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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Argo AI taught cars to drive. Then its backers changed direction.
Ai · Hardware · Enterprise

Argo AI taught cars to drive. Then its backers changed direction.

Ford and Volkswagen backed a machine that could navigate city streets. Argo’s harder assignment was reaching a profitable business before its investors ran out of patience.

autonomous-driving · self-driving-carsRead →
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OQO put a PC in your pocket. The bill was $1,899.
Hardware · Enterprise · Consumer

OQO put a PC in your pocket. The bill was $1,899.

OQO made Windows small enough to carry in a coat pocket. Its rise and closure reveal the awkward economics of making a familiar machine radically smaller.

ultra-mobile-pc · pocket-computersRead →
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n-Space shipped the games. Who would fund the next one?
Gaming · Consumer

n-Space shipped the games. Who would fund the next one?

The Orlando studio put big franchises on small screens and persuaded Nintendo to publish a game about ghostly possession. Its story exposes the awkward business of being very good at making somebody else’s games.

video-game-development · nintendo-dsRead →
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TakeLessons and the trouble with selling a maybe
Education · Marketplace · Consumer

TakeLessons and the trouble with selling a maybe

A music teacher needed paying students. TakeLessons learned to sell the whole appointment, won a place inside Microsoft, and still reached its final lesson.

takelessons · music-lessonsRead →