By Tim Cole* There is no doubt that false information and fake news sites on the Internet hugely influenced the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. There is no more appropriate figurehead for what the Economist in a recent title story called the “post-truth world”
After IBM Watson has talked to public figures, it now wants to talk to the public via online ads, says a post published on USA Today. Some picks: “…consumers go to great measures to avoid ads and are increasingly installing ad-blocking filters. In her internet
By Tomi Ahonen (Author of six global bestselling hardcover books, three eBooks, and working GLOBALLY for customers in technology. Founding member of ForumOxford.com, Wireless Watch, Carnival of Mobilists. Referenced in 50 books by other authors) BIGGER THAN YOU THOUGHT There are more mobiles than humans
It’s this time of the year again for everyone in the business to release their yearly predictions. In order to save you some time, we collected all the most important and relevant trends – from the sources that matter, in one post. The trends have been collected by
With the help of A.I., America’s most famous doll tries to fulfill a timeless dream — convincing little girls that she’s a real friend. What will happen if they believe her? In-depth article in the New York Times earlier last week about the launch of an
Must read article by by Connie Chan from Andreessen Horowitz on WeChat – the largest standalone messaging app by monthly active users. While seemingly just a messaging app, WeChat is actually more of a portal, a platform, and even a mobile operating system depending on how you look at it.
Dieses Interview erschien zum 20jährigen Jubiläum des Blogs http://www.cole.de auf der Homepage von eco – dem Verband der Deutschen Internetwirtschaft e.V. Herr Cole, wann gab es Ihren erster Blogeintrag und zu welchem Thema? Das war im Januar 1995, und es ging um ein Thema,
The latest tool in IBM’s cognitive computing platform can help you analyse the way your words come across to others. To read a message and to judge the tone conveyed in the message comes naturally to humans. But, at times, the tone may be overlooked,
Twitter is ramping up its artificial intelligence efforts, hunting for experts to fill out a new team called “Cortex.” A couple of recent job postings provide some clues about Twitter’s new Cortex group, which could help the company better personalize its service for its 300
The distributed future of content won’t resemble the model that made ESPN the richest network in the world. Although live sports will command large audiences for a long time, the right home for news and analysis probably won’t look like one site for 100 million
