Upcoming Future-M Conference in New York

New York International, together with the Daimler CASE leadership team, is organizing a series of roundtable discussions on the future of urban development and mobility on May 2-5 in New York City. The goal is to explore key trends and innovation in urban development and mobility through rapidly changing times.Like our recent Future-C Conference, It will… Continue reading Upcoming Future-M Conference in New York

The AI Boom: is it Legit, or Just Hype?

Last summer, NYU Tandon and ff Venture Capital announced the launch of their jointly run artificial intelligence incubator, AI NexusLab. The incubator is currently accepting applications for its next program, which begins in July. The deadline to apply is May 3.The incubator’s inaugural class of five startups took to the stage this week at NYU as part of the AI Summit. You can… Continue reading The AI Boom: is it Legit, or Just Hype?

3D Printed Planes, Shoes, & Everything Else

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3D printing has been a growing trend in New York over the past five years. MakerBot, Shapeways, and BigRep are all based here. The technology has mostly been used for customized low-batch jobs, until now. Just this week, two new partnerships were announced suggesting 3D printing could disrupt traditional mass production and usher in the new era of “Mass Customization.“Boeing has hired… Continue reading 3D Printed Planes, Shoes, & Everything Else

Future C Findings

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The Future-C conference is over. Through more than 30 roundtable discussions, talks, and presentations involving over 100 leaders in the field of content and journalism we set out to find the future. Among our participants were representatives from The New York Times, NPR, Vice Media, Google, Facebook, Dataminr, Chartbeat, USV, BDMI, Columbia University, City University… Continue reading Future C Findings

“Reporting in America is strong right now”

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We started our Future-C conference this week with a warmup discussion at the Ford Foundation in midtown Manhattan. Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, and journalist Jeff Howe, presented their book Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future. As the director of the MIT Media Lab and a director on the board of the… Continue reading “Reporting in America is strong right now”

Facebook Launches TV App

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Facebook this week announced the launch of their new TV app which will let Facebook users watch videos from their friends and their “liked” pages on TV, as well as watching the top live videos. Facebook also said that it will recommend videos based on ones users have already watched. The app will be available on Apple TVs,… Continue reading Facebook Launches TV App

New York International Condemns Executive Action Blocking Travel

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New York International, with its mission to help internationals to connect and be successful in the United States, condemns President Trump’s travel ban for seven predominately Muslim countries.New York International has been founded on the belief that the city’s business environment is hard to navigate for internationals setting up businesses and even harder to be… Continue reading New York International Condemns Executive Action Blocking Travel

Amazon Grows its Physical Presence

Earlier in 2016, Amazon opened it’s first ever physical bookstore in Seattle, a surprising move given the demise of renowned bookstore chain Borders once Amazon disrupted the space with it’s online alternative.Amazon have successfully followed up their bookstore with 21 pop-up stores to sell some Amazon hardware in shopping malls such as Kindle readers, Fire TV… Continue reading Amazon Grows its Physical Presence

Social Media & Data: The Future of Elections? 

The 2016 U.S. elections are finally over. Eight years ago President Obama revolutionized campaigning with data tracking and social media. The question for us: what did we learn from the 2016 campaigns regarding trends, tools and tactics that will soon be relevant in elections elsewhere? We looked at the election coverage and traveled to Ohio,… Continue reading Social Media & Data: The Future of Elections? 

TEP 2016 Takeaways

Here is a “balcony view” on the 6 takeaways of this year’s TEP & International Week. We have focused again on concepts, ideas and topics that will be relevant for corporations, cities and policy makers in future while introducing startups to the NYC tech eco-system. The findings are almost universally applicable, so we are suggesting… Continue reading TEP 2016 Takeaways