Makeblock is one of the rare Chinese tech companies finding commercial success outside of China. Source: CNN Gadgets Date: September 17th, 2019 Link to video: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2018/11/26/shenzhen-china-makeblock.cnn-business Discussion Is it important to know how to code? We are in the middle of a “low-code revolution”. Low-code means that you don’t code from scratch, but “code” by… Read more »
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Big Four Firm KPMG Identifies Top Four Skills Required for Blockchain Career
Big Four auditing firm KPMG has identified the top four skills needed for a blockchain-related career, in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 16. KPMG suggests that an increasing number of companies will investigate blockchain technology this year. “Blockchain projects will not succeed or scale without a multifaceted team that goes beyond technologists,” the firm states,… Read more »
Facebook Discloses It Shared Data With Chinese Device Makers
Facebook Inc. said it had data-sharing partnerships with four Chinese consumer-device makers, including Huawei Technologies Co., escalating concerns that the social network has consistently failed to tell users how their personal information flows beyond Facebook. The disclosure came after Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said earlier Tuesday that he saw… Read more »
Microsoft AI
This video is a TV commercial from Microsoft talking about their AI systems. Source: Microsoft Date: February 15th, 2018 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tucY7Jhhs4 Discussion 1) What actually is Artificial Intelligence? 2) What sorts of applications can you think of, beyond those shown in the video, that could use
900 million Indians can’t get online. Here’s why.
India boasts many of the world’s top IT companies, tech entrepreneurs and digital startups. Yet, it’s also home to nearly 900 million people who do not have access to the internet. In 2015, only 22% of adults in India had access to the Internet, according to the Pew Research Center. That ranks India far behind… Read more »
The next big thing in tech: The desktop computer (yes, really)
While smartphones may be sweeping through emerging markets, a computer is still the thing that you and I sit down to every day to access the knowledge economy,” he said. “The only difference between a smartphone and a computer is the monitor, the keyboard, the mouse and the operating system. Source: CNN Date: March 10th, 2016… Read more »
Amazon Drone Delivery
Source: Amazon Date: December 28th, 2015 Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXo_d6tNWuY Discussion 1) Jeremy Clarkson says “this is set in the not-too-distant future”. How much in the future do you think this is? 2) What other companies could use this technology?
Is Launch of YouTube Music a Game Changer?
The digital airwaves contain a smorgasbord of music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora to name but a few. After a year in beta, YouTube Music has arrived on the scene to shake things up a little with a unique blend that focuses on music videos and shiny new features for music… Read more »
Solu: A flawed attempt to reinvent the PC
Source: BBC News Date: October 15th, 2015 Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34549042 Discussion 1) The article says “Solu’s main selling point is its software. It looks nothing like any computer you’ve ever used before. Running on a heavily-modified version of Google’s Android operating system, the Solu software does away with many of the conventions we’re used to in home computing.” Can… Read more »
Microsoft battles US over warrant for drugs case emails
Microsoft is returning to court to continue its fight against the US government’s demand that it hand over emails stored at an Irish data centre. The messages involved are alleged to contain details of narcotics sales. In 2014, a court ruled in favour of the government’s claim that because it had jurisdiction over the US-based… Read more »
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