Category Archives: Innovation

You’ve Got To BeReal: The Rise Of Social Media Start-Ups

Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been the vanguards of the social media space for decades. They’ve been the leaders in changing the way society relates to social media. However, as they’ve gotten older and bigger, they’ve become more susceptible … Continue reading

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Artificial Intelligence descends on the 60th Grammy Awards!

The 60th annual Grammy’s may not have robots strutting down the red carpet this year but instead will be hailed the first awards show to have its content generated by artificial Intelligence technology.  The IBM AI Watson platform has partnered … Continue reading

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From Red Blood Cells to the Red Carpet – IBM’s Watson Identifies Cancer and the Best Red Carpet Looks

  In a world of ever-advancing technology, the boundaries between business and social media are becoming increasingly blurred.  The tools that we use to connect socially with others, such as Facebook, Twitter and even texting are the same tools that … Continue reading

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Love Love Love

As social network is getting more and more powerful, things are getting much more easier for us so that we can achieve things without going out, for example, we can socialize with friends through social network, it provides the similar … Continue reading

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Beyond the Selfie: Instagram’s power in fine art

For more than 500 million users, Instagram is a place to post vacation shots, makeup tutorials, birthday selfies, and baby pictures to satisfy their followers. But as explored by the New York Times, for one luxury segment, exposure from those views … Continue reading

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Napster Pioneer Funds Institute for Cancer Research Collaboration

  Sean Parker is donating $250 million to start the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and bring researchers together, including Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center. Sean Parker’s early fame was as a disrupter, allowing millions of music fans to share music … Continue reading

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Harnessing your brainwaves for collaboration

A few weeks ago I posted about the controversy that will likely come with wearable technology such as Microsoft HoloLens. I closed that post by mentioning that human brain integration (or brain-computer interface) was coming. That sentiment was almost saying, wearable … Continue reading

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Internet for All: Global Internet Solutions and their Future Impact

Around 40% of the global population has internet access (Internet Live Stats). There are obvious benefits to increasing access that extend from increasing a buying market, to providing access to micro-loans to poor populations, to providing education to the world, and … Continue reading

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Homework, Homework, Homework!

I was never sure how I felt about digital fundraising platforms like Kickstarter, Crowdsourcing, GoFundMe, etc. It always looked a bit suspicious to me. I felt, “Why are people getting online asking strangers for money to fund their own personal … Continue reading

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Big Data Hopes to Unsnarl City and Pedestrian Traffic

  A LinkNYC Wi-Fi kiosk that Sidewalk Labs hopes will address urban congestion. That kiosk on a bustling city street saying Poland Spring water was “born in Maine” and “moved to the big city” actually hides a Wi-Fi data gathering … Continue reading

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