A new Chinese movie about blockchain and cryptocurrencies titled “Sage Thief” is coming to the theatres this October and that is causing some kind of excitement especially among the Chinese recently. China recently declared cryptocurrencies as virtual properties and confirmed the protection of cryptocurrencies by law after a few years of bans which kept the […]
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Telefónica and Arad join forces to offer an intelligent IoT solution for measuring and managing water consumption
A comprehensive solution that combines electronic meters with the most advanced metrological capabilities, IoT connectivity and a device management platform with advanced data analytics capabilities. Intelligent remote meter reading systems reduce costs for businesses, boost customer satisfaction and add value to water management processes. Telefónica and ARAD, the world’s leading group in the sector of […]
Tuya and Soracom Announce Partnership Serving Consumer and Industrial Customers
Partnership will combine Soracom’s smart IoT connectivity with Tuya’s IoT platforms. AI+IoT platform leader Tuya has announced a partnership with Soracom, a global provider of smart connectivity for the Internet of Things, to co-develop their customer bases moving forward. Following a partnership agreement established this month at Soracom Discovery 2019, all of Soracom’s over 15,000 […]
Lacuna Space Signs Second Contract with NanoAvionics to Support its Growing IoT Satellite Constellation
Nanosatellite mission integrator NanoAvionics UK Ltd. and UK satellite communications provider Lacuna Space, have signed a second contract to integrate the Lacuna Space LoRa-based Space Gateway into NanoAvionics’ M6P nanosatellite bus which will be launched in Q4 2019 via a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The two companies successfully collaborated on the Lacuna Space technology […]
How HSBC built its PayMe for Business app on Microsoft Azure
Bank-grade security, super-fast transactions, and analytics If you live in Asia or have ever traveled there, you’ve probably witnessed the dramatic impact that mobile technology has had on all aspects of day to day life. In Hong Kong in particular, most consumers now use a smart phone daily, presenting new opportunities for organizations to deliver […]
New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly!
Video Indexer (VI), the AI service for Azure Media Services enables the customization of language models by allowing customers to upload examples of sentences or words belonging to the vocabulary of their specific use case. Since speech recognition can sometimes be tricky, VI enables you to train and adapt the models for your specific domain. […]
Silo busting 2.0—Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage
Cloud data lakes solve a foundational problem for big data analytics—providing secure, scalable storage for data that traditionally lives in separate data silos. Data lakes were designed from the start to break down data barriers and jump start big data analytics efforts. However, a final “silo busting” frontier remained, enabling multiple data access methods for […]
Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service
Application development has radically changed over the years. From having to host all the physical hardware hosting the app and its dependences on-premises, to moving to a model where the hardware is hosted by external companies yet still managed by the users on to hosting your apps on a fully managed platform where all hardware […]
Conversational AI updates for July 2019
At Build, we highlighted a few customers who are building conversational experiences using the Bot Framework to transform their customer experiences. For example, BMW discussed its work on the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant to deliver conversational experiences across multiple canvases by leveraging the Bot Framework and Cognitive Services. LaLiga built their own virtual assistant which […]