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Video: What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MZVjjuLKw?rel=0] CTIA-The Wireless Association explains the opportunities the IoT will provide and what is needed in order to meet user demands (hint: spectrum!).
Dell-EMC deal largest-ever tech acquisition (Infographic)
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Compatibility Research Inc., granddaddy of online dating (Video)
Video: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:13415984 Five thirty Eight: In our modern age of Tinder, OkCupid and Match.com, we’re used to the idea that algorithms can help us find love. But while the algorithms may have improved as the market for online dating has … Continue reading
IBM Watson and Ken Jennings Compete Again, This Time for Title of Most Productive (Video)
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The Road to Zillions of Connected Things (IoT)
Fresh out of topping Gartner’s most hyped technologies list for the second year in a row, the Internet of Things (IoT) has kept its buzz going over the last couple of weeks with a series of announcements and new market analysis reports. … Continue reading
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Creative Destruction and the ‘Uber Effect’
CB Insights: We used CB Insights’ valuation data to look at how the rise of Uber’s valuation correlates with the market capitalization of Medallion Financial Corp (NASDAQ: TAXI). Medallion Financial is a publicly-traded company that originates, acquires, and services loans … Continue reading
10 Predictions for Digital and IT Transformation: Gartner
Gartner released today its top predictions for “the digital future… an algorithmic and smart machine-driven world where people and machines must define harmonious relationships”: 1) By 2018, 20 percent of business content will be authored by machines. Technologies with the … Continue reading
GE’s Internet of Things (IoT): The software platform, Predix, and new business model, GE Digital (Video)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4-pFZEv3QQ?rel=0] On September 14, 2015, GE announced the creation of GE Digital, “a transformative move that brings together all of the digital capabilities from across the company into one organization.” It integrates GE’s Software Center, the expertise of GE’s global … Continue reading
The World’s #1 Data Scientist Talks about Data Science Skills and Tools
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzxW6buh9Y] Owen Zhang is ranked #1 on Kaggle, the online stadium for data science competitions. An engineer by training, Zhang says that data science is finding “practical solutions to not very well-defined problems,” similar to engineering. He believes that good data … Continue reading