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TPV, the maker of Philips-branded television sets, has partnered with IBM Cloud to help create and deliver smart TV apps and services such as instant playback and video-on-demand directly to the devices. In an attempt to stand out of the crowd, electronics manufacturers must constantly keep innovating their products and keep adding newer and better features…
IBM’s growth mantra over the past few years has been “buy as many as you can”. A quick look at the number of companies that IBM has snagged in the last five years shows how ‘fast and furious’ the 114-year-old company has become in its quest to transform its business areas from traditional to forward-looking….
IBM yesterday announced the launch of “Project DataWorks”, part of its Watson initiative that aims to exploit artificial intelligence to help businesses and data professionals in the decision-making process. Technology has made is easier to collect, organize and store data about every single action we take. Businesses these days can generate tons of data points…
There’s a first time for everything, and on October 1, 2012, one of the most “formal” companies in Corporate America got its first ever woman Chairwoman, President and Chief Executive Officer. IBM was officially put under the care of Virginia Marie Rometty, affectionately known as Ginni to her friends and colleagues. The rise of Ms….
This week, Amazon announced that Alexa, cloud-based Virtual Assistant that powers Amazon Echo, Fire TV and Tap, has crossed a significant benchmark of 1,000 skills. A skill is nothing more than a particular task you want Alexa to perform. Understanding what you’re saying and then responding to it, or even performing a function that you…
Ever since the advent of the cloud concept, a slew of technology majors have been clawing their way upward, hoping to dominate what could soon be the most omnipresent component in the world of technology. Why are they so eager to dominate the cloud space? What makes this business so appealing and attractive that…
IBM’s acquisitions are the stuff history is made of. In fact, IBM itself was born of a merger between three companies, and it took that precedent and turned it into a tradition of M&A. After Virginia Rometty took over as CEO in 2012, however, their acquisitions have taken on a different tone – one…
In the simplest terms, artificial intelligence is the ability of a machine to exhibit human-like capabilities. That ability can be programed or “taught”, but the end effect is essentially automation. Another common attribute is that such AI programs or entities running off AI algorithms are able to execute these tasks as well as any human;…
Artificial intelligence might arguably be the newest frontier of human experience, but there’s no denying that man has been fascinated with the concept for millennia. From the mythical stories of Hephaestus creating mechanical servants and brazen-footed bulls that puffed fire from their mouths, to the talking heads of the 13th century, to IBM Watson and…
The following content has been reproduced with permission courtesy IQS Directory. Credits and link at the bottom of the article. We are becoming more accustomed to jaw-dropping video game technology, Amazon’s Alexa speakers, and nifty Android and iOS apps that seem to let us do just about anything. While commercial technology continues to make leaps…
If you’re following Microsoft, you’ve probably heard about “Seeing AI”, a recently released iOS app that allows visually impaired users to utilize their iPhone camera to identify people and objects, describe scenes and do a lot more using the power of artificial intelligence. While Microsoft casually whistled its way into iTunes with this iOS app,…
The new facial recognition feature on the Samsung Galaxy S8 is not yet foolproof, according to Marcianophone bloggers, who managed to get their hands on an S8 and then succeeded in fooling the security feature using a selfie of the authorized user. While Samsung has already acknowledged the fact that facial recognition technology on the Samsung…
Gartner has placed Microsoft at the top of the Business Intelligence and Analytics segment in its Magic Quadrant published February 2017, and we can almost see Microsoft leaping for joy. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant rates companies in terms of their vision, and their ability to execute that vision. Source: Microsoft We believe Gartner was spot on…
The days are numbered for the traditional method of selling software to customers for an annual or multi-year licensing fee. Software as a Service (SaaS) – where the customer pays for what he uses – is the new model, and a few years down the road that may end up being the only way we…
