AI in Healthcare: The Opportunities & Challenges Ahead — Part 2
The world of healthcare is highly specialized; providers must acquire specific knowledge and expertise in a subset of medicine to excel in their chosen specialty. In contrast, the world of artificial intelligence (AI) development often takes a more holistic approach. Although AI can be focused on one area, it can find patterns and abnormalities from […]
AI Is Taking Flight in the Aerospace Industry
Boeing is a major longtime player in the airplane and aerospace industry. But it’s not letting its historic past get in the way of embracing the future. According to Boeing’s CTO, Greg Hyslop, the company is using artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify the cockpit for pilots. Because there is a shortage of pilots that is expected […]
Australian Agriculture Is Embracing the Internet of Things
To see some of the biggest innovations in agriculture, you’ll have to turn your attention away from the outskirts of Chicago, Cleveland, and other rural areas of America. Instead, let’s take a trip “down under” to Australia! Australian startups and farmers are working on new ways to utilize the Internet of Things (IoT). It’s a […]
Zuckerberg Listens to America (But Isn’t Running for Office)
Before he was elected president, Donald Trump was just a businessman (by many accounts, a corrupt and failed businessman) and celebrity with no real experience in the political realm. According to his supporters, what qualified him for office were his willingness to play outside Washington’s established rules and his prodigious deal-making skills — after all, […]
Leak Reveals Facebook’s Content Moderation Policies
Tasked with monitoring content generated from 2 billion users from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, Facebook’s moderators have a tough, maybe even impossible, job. These reviewers often have less than 10 seconds to decide whether or not content is appropriate, leaving them no time for nuance. The Guardian recently obtained more than 100 internal […]
Geofilter Patent Could Help Protect Snap Inc. from Copycats
After the initial hype of its IPO settled down, many mobile app developers were left wondering where Snapchat could go next. User growth was slowing even before the company went public, and its main competitor Facebook has been steadily cloning its defining features ever since Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel turned down Mark Zuckerberg’s offer […]
Instagram Stories Beats Snapchat at Its Own Game
So many apps have ripped off Snapchat’s popular Stories feature that it’s become something of a joke among mobile app developers. Even Snapchat itself is in on it, as the company proved with its April Fool’s Day-exclusive Instagram filter. But the laughter may be catching in Snap’s throat. The company’s most direct competitor Instagram Stories […]
Mobile App Startup Blinkist Pulls $4.3 Million in Venture Capital
Blinkist isn’t the first mobile app or web service to try their hand at content summarization (previous efforts from other startups have summarized Ted Talks, classic fiction, and white papers) but they may be the first mobile app developers to find mainstream success with the concept. The German mobile app development startup recently raised over […]