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ESports at the 2024 Olympics? Esports is being considered as a medal event for the 2024 Olympic Games, according to The Guardian.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is expected to award the 2024 Games to Paris, and co-president of Paris bid committee Tony Estanguet plans to speak to the IOC and Esports executives about including competitive video gaming as an official sport.
The 2024 Olympic Games program will begin to be formed in 2019, with the final decision coming after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
BI Intelligence analyst Kevin Tran has the full story on why including Esports in the Olympics would benefit a multitude of stakeholders. | |
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| In a new report, BI Intelligence explores the pros and cons of how the three biggest players in the Western mobile market are working to navigate the changing app landscape and how their respective initiatives best position them to come out on top. We will also lay out barriers standing in the way of adoption of the new technology. And we demonstrate the necessity for businesses to take heed of the evolving app market, and show where the best opportunity lies. Learn More → | | | | |
| In a new report, BI Intelligence looks at where, and how, failure to consider the impact of operating culture can harm banks' innovation efforts, and includes case studies from three major global banks that are tackling the problem. The case studies examine the approaches the banks are taking in addressing cultural barriers to innovation, details where they've seen success, and provides lessons learned. BI Intelligence also details our recommended best practices for encouraging cultural change in banking to better foster successful innovation efforts. Learn More → | | | | |
| In a new report, BI Intelligence highlights the key audience demographics for six major social platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. It examines multiple dimensions of change within each platform's demographic makeup — including age, income, education, gender, and overall adoption in terms of online adults in the US — and assesses how certain segments of the US population have adapted their social media behaviors. The report also explores how much time each age demographic is investing on each platform. Learn More → | | | | |
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| An update to Samsung's mobile browser, Samsung Internet, could threaten Google's mobile browser dominance. Read More → | | | | |
| Tezos, a Switzerland-based blockchain technology startup, raised a record-setting amount via an initial coin offering (ICO) in July, and has now revealed that it will use $50 million of this capital to establish a VC fund. Read More → | | | | |
| Hundreds of LockState smart locks around the world stopped working after the company mistakenly issued the wrong over-the-air (OTA) software update for the devices. Read More → | | | | |
| Snapchat released a feature that uses machine learning to stitch together snaps submitted to Our Story into a seamless video, called Crowd Surf. Read More → | | | | |
| Efforts to launch a Bitcoin-related exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US are evidently not waning: In March, the Winklevoss brothers and cryptocurrency fintech SolidX both submitted filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), only to be shot down. Now, incumbent fund manager VanEck has followed suit, submitting a prospectus to the SEC. Read More → | | | | |
| The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study revealing that total household debt in the US has risen above recessionary highs. Read More → | | | | |
| Apple and health insurer Aetna are reportedly in talks to bring the Apple Watch to Aetna's 23 million members as a free or discounted perk. Read More → | | | | |
| The Google Home will soon have a free hands-free personalized calling feature that allows users to call both phone numbers and other Google Home devices, thanks to a new software update the company will issue for all devices in the US and Canada over the next week. Read More → | | | | |
| Apple will spend about $1 billion to create and obtain original video content over the next year, furthering its foray into the video streaming space. Read More → | | | | |
| US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, bringing the company's valuation to $1.6 billion, and making it a fintech unicorn. Read More → | | | | |
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