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Tech Companies That Missed the Mark in 2016

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From Snapchat Spectacles to virtual reality, 2016 was a year of innovation and growth in the tech industry. However, not every company saw great success, and even the tech giants had some big snafus. Here are some of the most notable tech company failures of the past year. Rick Delgado. Expectedly, backlash and swift and harsh.

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How to incubate a winning innovation program

CIO Business Intelligence

This is why innovation programs have become so critical to sustaining the success of enterprises. Then in 2016, Google beat Internet Explorer with its Chrome browser, attaining this success on the strength of Google’s superior search technology. Innovation programs spur change – even to an organization’s own values.

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US Navy pays German company $154,400 after losing piracy lawsuit

TechSpot

German company Bitmanagement Software brought a federal lawsuit against the Navy back in 2016. The trial involved installing the program on 38 computers for. The complaint claimed the Navy agreed to license the 3D virtual reality software BS Contact Geo on a limited and experimental basis in 2011 and 2012.

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Real estate startup acquisition: EasyKnock buys home maintenance company Onder

GeekWire

Onder Photo) New York-based home-buying company EasyKnock acquired Seattle home maintenance startup Onder , combining two residential real estate-focused tech businesses. He said the company had been growing consistently since the beginning of the year. Terms of the acquisition, announced Monday, were not disclosed.

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Social giving startup Give InKind acquired by gift card company Wolfe

GeekWire

based startup that helps people create giving platforms to support their friends and family, was acquired by Wolfe , a Pittsburgh, Pa-based gift card company. The 9-person company will remain in Tacoma, just south of Seattle. It graduated from Graham & Walker’s accelerator program in 2019. Give InKind , a Tacoma, Wash.-based

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How Far has Face-Tracking Technology Come in 2016?

CTOvision

These Snapchat filters use computer vision, the complex process by which a program can detect objects in the real world. To take face-tracking technology one step further, developers have to introduce machine learning to the Viola-Jones Algorithm and teach a program not only how a face can move, but also how various faces can differ.

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Flyhomes does another round of layoffs as slowing housing market hurts real estate tech companies

GeekWire

. “Building the world’s best home buying and selling experience can only happen if we continue to adapt to the rapidly shifting market conditions, and take the necessary, albeit painful steps, to preserve capital through uncertain economic conditions to ensure the long term trajectory of the company,” the company wrote on LinkedIn.