4 Problems We Must Solve for AI to Advance
In 2020, the pandemic caused emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) to advance faster than ever before. At an international AI conference, called NeurIps, AI researchers and enthusiasts explored how AI intersects with our biology and how we can improve AI applications by chaining together multiple AI […]
What Does IoT Development Look Like After the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every industry and company around the world, creating major disruptions to business operations, purchasing habits, and logistics. Add to that travel restrictions and lockdowns, and it’s not difficult to see why every sector is struggling right now. Even companies who were streamlining their operations with an Internet of Things (IoT) […]
IoT in Education: A Look at the Benefits
The Internet of Things (IoT) is expanding into practically every aspect of our lives. Although we can’t see it, we’re experiencing highly-optimized shipping times, better healthcare technology, and even fewer traffic jams in cities that would usually be congested. By blurring the lines between our digital and physical worlds, IoT technology is driving the progress […]
Collaboration, Not Competition, Will Move FinTech Forward
We recently wrote about the talent shortage in FinTech, and what it means for the future of banking and financial systems. With that in mind, it should be no surprise that, without any talent to fight over, players in the FinTech space need to collaborate. Otherwise, FinTech development could be negatively impacted by a lack of […]
Do App Permissions Tell Us All We Need to Know?
Granting an app a half-dozen permissions it doesn’t seemingly need is a huge problem for users on Apple and Android devices. You might have noticed, for example, how Pokemon Go requested access to see and modify nearly all information in its players’ Google accounts. Why does it need to be able to edit our information? […]
3 Reasons Why You Need Blockchain for Your Business Right Now
Blockchain is one of the hottest technologies of this decade. When the anonymous person going by the alias “Satoshi Nakamoto” released blockchain in tandem with bitcoin, he or she probably never imagined that blockchain would become so widely used. At the time, the digital ledger technology was simply a means to an end for distributing and trading bitcoin. Since then, the world’s been […]
French Election Hacks Underline the Need for Cybersecurity
When Dogtown Media was in Washington, D.C. a couple weeks ago for AppCon 2017, cybersecurity issues were one of the main topics of discussion. Along with our colleagues in ACT – The App Association, we are concerned with the use of encryption backdoors by law enforcement, the shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals, and the general […]
SwiftKey Latest Microsoft Acquisition in Cloud and AI Apps
Microsoft recently added another feather to its cap in their ongoing drive to build presence in the cloud productivity arena with their acquisition of SwiftKey, a mobile app that replaces the native keyboard on iOS and Android devices with a smarter, faster alternative. The London mobile app development company turned heads in the mobile development […]