-Kd grows rapidly in the UK and the USA. Closed 2016 with a turnover of SEK 160 M and a net result of SEK -47 M Link
– Nordic Capital sells fintech company Bamboora to Ingenico Group for SEK 14 BN or roughly EUR 1.5 BN Link
– Amazon Prime day was the biggest day of sales for the company to date (bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday) with approximately USD 1 BN in sales Link
– Here’s a video of Google’s Deepmind AI teaching itself how to walk Link
Transportation
– Volvo Cars makes fleet electric – by 2019 all cars will have part or full electric propulsion Link
– Lyft now drives over 1M rides per day Link
– Uber relies on the millennials Link
– First Tesla Model III – owned by its founder Elon Musk – rolled out the factory last weekend. Tesla anticipates to produce 20,000 vehicles per month end of 2017 Link
– Hyperloop One tests it’s first Full-Scale Version Link
Media
– Tencent’s publishing arm files for IPO in Hong Kong Link
OTT Services – Link
– Playstation looks to consolidate the viewing experience for SVOD services Link
– Spotify strikes a new deal with Sony Music – similar to that with Universal according to sources Link
– Total US live TV usage has decelerated noticeably but total media consumption is continuing to grow because of more time spent on smartphones – up to 11 hours and 18 min (!!) per day for US adults. Link
XR
– Investments in AR/VR soared to USD 800 M in Q217 Link
– Six challenges for AR adoption on the mass market Link
– Oakley founder now release the world’s first AR mobile phone Link
– Magic Leap is still figuring out what Mixed Reality really is Link
– Apple never really cared about being first to market, but can they be the best product at yet another field, namely AR? Link
– Facebook adds live-streaming to its VR application Spaces Link
