Create a Seamless Technology Experience There are many different ways that consumers interact with your business. Some of these channels include your physical business location, the telephone during conversations with a customer service representative, in online chats, and other mobile apps. Activities are often completed using multiple channels at different times during the day. Your customer might stop interacting with your business in order to do more research or to attend to other things in their own personal life....

Valerie Nahmad Schimel Valerie Nahmad Schimel is the co-founder of Munchkin Fun. Munchkin Fun is an online kids calendar and class directory. They publish events and classes throughout South Florida. They were recently winners of the 2014 The Miami Herald Business Challenge. “Entrepreneurship is in my blood. Literally – I’m a third-generation entrepreneur and have always been antsy working for someone else,” says Schimel. Paula Celestino Paula Celestino is an Argentine-born woman who decided to become an entrepreneur when she was 21-years-old....

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Sports apps allow you to access the latest news, schedules and stats with just a few taps. And it doesn’t stop there. You can also view high-res pictures, even stream live video, and chat with others during the game. 2014 had some great sports apps, but 2015 is looking to be even better. Here’s some new ones to check out: ESPN Sportscenter ESPN’s flagship app (formerly ScoreCenter) has been around awhile, but it’s getting even better....

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The research paper on the subject of image manipulation, published today by Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), isn’t the first to broach the topic of AI’s visual trickery, but it does come with one of the more stunning examples of the same. Changing Seasons Titled “Unsupervised Image-to-Image Translation Networks,” by researchers Ming-Yu Liu, Thomas Breuel, and Jan Kautz, the study compares the current image translation methods with its own version: This proposed framework was paired with the competing technologies in the paper, alongside “high quality image translation results” in a variety of areas, including animal images, face images, and street scene images (pictured above)....

If the rumors prove to be true, it’ll be the biggest mass layoff of staff in the ecommerce behemoth’s 28-year history. The figure is much larger than the number of staff the company laid off in the wake of the dot-com bubble bursting in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial crash combined. “There is no specific department or location mentioned for the cuts; it is across the business,” a source reportedly told Computer World....

A number of notable minds have commented on the threats of artificial intelligence on more than one occasion. Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and Bill Gates have all made public statements in light of the burgeoning technology, often with a very pessimistic outcomes, like the end of the human race, for example. Photo: Flickr / Rob Albright

The wide variety of Macbooks on the market has provided Apple users with plenty of options when they’re looking for a laptop, but the price has always been on the high side as far as their competition is concerned. Granted, you can’t find a computer experience like a Mac anywhere else, but that doesn’t make it any easier to afford, which is where other laptop brands take advantage with lower prices....

Two other notable reveals from today’s live-streamed event are the new Apple One subscription bundle and the iPad Air 4. On top of all that, iOS 14 is coming out tomorrow. Here are the details to know. An impressive new blood oxygen feature measures the oxygen in your blood in just fifteen seconds, using infrared light sensors that measure the color of your blood in real time. The display is now two and half times brighter when you’re outside, addressing the glare factor, which was a big complaint that users had with previous watches....

Tracking users is one of the key pieces of Snap and Facebook’s ad targeting-method. This can include a level of tracking that happens outside of the app itself. So, losing out on this by giving their users the opportunity to opt out of the tracking system would be a big blow to their profits. While this update has yet to release, as it’s planned for spring of this year, it’s already causing a significant stir in the social media industry, with Mark Zuckerberg himself coming out and voicing his displeasure....

Whilst companies the world over bent and buckled under the weight of the Covid crisis, for Big Tech, business has been booming with a capital B. But Big Tech are no more a stranger to scandal than they are to profit, and this year has certainly had its moments. As the arms race to build a functioning, all-encompassing metaverse continues into 2022, we look at who’s headed for the honor roll, and who’s got considerable improvements to make, after a tumultuous 2021....

On His Regrets On the Future of Technology On Immortality One project I am working on with Microsoft is the Personal Agent which will remember everything and help you go back and find things and help you pick what things to pay attention to. The idea that you have to find applications and pick them and they each are trying to tell you what is new is just not the efficient model – the agent will help solve this....

The cybercriminals have already launched a number of attacks on industrial companies and universities in the U.S. and are spectated to be using some of the most advanced ransomware in circulation. According to a recent report by the VPN provider Kaspersky, the tools and techniques used by BlackCat bear much resemblance to those used by BlackMatter — the hacking circle responsible for the 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack. This revelation shows how hard it is to wipe out the use of this rapidly advancing malware....

It was recently announced that the popular sci-fi thriller Blade Runner will be getting a sequel dubbed Blade Runner 2049. Harrison Ford will be returning to his popular role in the film, with a bevy of other popular actors including Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, and many others. But perhaps most importantly, the film will be available in virtual reality through Oculus, marking the first big name film to provide this unique experience to movie-goers....

Similar to the infamous OfficeMax Elf Yourself from years ago, the app is pretty self-explanatory: just upload a good quality headshot of yourself looking straight ahead and pick one of the 6 following options – Fat guy, Hip Hop, Gangster, Body Builder, Flash Dancer, and Rocker. I had to pick rocker of course. Now go on, Brisk Yourself and drop us a link to your image in the comments below....

After all, if we’re going to be comparing humanity to machinery you have to consider that personalities are what make certain humans paragons, destroyers, sadists, or optimists. Our initial question kind of shifts then: how do you find out if an AI has a personality? For a long time humans have turned to the Turing test, a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to or indistinguishable from that of a human....

The remote work boom has made platforms like Microsoft Teams that much more valuable for staying connected with team members. From comprehensive video conferencing tools to conduct meetings to collaboration features designed to improve communication, these platforms are designed to make the shift to hybrid work that much easier. Now, your video conferencing setup could allow for even more functionality, as Cisco Meeting devices will be able to natively run Microsoft Teams right out of the box....

Currently, the company’s app is only available to law enforcement, and it has already led to several arrests. In fact, the app is being used by more than 600 law enforcement agencies in the US. Many have been mulling over the app’s potential to be used in conjunction with surveillance cameras and even augmented reality glasses — something the app’s code alludes to. However, Clearview might end up in trouble with the very legal agencies it’s supposed to be helping....

Clink is a no-fee saving and investing app that has allowed thousands to build up funds for trips and taxes alike. All you have to do is make a profile and start depositing money in your account. Your savings will grow faster than that time you got food poisoning and didn’t spend money on food for a week and a half. It’s easy, its productive and it gives you a thumbs up when you make an account....