Month: July 2017

Artificial Intelligence Stuffed in a Stick

Intel Subsidiary Packs Deep Learning into a Tiny Device Intel subsidiary Movidius recently launched the Neural Compute Stick. Intel claims it’s the world’s first USB-based deep learning “inference kit and…

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Vodafone Prepares for More Housekeeping

Deal with Vodacom in Ghana Could Be a Logical Move As Vodafone consolidates its international portfolio of assets, attention is turning to the future of the company’s 70 percent equity…

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Eye-Tracking Tech: the Latest VR Battleground

Foveated Rendering Is the New Buzz Term My first experience with eye-tracking virtual reality (VR) headsets was at CES 2017, when I tried the Fove 0 headset. Fove is a…

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Counting Digits

T-Mobile US Results Raise Questions on Metrics T-Mobile was the first major carrier in the US to report results for the second quarter of 2017. This is a particularly interesting…

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In India, the Basics Still Matter

Reliance Jio Offers Free Feature Phones and Service India has about 350 million smartphone users. On one hand, it’s an impressive statistic — that’s larger than the population of the…

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Goodbye Windows Phone

What’s Next for Microsoft in Mobile? At the beginning of 2017, we wondered if there would ever be a third mobile operating system to challenge Apple’s iOS and Google-controlled Android….

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Microsoft Showcases Its AI Leadership

Strategy Addresses Ethics and Human Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Last week, I attended a Microsoft event in London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its research centre in Cambridge. The…

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A Big Blue Mesh

Bluetooth SIG Announces Mesh Networking Mesh networking is trending. Home Wi-Fi routers have gone from being intimidating and bulky antenna-clad boxes, to smaller and reasonably attractive pods that can be…

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Reinventing the Bus

Citymapper Trials Its Smart Bus in London Citymapper, the popular transport app, recently trialled its smart bus for two days in London, with the prospect of more tests in the…

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Uber Enters a Joint Venture with Yandex

Folds Its Russian Interests into Yandex.Taxi Uber has a presence in more than 600 cities worldwide. But in a handful of countries, the ride-hailing company has ended up on a…

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