State Farm plans to invest $1.2B in ADT for a ~15% stake and up to $300M more for product and tech innovation; Google pledges up to $150M more for new products
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal :
As the pandemic halts filming, ad agencies are increasingly turning towards digitally altered, deepfake-style ads that repurpose old footage for new uses
With the pandemic having shut down production, companies are asking ad agencies to create commercials made up of digitally altered footage. Tweets: @edbott , @tiffkhsu , @joshsternberg , @changeist , ...
Google's self-driving car may have caused its first accident, hitting public bus in California at 2mph, according to company's report to DMV
at 2 mph. http://www.usatoday.com/... Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan : After hitting a bus, Google's self-driving car started singing “Daisy” & “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” http://www....
SMS Replier Not Only Automatically Replies to Texts, It Knows When You're Driving
Aha! It looks like State Farm's app isn't the only app that helps keep you from texting while driving—there's SMS Replier too. And this app will know when you're driving.