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Digital Transformation
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Is your business heading towards a Tipping point

The tipping point is the critical moment when growth turns exponential and irreversible. Where the term came from, and how to spot it in your own business.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Digital Transformation
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What next with Google's Neighbourly App?

Google's Neighbourly app answers local questions with people instead of search results. How the India trial went, how users adopted it, and what comes next.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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How Sharepoint can expand your business capabilities

SharePoint does far more than store files. How teams use it for company-wide updates, sharing documents in remote meetings, and managing tasks in one place.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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Exploring LiDar

LiDAR measures distance by timing a laser pulse and its return. How the method works, the math behind it, and why it builds fast, accurate 3D terrain models.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Quantum Computing promises to improve cybersecurity

Quantum computing processes data in qubits rather than binary bits. How that raw speed could strengthen cybersecurity, and what it means for encryption today.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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Mobilimb augmented robotic limb on mobile devices

MobiLimb turns a phone into a device that moves and touches back. What the France-based research team built, and why passive smartphones may not stay passive.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Digital Transformation
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How comfortable are you with this new WhatsApp feature!

WhatsApp's video previews play clips in notifications, even on a locked phone. What the iOS beta feature does, the privacy tradeoff, and how to switch it off.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Benefits of RFID in Business

RFID uses radio waves to identify and capture data from objects. The business benefits: efficient goods handling, richer data, and better customer experience.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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Twisted light beams making waves in data transmission technology

Twisted light beams could push fiber optic speeds much higher. How a nanophotonic device encodes more data by using orbital angular momentum as a third axis.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Will Mixed Reality take over smart phones?

Could mixed reality displace the smartphone? A look at Magic Leap One, digital light field technology, and how the platform goes beyond augmented reality.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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How to Engage Spam Calls

How Lenny, a chatbot built to engage spam calls, keeps telemarketers talking with 16 looping recordings and a voice-detection pause between lines.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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Growth in AI capabilities and humanoids

A plain look at how AI capabilities are growing, what deep learning and neural networks already handle, and why human emotion still limits humanoids.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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A Cloud in the space

What the Spaceborne Computer means for cloud computing in space: a 32-core supercomputer tested on the ISS so astronauts can analyze data in orbit.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Why Edge computing for startups?

Why edge computing suits startups: processing data at the source cuts the cloud storage and compute costs that climb steeply as IoT data volumes grow.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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Electric scooters, awesome or awful?

Are shared electric scooters awesome or awful? A balanced look at the pros and cons for city commuters, from cheap last-mile rides to street clutter.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Everything you need to know about stablecoins

Stablecoins explained: how algorithmic and fully backed models differ, and what actually keeps a dollar-denominated cryptocurrency trading at parity.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Is Cloudflare revolutionising cloudcomputing?

Cloudflare Workers swaps containers and virtual machines for V8 isolates. Here is how that model cuts overhead and runs customer code closer to users.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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IoT platform empowering Augmented Reality

Pairing an IoT platform with augmented reality apps removes manual data transfer, guides frontline workers, and cuts errors across enterprise operations.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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Gaming tech stunning innovations in gaming industry

A tour of the innovations reshaping gaming technology, from facial recognition and gesture control to 4K visuals, and what each one changes for players.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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How OWL helps in disaster management ?

Project OWL uses floating mesh network hubs and predictive analytics to keep first responders and disaster victims connected when normal networks fail.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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HoloLens, the accelerating evolution of personal computing

Microsoft HoloLens points to the next shift in personal computing: mixed reality meetings, photorealistic avatars, and hands-free guidance at work.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Gartner's Top 10 Strategic IoT Technologies and Trends

Gartner's top 10 strategic IoT technologies and trends, from AI and infonomics to the intelligent edge, and what each means for digital business plans.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Hybrid cloud for governance?

Why government agencies pair public and private cloud: shared services, alignment with existing security standards, and room to modernize gradually.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Robotics for Enterprise infrastructure

Where robotics and RPA fit into enterprise infrastructure: robotic team members, collaborative arms, and chatbots covering routine service requests.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Highlights of the 2018 Chrome Dev Summit

Key takeaways from the 2018 Chrome Dev Summit, including Squoosh image compression and Project VisBug, and what they change for web performance work.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Does Wearable tech improve mental health?

What UK survey data says about wearable tech and mental health, how often people really use their fitness trackers, and why the gains are hard to measure.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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WhatsApp to fight fake news

Inside WhatsApp's talks with India's IT ministry over tracing forwarded messages, and why message traceability collides with end-to-end encryption.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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Struggles of the working poor highlighted through AR

How an augmented reality experience puts users inside the life of a full-time worker living in her car, and what AR adds to social impact storytelling.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
AI and GenAI
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What Telematics can do for your business ?

Vehicle telematics gives a business fleet live location, engine performance and driver behavior data, improving routing and cutting maintenance costs.
Venkat
September 28, 2021
Data and Analytics
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SWIFT taking on blockchain threat

SWIFT is piloting a global payments service to counter blockchain and fintech rivals. What faster, cleaner cross-border transfers mean for member banks.
Venkat
September 28, 2021