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New Trending Words Added to Oxford
Three hundred words were recently added to OxfordDictionaries.com, which monitors current trends in the use of modern English. There appeared to be some trends in the themes of words added this time, specifically fitness and well-being. This interesting news came to us from Independent in their article, “New words give food for thought to dictionary users.”…
Read MoreData, Data and More Data
The total amount of information stored by humanity doubles every two years. Let that sink in a little. This interesting information came from The Market Mogul in their article, “Harnessing The Power Of Big Data: Trends For 2017.” Big data, which is blocks of data that are too big to be processed through common software…
Read MoreBringing Smart Data Into Play
Smart data is hardly new to the information management world. However it just might have finally reached the point of acceptance. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The State of Smart Data in the Enterprise – 2017.” Every day brings more news articles about artificial intelligence (AI) powering applications that rely…
Read MoreMachine Learning Applications Grow
BreezoMeter has announced the addition of air quality forecasting and pollen dispersion data, based on its proprietary machine learning algorithm, to its API. The company is now able to provide air quality data up to four days in advance. This interesting information came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “BreezoMeter First to Offer Machine Learning Air Pollution Forecasting…
Read MoreNew Technology Takes Anonymity to a New Level
Blockchain has been known as the technology supporting the digital currency bitcoin, but now it is getting a new reputation in the world of distributed ledger technology. This interesting information came to us from Image & Data Manager in their article, “Why should records management professionals care about blockchain?” Bitcoin is the digital currency that makes it possible…
Read MoreProtecting Data Sources
As data sources continue to grow in number and diversity, there will continue to be challenges in getting the most from data. There will also be significant opportunities for organizations if they master how to acquire it and use it for the best consumption for new business insight. DATAVERSITY brought this information to us in their…
Read MoreTurbo Charging DAM Systems
Digital asset managers spend an unbelievable amount of time and energy on metadata application. The work is tedious and no one that has never taken an entire day to load photos into a digital asset management (DAM) system would ever fully understand just how much. CMS Wire brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MoreFighting Back against Fake News
After months of people pointing fingers and declaring what is and what isn’t “fake news“, Facebook has a starting place for identifying less-than-accurate news articles shared on the social media site. Fortune magazine brought this news to our attention in their article, “Facebook ‘Disputed News’ Tag Goes Live.” Facebook’s new ‘Disputed’ tag will appear beneath…
Read MoreCapturing Emotions with Technology
Lightspeed has announced a strategic partnership with Affectiva to capture emotional coding within its surveys. Benzinga brought this news to us in their article, “Lightspeed Introduces Emotion Analytics.” Emotion Analytics was initially launched in 2016 to offer researchers the ability to quantify emotion from more than 5.5 million Lightspeed panelists in real time through Affectiva’s emotion…
Read MorePatented Ontology Technology for Career Matching
The United States Patent Office has granted RiseSmart a patent for ontology development for profile matching. PR Newswire brought this interesting information to us in their article, “U.S. Patent Office validates RiseSmart’s innovation in outplacement with broad technology patent.” The company’s sophisticated SmartMatch™ engine is powered by RiseSmart. It is what gives the company’s career transition services…
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