Innovation & Technology

Adobe recently announced the release of five new AI (Artificial Intelligence) services for Experience Cloud powered by Sensei. These services are meant to help businesses use AI for predictive modelling on data sets, providing insights on things like churn, customer fatigue and the impact of marketing campaigns.  The new services include Customer AI, Attribution AI, Journey AI, Content and Commerce...

The advent of COVID-19 has accelerated the speed of tech adoption among companies, industries, and individuals. Before the arrival or COVID-19, many small and medium enterprises did not think it was possible to operate their businesses outside the office's four walls. Many companies viewed online engagements and home deliveries as being too risky, expensive, and cumbersome. On the corporate divide,...

Some of the biggest names in encryption are developing a smartphone app they hope will tamp down the coronavirus pandemic without trampling privacy. Private Automated Contact Tracing, or PACT, is designed to let people figure out if they've been near others who've caught COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. If you've tested positive, you can use the...

Amazon could be planning to bolster its Prime Video service, which is mostly known for its on-demand video offerings, with live TV, according to a report from Protocol and publicly available job listings. Details are light about what the new live TV services might entail, though the efforts appear to be in their early stages. One job listing says Amazon is looking for someone who...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a leading provider of communications, networking and cloud solutions and RingCentral, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration and contact center solutions, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to introduce a new co-branded cloud solution – Rainbow Office powered by RingCentral –  making it unique and exclusive for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. RingCentral...

Apple and Google are continuing to make good on their planned roll-out of exposure notification technology for helping with COVID-19 contact-tracing efforts. The two partners are introducing new tools that make it much easier for public health authorities to implement digital exposure notification, without the need for developing and maintaining their own individual apps. Apple makes this possible via the iOS 13.7 system update,...

In Nigeria, the government has boosted its electricity generation by inaugurating a 100KWP solar hybrid mini-grid project in Budo-Are community, in Itesiwaju local government area of Oyo State. While speaking at the official inauguration event, the governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, noted that the facility which was built by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in conjunction with a...

Google on Monday said it will launch its newest slate of consumer devices at a virtual event on Sept. 30. The lineup includes the search giant's the Pixel 4A 5G and Pixel 5 phones, a new Chromecast streaming device and voice-enabled smart speaker. The event, which will start at 11 a.m. PT follows the launch of the company's Pixel 4A budget...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put huge stress on people’s and businesses’ finances, in an effort to meet some of the crunches, today PayPal and Visa announced an expansion of service to get cash into people’s hands faster. Instant Transfer — a service where PayPal lets people and businesses quickly access transferred funds by moving them to bank accounts (cutting down waiting time...

Misty Robotics, the creators of the Misty II platform robot, today announced the launch of the Temp Screening Assistant. This is the only temperature screening solution to employ a robot with character, Misty II. It addresses a company’s health screening needs with the added value of delivering great user experience. Employees, customers, and visitors will appreciate the novelty of...