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Gallows humor? No, Russian company’s Uber-for-funerals app is real

By Duncan Riley Jan 16, 2017

In a twist on the Uber-for-everything trend, a company in Russia is launching a service that allows users to organize a funeral via a smartphone app. Called Umer, apparently the Russian word for “he’s…

Emerging Tech

India’s central bank successfully tests blockchain transactions with financial institutions

By Duncan Riley Jan 16, 2017

Blockchain-based distributed ledgers may soon power the future of banking in India after the research arm of the country’s central bank successfully tested the platform across a range of financial institutions. The Reserve Bank of India’s…

Big Data

Hortonworks hires Raj Verma as its new president and sales chief

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2017

Hortonworks Inc. is refreshing its sales team with the appointment of industry veteran Rajnish Verma as its new president and chief operating officer. The new president, who was previously COO of enterprise software company…

Emerging Tech

Concerned about security, Commerce Department urges creation of IoT strategy

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2017

The United States government needs to formulate a national strategy for the Internet of Things to guide global standards and determine the best use of radio spectrum and other infrastructure assets. That’s the chief…

Big Data

New Marketo CEO Steve Lucas: Massive consolidation is coming to marketing tech

By Robert Hof Jan 15, 2017

As the ad tech boom of the past decade has wound down to a roll-up battle among tech giants ranging from Google Inc. to Salesforce.com Inc. to Oracle Corp., marketing technology has emerged as…

Emerging Tech

How Stanford researchers are using deep learning AI to fight blindness

By James Farrell Jan 15, 2017

Microsoft Corp. announced last year that it was intent on curing cancer, using artificial intelligence to do such things as tracking a patient’s tumor. The year before that, IBM Corp. chose healthcare as a prime…

Apps

Lyft dumps international alliance as it plots global expansion

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2017

Lyft Inc. has confirmed once and for all that its global ride-hailing alliance with Didi Chuxing Technology Co., GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.,and India’s Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) is dead. Lyft advised its users that they…

Infra

Who needs drivers? It’s all about autonomous cars at the Detroit auto show

By Robert Hof Jan 13, 2017

From an idea that seemed crazy just a couple of years ago, autonomous cars and related technologies have suddenly emerged as the prime focus of automotive activity, from Silicon Valley to Detroit to Tokyo…

Emerging Tech

Curing self-driving car fears: Watson’s cognitive role in the auto revolution | #NAIAS

By R. Danes Jan 13, 2017

The potential for cognitive intelligence in autos includes more than the fully autonomous, self-driving car that gets all the hype. Even now, IBM is collaborating with other companies to add cognitive technology to cars…

Emerging Tech

Can auto disruptors play well with incumbents? Collaborating at the last mile | #NAIAS

By R. Danes Jan 13, 2017

The first release of URB-E, a compact, foldable electric vehicle, drew a lot of fanfare in 2016. Capable of traveling up to 20 miles, it might serve as some urbanite’s main transport method. And the…

the latest

Gallows humor? No, Russian company’s Uber-for-funerals app is real

India’s central bank successfully tests blockchain transactions with financial institutions

Hortonworks hires Raj Verma as its new president and sales chief

Concerned about security, Commerce Department urges creation of IoT strategy

New Marketo CEO Steve Lucas: Massive consolidation is coming to marketing tech

How Stanford researchers are using deep learning AI to fight blindness

Who needs drivers? It’s all about autonomous cars at the Detroit auto show

Curing self-driving car fears: Watson’s cognitive role in the auto revolution | #NAIAS

Can auto disruptors play well with incumbents? Collaborating at the last mile | #NAIAS

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