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Ameelio’s free video calling service for inmates goes live at first facilities

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Ameelio , a nonprofit startup that intends to replace inmate-paid video calling in prisons with a free service, is making inroads against the companies that have dominated the space for decades. “We maybe had 8,000 users when we spoke to you, and a few months later we launched our mobile app.

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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

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Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. I have worked remotely in technology for over a decade, and I’ll share my tips for how fast-paced technical startups can take good care of their software development talent. Contributor.

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What you need to know about product management for AI

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You already know the game and how it is played: you’re the coordinator who ties everything together, from the developers and designers to the executives. Why AI software development is different. You’re responsible for the design, the product-market fit, and ultimately for getting the product out the door.

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

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Forrester Consulting discovered that poor checkout experience and long lines are the third highest reason grocers would skip the line and shop in a different place. 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.

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Paladin publicly launches Knighthawk, a first response drone for cities

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For fire and police departments, getting teams on site can be challenging, what with the vagaries of traffic and bad routing. After years of development, the company is publicly unveiling its Knighthawk and Watchtower products. Back then, the focus was on building software to integrate with an off-the-shelf DJI drone.

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Estimated Time of Arrival: How to Approach ETA Calculations in Logistics

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It’s amazing how some people are so bad at time management while being so good at making up reasons for chronic lateness. How often do you have to wait for a friend who’s running late? In business, time is money. Just to illustrate the scale, remember Suez Canal blocked by the Ever Given containership in March 2021? ETA vs ETDel.

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The Good and the Bad of Apache Kafka Streaming Platform

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We say ‘xerox’ speaking of any photocopy, whether or not it was created by a machine from the Xerox corporation. We describe information search on the Internet with just one word — ‘google’. We ‘photoshop pictures’ instead of editing them on the computer. And COVID-19 made ‘zoom’ a synonym for a videoconference. Practically, nothing.