Deep or Machine Learning?

Deep learning algorithms have become a part of our daily lives, at work and at home. Tech Talks brought this topic to us in their article, “How deep learning can help scientific research.” Where can you find deep learning in your life? Just consider personalized feeds, face and voice recognition, web search, smart speakers, digital…

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Technology and the Pandemic

All technology is being considered when it comes to finding a cure for the COVID-19 outbreak. The Wall Street Journal brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Smartphone Coronavirus Test? Apps Would Listen to Your Cough.” Technology already tracks much of our life – our travel, our communications, our purchases. Smartphones are a…

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Emerging Tech in a Pandemic

COVID-19 has changed many aspects of the world we live in these days. Some of those changes were expected and some are surprising. The pandemic has catalyzed the evolution of many industries and emerging technologies in India and around the world. Quartz India brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “The Covid-19 pandemic…

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Wide Search

Enterprise search can retrieve data, both structured and unstructured, within the company. It is beneficial because it enables users to easily access organized information. This interesting information came to us from Tech Target in their article, “How businesses should deal with enterprise search issues.” Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an…

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AI vs. Human Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a popular topic. It is used in a large amount of functions both at work, in science, and at home…to name a few. However, AI cannot function alone. We still need human intelligence. This very interesting topic came to us from The Salt Lake Tribune in their article, “Don Gale: Artificial intelligence…

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Technology and Retail in a Pandemic

Robots, digital signage tools and other gadgets are getting a new lease on life. Tech Republic brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “AI, machine learning, robots, and marketing tech coming to a store near you.” Typically these are utilized to increase efficiency and bring people back into stores. However, with the COVID-19,…

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Remembering

In the United States, today is celebrated as Memorial Day. It is a federal holiday that originated for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. The holiday originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic established it as a time for…

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Insurance and Digitzation

Many are pondering and studying how COVID-19 and the various shelter in place orders were impacting the United States economy as a whole, as well as certain parts of the economy. One of those being the insurance industry. This interesting topic came to us from Digital Insurance in their article, “Optimism or pessimism for insurance tech…

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Academic Publishing Process Under Scrutiny

Peer review and published academic journals have been under scrutiny for the process and frequent delays that result even in the world of online journals, which one would think would be faster. Since the rise of the Internet, people have organized campaigns to change the relationships among and between academic authors, their traditional distributors and their…

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The Importance of Data Strategy

The volume of market data, historical prices and transactional data that is stored in disparate systems allows organizations to not only collect the data, but extract value from it. This information came to our attention in Finextra’s article, “Unlocking Data Silos to Reach the Promised Land of Smart Data Analytics.” Data quality is critical to…

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