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Embark NYC, the mass transit application which won Best Mobility App in the NYC BigApps 3.0 competition, received investment from BMW i Ventures in 2012 and was acquired by Apple in 2013. [3] Yet like many app competitions driven by government data, many of the winning apps have not developed into viable companies.
The Netflix Prize is one such competition. Since then there have been several platforms developed on the idea of data science competitions. Research has been completed on how competition can improve research performance. Companies like JPMorgan Chase also run internal contests involving large numbers of employees. [2]
Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1]
ISBNdb.com is a large online database of book information available both via web interface and API. The database includes title, author, ISBN, ISBN13, publisher, publishing date, binding, pages, list price, and more. [1] It contains data on 33+ million books by more than 11 million authors, with more books added every day. [2]
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [4]
Elle, 6-year-old boxer mix, arrived at Austin Pets Alive! in December 2021 from a local city shelter as a behavior support case.
Drinking coffee could extend your life up to two years, new research finds. Regular coffee consumption was found to be associated with increased health span (time spent living free from serious ...
A book digitization project, led by Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and University Libraries. [57] Working with government and research partners in India ( Digital Library of India ) and China , the project is scanning books in many languages, using OCR to enable full text searching, and providing free-to-read access to ...