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Leaders from Amex, Opendoor, Cigna and Accenture talk data at Transform’s Big Bytes in AI & Data breakfast

July 13, 2021
Join executive leaders at the Data, Analytics, & Intelligent Automation Summit, presented by Accenture. Watch now! Great applications rely on good data, just like an automobile relies on good oil. At the Big Bytes in AI & Data breakfast, presented by Accenture, panelists spoke about the importance of data, and how their organizations use it, from analyzing and normalizing, to how they…
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Get Started Using Vintage Lenses with These Five Tips

July 13, 2021
The world of vintage lenses can provide a whole new experience to photographers but not everyone knows how to get started. To help others explore the unique characteristics of these decades-old lenses, a filmmaker has shared his best tips. Mark Holtze is a cinematographer…
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Nordstrom CTO on AI-powered analytics and consumer insights

July 13, 2021
Join executive leaders at the Data, Analytics, & Intelligent Automation Summit, presented by Accenture. Watch now! Customer service is Nordstrom’s bedrock, and that wasn’t going to change just because the retail giant was engaging with customers online and not in the store, Edmond Mesrobian, Nordstrom’s chief technology officer and chief information officer, said during VentureBeat’s…
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WhatsApp for iOS working on a new call experience

July 13, 2021
WhatsApp had released version 2.21.140.11 beta on TestFlight. This update brings a new call interface and a few more tweaks to this function. According to WABetaInfo, when WhatsApp beta testers make a call using the app, they will see a new interface similar to FaceTime.
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Verizon and Mastercard team up to turn iPhones into NFC payment terminals [U]

July 13, 2021
Verizon and Mastercard have announced a new partnership that hopes to advance contactless payment solutions with 5G cellular service. The collaboration is aiming to help small and medium-sized businesses and one of the most interesting possibilities is making iPhone and other smartphones contactless payment terminals without needing any external hardware. Update: While the report from CNBC noted…
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Some iOS versions mysteriously refuse to show ‘69’ as the temperature in the iPhone Weather app [U]

July 13, 2021
In a curious turn of events, iOS 14.6 and some earlier versions are preventing the temperature from showing as 69 degrees on iPhone in its default Weather app even if that’s the actual reading. Instead, the temperature is being rounded up or down to 68 or 70. Update: Mentioned by my colleague Gui Rambo, one possible explanation could be an issue with converting from Celsius to Fahrenheit: I…
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