Drones distract, drones deliver and drones do battle. But what else can drones do? That was the question facing entrepreneur Christian Sanz when he began building his own drones a few years back, and after exploring various possibilities, including delivery and also simply drawing together audiences of curious spectators, Sanz found a big need drones are perfect for that wasn’t being addressed: data collection. Now, his startup Skycatch has raised a new $13.2 million round of venture funding to support that mission.
Snapchat and WhatsApp both account for 700 million photos shared daily. The average Google user is six times more valuable than the average Facebook user. Buzzfeed is big on Facebook but not as big on Twitter, where BBC is the top media brand. And 25 percent of global Internet use is on mobile, but only 4 percent of ad dollars is.
These are just some of the key Web trends that Mary Meeker of VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers shared at Re/Code’s conference today. Here is part of the 164-page State of the Internet report and what the top investment firm is looking at when it makes its billion-dollar bets on the future:
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Intel threw its research might behind the idea of autonomous cars, or automobiles that are safer and more efficient because they can take over the task of driving from humans.
Intel, the world’s biggest chip maker, will provide an “application ready platform” with its own processors and operating system for self-driving cars. The initiative is part of Intel’s larger campaign to provide the intelligence and connectivity for the internet of things, or smarter everyday devices. The effort will include Intel’s own research as well as investments in other companies from a $100 million car technology fund.
China seems primed for a boom in entrepreneurship. From its growing market share to its focus on education, the country should be poised to lead innovation in the 21st century. However, certain factors—particularly the political system—can be limiting. A team of professors from Harvard Business School is studying how China is approaching innovation and the problems it's encountering.
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Sure, you can throw a file up to a public cloud and let people download it whenever they want. But companies increasingly seem to think that when sharing files, a cloud isn’t necessary.
Investors have thrown $1.8 million behind Infinit, a startup sitting firmly in this camp.
In disclosing the funding in a statement today, Infinit also announced the release of the first full-featured version of its software, which is available for Mac and Windows.
The funding affirms the logic behind leaving out clouds, which stands out from popular file-sharing tools like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box.
