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Posts made in May, 2014

Red Ant one of two British finalists picked for IBM Watson mobile developer challenge

on May 30, 2014

By Jessica Davies Mobile retail technology specialist Red Ant has been picked as a finalist for IBM’s Watson mobile developer challenge – an initiative aimed at helping it prepare for the “third, cognitive era”. The tech giant’s CEO Ginny Rometty kicked off the challenge earlier this year, inviting developers to put forward their ideas for mobile apps for its artificial intelligence (AI) engine Watson. Hundreds of entries have been submitted, and a shortlist of 25 companies selected, then a final five winners of which Red Ant is one. For the competition, Red Ant has developed an app, designed to tie together Read full story › Source: The Drum...

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Apple and Beats: What Apple gains from the biggest deal in its history

on May 30, 2014

By Tony Walford After a month’s worth of rumour and speculation, Apple finally confirmed its purchase of the Beats headphone and streaming business (or, to give it its full name, Beats Electronics) this week for a staggering $3bn (about £1.85bn). The deal, which is expected to be completed before the end of the year, is made up of $400m in Apple Stock and $2.6bn in cash. Although not entirely unexpected, the deal has got many in the M&A world scratching our heads. Why would the world’s biggest technology firm pay three billion dollars for a maker of blingy headphones? Of course, in this sense, Read full story › Source: The Drum...

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Star Trek teaches you that technology is supposed to be a force of good, but it can feel like a prison, says Microsoft’s Dave Coplin

on May 30, 2014

By Ishbel Macleod Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, is a bastard, Dave Coplin, chief envisioning officer at Microsoft UK, stated at a digital conference today. Speaking at the D14 in Glasgow, Coplin said that the invention of the telephone means that while we are able to connect to people all over the world, we are no longer connected to the people in the same room as us. To make his point, he asked how many people talk to the person sitting beside them at work – and how many choose to email them instead. Coplin – who spoke to The Drum Read full story › Source: The Drum...

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