Tag: software studies

• IBM Launches A Blockchain Based Global Payments Network Using Stellar’s Cryptocurrency

  March 18, 2019

  IBM is paving the way for banks and other regulated financial institutions to join the blockchain revolution. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwolfson/2019/03/18/ibm-launches-a-blockchain-based-global-payments-network-using-stellars-cryptocurrency/ more ›

• DeepMind and Google: the battle to control artificial intelligence

  March 18, 2019

  One afternoon in August 2010, in a conference hall perched on the edge of San Francisco Bay, a 34-year-old Londoner called Demis Hassabis took to the stage. https://www.1843magazine.com/features/deepmind-and-google-the-battle-to-control-artificial-intelligence more ›

• Stores get smart about AI

  March 18, 2019

    From personalised recommendations to targeted newsletter offers, artificial intelligence is a bedrock of e-commerce. Key takeaways: https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/artificial-intelligence-physical-stores-kering-nike-alibaba more ›

• The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs

  March 16, 2019

  When the kids in Skyler’s school want to tell a friend something in class, they don’t scrawl a note down on a tiny piece of paper and toss it across… more ›

• Status as a Service (StaaS)

  March 11, 2019

  Editor’s Note 1: I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this… more ›

• The Servant Economy

  March 10, 2019

  In March 2009, Uber was born. Over the next few years, the company became not just a disruptive, controversial transportation company, but a model for dozens of venture-funded companies. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/what-happened-uber-x-companies/584236/ more ›

• March 9, 2019

  https://a16z.com/2019/02/05/innovation-inspiration-context-ideas-product-politics-place/ more ›

• Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed

  March 6, 2019

  SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the world’s biggest internet messaging companies are hoping to succeed where cryptocurrency start-ups have failed by introducing mainstream consumers to the alternative world of digital… more ›

• The Future of Computing Is Analog

  March 5, 2019

  The next revolution in computing will be signaled by the rise of analog systems over which digital programming no longer has control. https://onezero.medium.com/the-future-of-computing-is-analog-e758471fbfe1 more ›

• Amazon Alexa and the Search for the One Perfect Answer

  February 19, 2019

  If you had visited the Cambridge University Library in the late 1990s, you might have observed a skinny young man, his face illuminated by the glow of a laptop screen,… more ›