Mobile Minutes: IBM Watson app; Bernie Sanders joins Snapchat; Square’s IPO; Yahoo’s fantasy sports troubles
IBM Watson might be best known for outsmarting “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings to win $1 million on the game show, but this year the supercomputer system has a new goal: to be the best Santa’s helper ever.
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Bernie Sanders joins Snapchat and now he has the potential to totally change the game
One Democratic candidate just dropped some big news. Bernie Sanders joined Snapchat, and potentially switched up the campaign game by acquiring a direct line of communication to his millennial constituents.
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Square IPO pricing will test investors’ appetite for unicorns
What investors are willing to pay for mobile-payments service Square Inc. in its initial public offering will hinge on how much of a technology premium the company warrants for being a member of the startup “unicorn” club.
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Yahoo a new target in NY daily fantasy sports probe: source
A probe by New York State’s attorney general into the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar daily fantasy sports industry has been expanded to include online media giant Yahoo Inc, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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