If you are too busy to make that call to book your salon or restaurant, Google’s new updated virtual assistant just may be able to help out. This sophisticated technology can make complicated calls, complete with hesitated, ‘mmhmms’ and ‘errs’. Google made the announcement at Google I/O, which is a yearly event held since 2008
An alliance between iNNpulsa Colombia and the Fulbright program of the US government has started the scholarship ‘Route of Innovation’, which is currently open till May 15. The scholarship will give 16 professionals the opportunity for a Master’s degree in innovation at the best universities in the US. The program, which has an investment of
Brazilian cryptocurrency startup Neon Pagamentos SA announces it will be forming a “strategic partnership” with Banco Votorantim, Brazil’s seventh largest bank. The announcement that Banco Votorantim will now take care of Neon Pagamento accounts, which are linked to small-scale lender Banco Neon, came this Monday, 7th May. According to a joint statement by both companies,
Visa’s Everywhere Initiative has been doing the rounds of the world, tasking startups to solve payments and commerce challenges of tomorrow. The initiative is a global innovation program that can enhance their own product propositions and provide visionary solutions for Visa’s vast network of partners. Currently, it is scouring Latin America, looking for the
São Paulo-based startup Descola provides a platform of virtual courses that teach innovative and cutting-edge content for creative workers and businesses seeking more from their career or employees. Thanks to Descola, access to interactive learning courses focused around contemporary topics is now simpler and more practical than ever. Co-founder and partner of Descola, André Tanesi,
Amidst the selected articles that Oxford Analytica has curated for the 2018 Horasis Global Meeting, a report on Brazil’s economic progress says Brazil must work on increasing production to fare better in the future. The report called, ‘Poor productivity undermines Brazil’s economic outlook’, states that after Brazil’s last recession brought down the GDP by 8%,
If moving houses is the source of stress for you, and you live in Chile, Mudango just might be able to help you. Launched in 2016, this startup pledges to make the experience of moving smoother, faster, and stress-free for its consumers. It is a modern and technological online moving platform in Latin America. The
After Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced that he had asked Labor Minister, Javier Barreda, to request the National Work Council for an evaluation of the minimum wage, most Peruvians are approving of the move though many note its negative impacts it will have on startups and other Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs are known
Brazilian student masterminds behind the startup Fluke Operadora have been selected to represent their country in the International Business Model Competition. The contest, which sees the best student business models from around the world go head to head, will take place from the 10th-11th May in the US state of Utah. Fluke Operadora is a
Chile’s UC Anacleto Angelini Innovation Center launched its first version of the UC Mentor Network, a startup initiative. Aiming to develop startups with high potential for scalability and internationalization, the startup support program closed its first call with ninety-nine applications. The initiative offers five mentorships with an assigned expert, an induction session, networking events, and