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The Voices You Hear
Along with the rest of silicon valley, Expect Labs CEO Tim Tuttle has seen the rise of voice technology. Even Siri and Cortana were clumsy at initial launch. The very concept of a disembodied, electronic voice carrying on a conversation with a human being is not as intriguing as Hollywood made it out to be in…
Read MoreIs More Data Better?
While having more big data can lead to more accurate analysis of a problem, more isn’t always better when it comes to data. This information came from the University of Delaware in their article, “Big data, big answers.” We talk a lot about big data. We talk about its continued increase in quantity and need for…
Read MoreChallenging Day for Healthcare
One of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry, in addition to the ICD-10 transition, is coordination among their many business partners. Providers, payers, and vendors all need to be on the same page at the same point, and that point is today. October 1st is the day when all providers must start using a much…
Read MoreRecords Management Reform In Order
The State Department has been criticized for inefficiency in finding documents and releasing them in response to records requests. So in response, Janice Jacobs, who was assistant secretary for consular affairs, will take on the newly created position in charge of improving document preservation and records systems. This interesting bit of news came from The Weather Space…
Read MoreNew Acquisition for IBM
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced plans to buy Meteorix LLC. This new acquisition of Meteorix will expand IBM’s ability to help clients deploy Workday applications and transform traditional finance and HR. This interesting news was brought to us by RTTNews in the release, “IBM Plans To Buy Meteorix.” “The planned acquisition of Meteorix can make…
Read MoreEthics Educational Opportunity
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a free Brown Bag Luncheon & Networking on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. at their New York office. If you are unable to attend in person there will be a webinar from 12:15-1:15 p.m. If you have between 0-3 years…
Read MoreWorkshop on Open Access
Open access to scholarly research is finally being embraced by governments, libraries, publishers and the global research community. The National Federation of Advanced Information Sciences (NFAIS) is offering a one-day workshop to explore which financial models have the greatest promise in support of open access. This event will be held Friday, October 23, at The Hub’s Cira…
Read MoreYoung Indexers Learn Valuable Skills
Building skills at a young age has long been proven successful. Somewhat different from learning to play the piano, young members of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are indexing historical records of more than 20,000 individuals, making them accessible to genealogists and hobbyists. The Orange County Register brought this interesting information to…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Position Available
As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, etc., we are excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available…
Read MoreSearch Gets Some Help
It may be possible that analytics engines could now take what was once the area of e-discovery and make effective enterprise search a reality across all company information. Search Content Management brought this news to our attention in their article, “How analytics engines could — finally — relieve enterprise search pain.” This may not seem…
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