Part 1.) Salesforce.com (tkr: CRM) to acquire Tableau (tkr: DATA).

Part 2.) Machine Teaching as a way to leverage business users during the machine learning model building process.

Google's prospective antitrust case feels political, not based on merit.

part 1) Alexa wants to know how you feel.

part 2) Amazon may acquire Boost Mobile

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1.) First American Financial (ticker: FAF) leaked approximately 885 million PII documents.

2.) Facebook removed more than 2 billion fake accounts in the January-March 2019 quarter.

We peg the probability of a Tesla acquisition below 10%.

Visit us Monday June 3rd 2019 at 1pm for the IASA OnPOINT panel "Intelligent Automation" where we will cover a variety of C-suite topics around leveraging Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and more.

Our related preview article "No Time Like Now to Leverage AI", may be found at the following link: https://tek2day.com/2019/05/23/no-time-like-now-to-leverage-ai/

Link to our TEK2day "Real Estate Tech" report: https://tek2day.com/2019/05/20/real-estate-tech/

Companies mentioned in our TEK2day report: Airbnb (private); Alarm.com (ALRM); Amazon (AMZN); Apple (AAPL); ARCHIBUS (private); Autodesk (ADSK); CoStar Group (CSGP); DigitalGlobe/ Maxar Technologies (MAXR); DocuSign (DOCU); EagleView (private); Ellie Mae (private); ESRI (private); Facebook (FB); Fidelity National Financial (FNF); Google (GOOG); Harris Recording Solutions/ Constellation Software (CNSWF); Intercontinental Exchange (ICE); RealPage (RP); Redfin (RDFN); Solera (private); SS&C (SSNC); Yardi (private); Zillow Group (ZG).

Don't hold your breath waiting for Apple and Tim Cook to ramp up their M&A effort with sizable acquisitions. Large acquisitions are not in Cook's nor Apple's DNA.

TEK2day articles referenced in this podcast episode:

1.) It’s Good To Be King: https://tek2day.com/2019/05/08/its-good-to-be-king/

2.)Microsoft is the Cloud: https://tek2day.com/2019/05/07/microsoft-is-the-cloud/

3.)Microsoft’s Open Design Strategy Has Its Roots in Auto: https://tek2day.com/2019/05/06/microsofts-open-design-strategy-has-its-roots-in-auto/

For more on this subject check TEK2day.com on May 5th at 10am ET.