Wednesday, July 13, 2016

To succeed in IoT, hire a chief data officer and other top stories.

  • To succeed in IoT, hire a chief data officer

    To succeed in IoT, hire a chief data officer
    For many businesses, ownership of the Internet of Things (IoT) lies within a number of C-suite titles. At Coca-Cola Enterprises, the CIO oversees IoT. At Amazon, it’s the CTO. At GM, the Chief Infotainment Officer and CTO co-manage IoT. But IoT demands an interdisciplinary approach, whether the desired outcome is to streamline internal processes, introduce new customer experiences or uncover new revenue. This requires collaboration among multiple business units, some of which traditionally w..
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  • EU Approves 'Privacy Shield' Data-Transfer Pact With US

    EU Approves 'Privacy Shield' Data-Transfer Pact With US
    BRUSSELS—Firms will be able to sign up as soon as August to a new trans-Atlantic data-transfer framework that will make it easier to move personal information from Europe to the U.S. after the European Union rubber-stamped the mechanism on Tuesday. The EU and U.S. have been tweaking the framework, known as the Privacy Shield, since it was unveiled in February to ensure it guarantees strict levels of protection for Europeans’ data...
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  • Sonos now has a New York City store for showcasing its speakers

    Sonos now has a New York City store for showcasing its speakers
    Sonos has arrived in SoHo. Next week, the company that's become synonymous with premium home speakers will open its first retail store in New York City. The space is located at 101 Greene Street, right around the corner from another successful electronics maker: Apple. And it's roughly 2 miles away from Samsung's recently opened "digital playground" in the Meatpacking district. But unlike Samsung 837, where you can't actually buy and walk out with Samsung's gadgets, the Sonos Store is as muc..
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  • Anki's Cozmo makes everyone an AI expert

    Anki's Cozmo makes everyone an AI expert
    Cozmo is a cute little, WALL-E-esque robot with big dreams.  Anki announced that its pint-sized robot will also come with a software development kit that allows anyone with a little bit of know-how and time to fully tap into the robot's capabilities. So what does Anki hope to accomplish? In IT Blogwatch, we become the human overlords to a tiny little robot. What is Cozmo? Oh, just an adorable little robot. Helena Yeung introduces us: Cozmo, a charming robot...small enough to fit into y..
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  • Google adds Three network to Project Fi's family to improve international speeds

    Google adds Three network to Project Fi's family to improve international speeds
    Project Fi is already good for international travelers. The flat rate of $10 per gigabyte (the same price for using data at home) is better than what you typically get charged by a US carrier when you're out of the country. But truly "pro" travelers with capable phones still often prefer to get a local SIM card for one simple reason: speed. Roaming data is almost always slow. It's typically capped at around 3G speeds, meaning you get none of the modern 4G LTE you've become accustomed to in your..
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  • What is really behind the Pokémon Go craze

    What is really behind the Pokémon Go craze
    The Pokémon Go craze is sweeping across America. See how the game works, why everyone's so crazy about it, and all the stories that have come from it, from the game's positive impact on depression victims to armed robberies. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) If you see people — adults and kids — meandering around town these days, eyes glued to their phones, chances are very high they are not texting or looking at emails but searching for Pokémon, the cute, cartoon critters that debuted in ..
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  • Twitter Now Supports Bigger GIFs

    Twitter Now Supports Bigger GIFs
    Twitter Now Supports Bigger GIFs Get ready for an influx of higher-quality animated images in your feed. Twitter is upping its GIF game. As was first reported by VentureBeat, the microblogging service now supports animated GIFs as big as 15MB on the Web, so get ready for an influx of higher-quality animated images in your feed. At this point, support for 15GB GIF uploads is limited to Twitter.com. Before this, Twitter GIFs maxed out at just 5MB,..
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  • Oculus Connect 3 developer conference is October 5 – 7 in San Jose

    Oculus Connect 3 developer conference is October 5 – 7 in San Jose
    Oculus is running its third developer conference for people interested in building VR experiences. Oculus Connect 3 is (you guessed it) the third annual developer conference hosted by the company, and it’s taking place in San Jose between October 5 and October 7. The event typically contains some news relevant to both developers and end users, presented at one big keynote and ensuing sessions. Last year, attendees got a sneak peek at the consumer version of the Oculus Rift, which shipped earli..
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  • Microsoft debuts “Surface as a Service” program aimed at getting devices into the enterprise

    Microsoft debuts “Surface as a Service” program aimed at getting devices into the enterprise
    Microsoft announced this morning a new program aimed at expanding Surface’s footprint in the enterprise, dubbed “Surface as a Service.” The initiative will allow businesses to lease Surface devices, alongside subscriptions to Office 365 and Windows 10. The company says this will allow customers to benefit from access to the latest hardware as well as faster device refresh cycles. Surface has been a growing business at Microsoft, the company also notes, having grown in the past year from genera..
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