Over the last year or so, we have started seeing the inevitable marketing of the “next big thing” from the cell phone carriers – 5G. The Big 4 carriers in the US have all announced plans for rollouts of their 5G networks. While what 5G actually means seems to currently differ from carrier to carrier, […]
How Secure Are The Most Popular Mobile Payment Methods?
As technology gets increasingly more advanced, things become smaller and easier to access than ever before — including our shopping and spending habits. The switch from using physical cash first moved to payments through checks before onward to credit cards. Now we process payments entirely online with a series of numbers without ever taking a […]
Cubic Telecom signs contract with ŠKODA AUTO to enable connectivity for ŠKODA drivers across Europe
The end-to-end connectivity service will be available across Europe later this year. Cubic Telecom today announced at Mobile World Congress that it has signed a contract with ŠKODA Auto to enable connectivity for ŠKODA drivers across Europe. The advanced technical solution will be available first in the all-new ŠKODA SCALA and KAMIQ models later this […]
7 Jobs Humans Can Do Better Than Robots And AI
The rise of artificial intelligence or AI in the past decades has resulted in collective anxiety around the world. The common apprehension is that there will be massive loss of jobs as robots and computers eventually replace employees. The fear is not without some basis; after all, robots and computers have proven to be far […]
China Driving eSIM Adoption Says New GSMA Report
Consumer Electronics and Internet of Things Sectors Implementing Technology in New Products; Over 90 Mobile Companies Supporting GSMA eSIM Specifications for Consumer Devices Worldwide. The GSMA today announced the release of a new report highlighting the significant progress made by Chinese mobile operators, vendors and manufacturers in adopting Remote SIM Provisioning and eSIM technologies. The […]
Announcing the general availability of Azure Lab Services
Today, we are very excited to announce the general availability of Azure Lab Services – your computer labs in the cloud. With Azure Lab Services, you can easily set up and provide on-demand access to preconfigured virtual machines (VMs) to teach a class, train professionals, run hackathons or hands-on labs, and more. Simply input what […]
Exciting Predictions For Where Big Data Analytics Are Headed By 2025
Turns out that, as far as AI and data are concerned, 2001 was not the year we humans should have been focusing on. However, 2025 just might be. That’s the year experts at research group IDC predicted that the world will be producing a staggering 163 zettabytes annually. A single zettabyte is one trillion gigabytes, […]
Latest enhancements now available for Cognitive Services’ Computer Vision
This blog was co-authored by Lei Zhang, Principal Research Manager, Computer Vision You can now extract more insights and unlock new workflows from your images with the latest enhancements to Cognitive Services’ Computer Vision service. 1. Enrich insights with expanded tagging vocabulary Computer Vision has more than doubled the types of objects, situations, and actions […]
Is Predictive Analytics Changing The Future Of Mobile Phone Monitoring?
Predictive analytics technology continues to shape the world in surprising new ways. One of the trends that few people have talked about is the role of predictive analytics in the future of mobile phone tracking. Mobile phone data has played a huge role in research. They have been especially important in behavioral research, according to […]
Predictive Analytics Addresses Pressing Web Hosting Challenges in 2019
Predictive analytics has played an increasingly important role in website management. Many of my colleagues here at Smart Data Collective have published a number of articles on the benefits of using predictive analytics to improve the ROI of digital marketing campaigns. However, there are even more fundamental benefits of using this evolving technology. One of […]