From the stage of F8, Joaquin Quinonero, Facebook’s Director of Applied Machine Learning, described a new technique the company is using to improve the watching experience for 360 videos. The format is challenging to deliver because of its size, but Facebook is using machine learning to reduce the number of pixels that have to be rendered […]
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Microsoft is launching IoT Central today, a new Internet of Things (IoT) service that gives enterprises a fully managed solution for setting up their IoT deployments without needing the in-house expertise necessary for deploying a cloud-based IoT solution from scratch. It’s basically IoT-as-a-Service. Read More Tweet This Post
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How to get value out of a Data Scientist The Data Scientist’s role is to advocate, evangelize and build data-fueled products that help enterprise customers improve outcomes. The Data Scientist is detail oriented and is an expert on the datasets utilized by the enterprise. The Data Scientist provides insight into leading analytic practices, design and […]
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Human resources paperwork is never fun to take care of—especially if it’s literally on paper. Swingvy co-founder Jin Choeh says that in Southeast Asia, many small businesses are still stuck with physical spreadsheets and piles of forms. Swingvy wants to help them with affordable cloud-based software. The South Korea and Malaysia-based startup just raised $1.1 […]
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IT Job Market Poor at Best U.S. employers added 3,800 new IT jobs in March, down from 9,300 in February, and 9,900 a year ago, the management consulting firm Janco Associates Inc. said, based on an analysis of a basket of IT-related jobs data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor […]
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Microsoft acquired the popular mobile to do list application Wunderlist back in 2015, and now it’s preparing users for its eventual demise with the release of its new application “To-Do,” announced today. The new app was built by the team behind Wunderlist, and will bring in the favorite elements of that app in the months […]
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Many companies now are including cloud disaster recovery process in their business continuity plans. Janco has found that disaster plans that include the cloud if done well will simplify and improve the success of the recovery process. Related posts: Disaster Recovery Plan in the cloud Paper disaster recovery and business continuity plans are difficult […]
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On day two of Facebook’s F8 conference, Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s CTO showed off designs for two new 360 cameras that the company is going to help push to market. The x24, with 24 cameras, and its little brother the x6, with six cameras, can each capture in six degrees of freedom for more immersive 360 content. […]
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IT strategy and infrastructure planning key to CO success Organizations that want to win the digital transformation race must leave behind expensive legacy applications while improving access to data and content, ultimately uncovering innovative market advantages and mitigating risk. Structured data archiving technologies are the engine to help IT leaders retire legacy applications, reduce capital […]
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Facebook’s VP of Partnerships, Ime Archibong, announced updates to Facebook Analytics as well as Facebook Login and Account Kit during his F8 keynote address. Analytics is getting greater customizability and a machine learning boost while Login and Account Kit are benefiting from additional transparency and accessibility. Read More Tweet This Post
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