Last week Facebook and a consortium of 27 partners announced the cryptocurrency Libra (a reference to the Roman measurement for a pound), new global money, and the foundation for a new universe of financial services. They want to make the first Libra coins available to the public in 2020. Okay, that’s a magnificent vision, but[…]
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Robots can pour you a coffee, cook your dinner, and your dessert. However, just because robots make the food doesn’t mean that it hasn’t human- work to be done. At Creator, for example, the robot isn’t the point. The point is what the robot allows the restaurant to do—things that are potentially industry-shaking. This precise[…]
Many people believe creating a product or innovating, is a mysterious or magical thing. I receive many people from different countries here in San Francisco trying to understand why Silicon Valley is one of the most innovative places in the world, and how they can discover and create “the next big thing,” but there is[…]
An article published recently in the IoT News highlighted the main advantages for small and medium businesses with the use of connected devices, and they are not few. For example, the massification of smartphones and smartwatches. These devices generate and store data from multiple specialties and can influence even business operations. The cloud-based software solutions[…]
It is no surprise that new machine learning technologies and the power to analyze large amounts of data have created unique opportunities in the e-commerce industry. Thanks to data-driven enhancements for ads, upselling, and cross-selling, online shoppers are able to get “what they want, when they want”. Such transformation had a direct impact on business[…]
Take a look at your competitors can be effective for you to have insights about your own business. Many companies do this. What may surprise us is how easy we can automate the gathering of information to find out how our service, product or website is in comparison with the competitors, for decision-making. The best[…]
