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Big Data

Bringing the power of artificial intelligence to real-world applications

By Marlene Den Bleyker Mar 16, 2017

IBM Corp. has spent years developing its artificial intelligence platform, Watson, looking to the open-source Apache Spark platform for innovative machine learning capabilities that can help push Watson into business verticals for manufacturing, healthcare,…

Big Data

How companies are taking aim at ever-changing datasets

By Gabriel Pesek Mar 16, 2017

As big data expands its applicability to more business efficiencies, the dialogues between connected devices are generating their own developments and studies, though the highly automated nature of their processes creates a high volume…

Apps

Amazon embeds Alexa voice assistant into shopping app on iPhone

By Maria Deutscher Mar 16, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. is moving to target a much broader segment of potential users beyond its own popular Echo devices by embedding its Alexa voice assistant into its iPhone shopping app. The update started rolling out…

Big Data

Is big data truly transforming, or is history repeating itself?

By Gabriel Pesek Mar 16, 2017

While the exploration of possibilities enabled by the continuing sophistication of tools for handling big data has some seeing brave new worlds on the horizon, other analysts and developers are perceiving it as yet…

Apps

GitLab gets more social, buying open source developer community Gitter

By Kyt Dotson Mar 16, 2017

Open-source development lifecycle tool provider GitLab B.V. on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Gitter, a community hub platform for open-source developers. GitLab also announced that it will release Gitter’s code as open-source software. This includes…

Apps

Makeblock raises $30M to teach kids to build robots

By Eric David Mar 16, 2017

Kids love taking things apart and trying to put them back together, and Makeblock Co. Ltd. wants to use that curiosity to teach children all about robotics. Today, the Shenzhen-based startup announced that it has closed…

Emerging Tech

Telsa seeks to raise $1.15B as the Model 3 heads to production

By Maria Deutscher Mar 16, 2017

Tesla Inc. is giving shareholders an opportunity to raise their bets ahead of its push to take on mainstream car makers with the $35,000 Model 3 sedan. On Wednesday, the company announced plans to…

Big Data

The value of keeping metadata free and open

By R. Danes Mar 16, 2017

Too much data to crunch? The solution may be yet more data — cataloged with machine learning to make recommendations for use cases, says Adam Wilson, chief executive officer of Trifacta Inc. “The data lake…

Apps

NodeSource’s newest tool aims to make the Node.js ecosystem more secure

By Maria Deutscher Mar 16, 2017

NodeSource Inc. has taken it upon itself to help the thousands of organizations that use Node.js make their applications more secure. The startup, which was founded three years ago to commercialize the popular programming…

Apps

New features for IBM’s enterprise social network, Connections

By Collen Kriel Mar 16, 2017

IBM Corp. announced new features for its enterprise social network, Connections, that will be available for users on March 28. IBM Connections, which was first released in 2007, is a collaborative tool that provides enterprise…

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Bringing the power of artificial intelligence to real-world applications

How companies are taking aim at ever-changing datasets

Amazon embeds Alexa voice assistant into shopping app on iPhone

Is big data truly transforming, or is history repeating itself?

GitLab gets more social, buying open source developer community Gitter

Makeblock raises $30M to teach kids to build robots

Telsa seeks to raise $1.15B as the Model 3 heads to production

The value of keeping metadata free and open

NodeSource’s newest tool aims to make the Node.js ecosystem more secure

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