• Organic Goes All In On AI
    Many agencies are dealing with artificial intelligence in one way or another, whether driven by brand requests or as creative solutions to business problems. One agency recently decided to tackle AI head on and created a separate division dedicated to cognitive technology. I caught up with Keith Pine, COO of Organic and co-founder of Synthetic, the new division, for some insight into the agency's AI approach and what drove the decision to create a separate entity devoted to AI exploration.
  • Samsung Intros 'Connect Tag' To Keep Track Of People And Things
    Tracking things is moving to a new level. Using IoT technology to track things is hardly a new concept, but the way it's been done is evolving. For example, Tile, the small Bluetooth tracker, is one of the best known. I stuck one onto my wife's often misplaced keys so a quick tap of the Tile app causes the Tile to emit a sound. However, when the keys are a great distance away, the app connects to other phones who also have the Tile app, in hopes that one of those phones is near the misplaced keys.
  • Royal Caribbean 5,500-Passenger Cruise Ship Adds High Tech; Robots Make Drinks
    The Internet of Things continues to set sail on the high seas. Consumers taking a future cruise are likely to run into robotics, virtual reality, digital way finders, digital personal advisors, interactive bracelets, 3D movies and facial recognition. In the latest series of connected ships being introduced, Royal Caribbean's newest, Symphony of the Seas, reportedly the world's largest cruise ship, will come with plenty of new Internet of Things features.
  • Smart Light Bulb Owners Turn To Amazon Echo, Google Home
    Digital voice assistants can be used for a wide range of things. They can be used to answer questions, such as a query about the weather today and tomorrow, for commerce, such as voice ordering a coffee from Starbucks, or to control other smart home devices. Google Home and most recently Amazon's Alexa can tell whose voice is talking to it so it can respond to the right person, making the voice assistants even more personally tuned.
  • Businesses Bullish On IoT, Cautious On Security
    The Internet of Things can increase efficiency in an organization but it also can drive an increase in revenue. For companies already using IoT, expectations are high with security remaining a top concern. These are among the findings of the fifth annual Vodafone IoT Barometer, comprising interviews with 1,300 executives at companies in 13 countries by Vodafone Internet of Things.
  • Consumers Moving To Watching TV On VR Headsets
    Television viewing is coming to virtual reality. While VR headsets have been most notably used for gaming, many consumers around the world expect to use VR for TV and video viewing within the next few years. Almost a third (30%) of consumers say they will be watching TV via VR headset, negating the need for big screen TVs, based on a new global study.
  • 16% Of Retailers Using AI, 20% Plan To Add In Next Year
    Online retailers are moving into some advanced artificial intelligence technologies while holding back on others. Many retailers have concrete plans for using artificial intelligence for various customer-facing activities, but they don't have plans for virtual reality or even voice-activated apps. Using augmented reality also is near the bottom of the list, based a new survey of 234 mid-size online retail merchants globally conducted by SLI Systems, an ecommerce company.
  • Sears Taps IBM Watson To Predict When Appliances Need Service, Before They Fail
    Whether they expect it or not, consumers buying an appliance in the future will be getting a smart one. And before that appliance fails, they likely will get a call suggesting that a repairman be sent out in advance of the failure. That pre-failure call is likely to be from Sears Home Services, the number one appliance service company in the U.S.
  • IBM Watson: The Big Bet On IoT And AI
    The Internet of Things is about connections and the massive amounts of data that result from those connections. Trouble is, most of the resulting data is not tapped, and that's where IBM and its AI mega-machine Watson come in. During a break in the IBM Genius of Things summit in Boston this week, I sat down with Harriet Green, general manager of Watson IoT and customer engagement and education at IBM, to discuss IBM's IoT and AI strategy.
  • 39% Of Consumers Not Keen On Facial Recognition
    Facial recognition technology is getting a lot better but that doesn't necessarily mean consumers will like it. The recent set of Apple product announcements included a facial-recognition feature called Face ID on the coming iPhone X. However, when it comes to being favorable to facial recognition, consumers are not so keen on the idea.
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