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Snap quietly acquired 3D-scanning startup Th3rd last year

TechCrunch

Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D-scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. In May 2021, Snap acquired AR startup WaveOptics , a company that supplied the technology that powers Snap’s Spectacles AR glasses, for $500 million.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO

A good deal of the traffic has been driven by a QR code deployed across social media channels and other communications outlets to promote awareness of the digital museum’s existence. But thanks to an inventive digital offering, called Searchable Museum , the museum has been able to reach even more.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. from a year earlier, and brought in more than $6 billion in revenue, more than $542 million the revenue generated in 2021. It has now moved to Poland and set up the office there.

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Top 11 Ecommerce trends to keep you ahead of the curve

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trillion dollars in 2021. trillion is expected to be generated by social media commerce by 2026 Smartphones are used by 91% of shoppers to make online purchases The eCommerce fraud detection and prevention market will reach over $69 billion by 2025 eCommerce trends in 2023 and beyond eCommerce’s future is much easier to predict.

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Ready Player Me, a platform to build dynamic cross-game avatars for virtual worlds, raises $56M led by a16z

TechCrunch

Now, in a spot of perfect timing, a startup out of Talinn, Estonia, called Ready Player Me — which has built a popular platform for creating dynamic, animated avatars to use across virtual worlds built and operated by others — is announcing $56 million in funding to grow its business. It can also work off 3D images.

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Radar trends to watch: September 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Let’s start with a moment of silence for O’Reilly Author Toby Segaran , who passed away on August 11, 2021. Researchers have created a 3D map of a small part of a mouse’s brain. Social Media. Banning as a service : It’s now possible to hire a company to get someone banned from Instagram and other social media.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

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percent in 2021. eCommerce share of total retail sales worldwide from 2015 to 2021. In-store cameras and sensors detect each product one takes from a shelf, and items are being added to a virtual cart while a customer proceeds. “If The company considers opening 3000 convenience stores by 2021. trillion US dollars).