digital transformation

How AI Is Helping Hotel Apps Get Onto Travelers’ Radar Screens
How AI Is Helping Hotel Apps Get Onto Travelers’ Radar Screens
October 25, 2018  |  Retail

With the help of travel experts, hotels can tap into a new channel to drive online bookings: Travelers can be inspired to book a reservation...

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TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa
TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa
October 24, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Wednesday (Oct. 24) that it has enhanced its Alexa skill, enabling customers to place trades via voice...

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Adobe Doubles Down On Voice Interfaces
Adobe Doubles Down On Voice Interfaces
October 24, 2018  |  Innovation

At its annual MAX conference in Los Angeles last week, Adobe had all sorts of things to announce. After a (very) long wait, Photoshop in...

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IBM And The Blockchain Bet
IBM And The Blockchain Bet
October 24, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Investors may have focused mainly on the headline numbers, where IBM missed top-line expectations. Management sounded sanguine on the earnings call about the longer-term potential...

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Kirk Bresniker On Why Naivete Is Key To Tapping Into AI’s Potential
Kirk Bresniker On Why Naivete Is Key To Tapping Into AI’s Potential
October 22, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

An increasingly non-controversial point is that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been — and will continue to be — major boons to...

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Amazon Alexa’s Ability To Whisper Is Now Live In The U.S.
Amazon Alexa’s Ability To Whisper Is Now Live In The U.S.
October 18, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

A couple of weeks after teasing Amazon Alexa’s ability to whisper back to voice commands, the feature is now live. According to a report citing...

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Taking On Card Declines With Interoperability
Taking On Card Declines With Interoperability
October 16, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Merchants are facing a sizable number of card declines, which are stubbornly averaging at around 15 percent. That challenge is not lost on FinTech startups....

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Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
October 15, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon is trying to make Alexa, its voice-activated personal assistant, act as a doctor or nurse, detecting illness by a change in the user’s voice....

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MIT’s New AI School Gets $1B Investment
MIT’s New AI School Gets $1B Investment
October 15, 2018  |  Investments

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aiming to take a lead in educating on artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced computing, is creating a new college...

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