How a Mobile App Is Improving Amazon’s Employee Healthcare
By now, you’re probably familiar with how companies are using the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile apps to improve employee wellness. Wearable devices and IoT app development now allow you to track metrics like your heart rate and fitness level. Organizations are using these capabilities to incentivize their workers to commit to their well-being. […]
Is AI Ready to Recruit Job Candidates? LinkedIn and Amazon Have Different Opinions
These days, each job opening garners hundreds of applications. Sifting through resumes and cover letters often leads to recruiter burn-out, which can directly affect the company’s incoming talent pool. To help, artificial intelligence (AI) app developers at LinkedIn and Amazon are working on automating some of the day-to-day work of recruiters. So far, their results […]
How China Hacked Amazon, Apple, and Many More With a Tiny Chip
China’s garnered plenty of media attention lately, mostly in relation to the controversy surrounding Google’s censored search engine for the country. But now, there’s a new unsettling story to steal the spotlight. It was recently discovered that motherboards shipped from China for use by Apple and Amazon had a tiny microchip on them. This hack […]
Amazon Is Streamlining the Set Up of Your New Internet of Things Gadgets
Amazon is making a play for almost every appliance in your house. The Seattle-based developer and e-commerce giant announced it’s making the set up of your smart device as simple as it can be: just plug it in. The technology, dubbed “Wi-Fi Simple Setup“, uses Amazon’s Wi-Fi Lockers to save Wi-Fi credentials and utilize them […]
Your IoT Appliances Can Now Order Supplies from Amazon
Amazon’s vision for its products in a smart home have been expanding ever since their rollout of physical Dash buttons a few years ago. Alexa has been a huge hit with consumers, taking over some aspects of the Dash buttons, while Dash buttons have all but faded from consumer memory. The Seattle tech giant’s newest […]
Amazon Web Services Boosts Its Cloud Computing With Machine Learning
At Amazon’s AWS (Amazon Web Services) Summit in New York City this past week, machine learning was a big focus for the Seattle-based tech giant, especially in regard to recently released cloud features for commerce and payments. The Rise of ML in Every Industry Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) development are booming, especially […]
Where Do Tech Titans Draw the Lines on Data?
It’s difficult to look past Facebook’s recent data abuse scandal involving London-based data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. We know Facebook’s been reckless with securing their data, especially against developers who take advantage of lax rules set in place. After all, that’s how the data scandal occurred in the first place. Data Can Be Dangerous When […]
An Inside Look at Amazon’s Ambitions to Make Alexa Sound Human
Amazon’s Alexa is ahead of its competitors, but it’s got a long way to go in making Alexa sound and “act” more human. Improving Alexa’s ability to quip a funny response or having her hold an actual conversation are Amazon’s top priorities right now with their best-selling artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled voice assistant. The Alexa Prize […]
The Major Highlights from Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends Report
Venture capitalist Mary Meeker is a rarity among her colleagues; being a woman in a traditionally male-dominated field, Meeker releases a thorough, densely-packed report of insights into Internet trends once a year. She’ll release updates periodically throughout the year, but this report has become a highly-anticipated annual event for most Internet and tech professionals. Meeker’s […]
Amazon Is Lending a Hand to Police Surveillance
Amazon’s ahead of their competitors right now for artificial intelligence-enabled voice assistants and consumer loyalty. These two fields are priceless at a time when consumers are only now being introduced to the value of voice assistants and in-home AI and IoT applications. The Seattle-based tech giant’s most recently released technology, dubbed “Rekognition“, isn’t for the […]