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Hearst Team Creating Amazon Skills For Alexa

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Media company Hearst has put together a team of 10 people that is tasked with staying on top of cutting-edge technology, including voice-activated devices from the likes of Amazon and Google, and creating products and services around them. It also developed skills for the San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle , two newspapers it owns.

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, AT&T and Verizon launched drones in Houston, Texas to inspect their towers — a process which would have been too dangerous and time-consuming to do manually. Facebook and Google are particularly keen on bringing the internet to the other half of the world population. Telecommunications.

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From Energy To Telecom: 30 Big Industries Drones Could Disrupt

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, AT&T and Verizon launched drones in Houston, Texas to inspect their towers — a processes which would have been too dangerous and time-consuming to do manually. Facebook and Google are particularly keen on bringing the internet to the other half of the world population. Telecommunications.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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We look into how stores are being transformed into showrooms, community gathering spots, and even event spaces as retailers leverage the physical store as tool for brand marketing. GREATS isn’t looking to just use stores as a potential source of revenue, but sees the physical spaces as marketing tools.

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The metaverse could be tech’s next trillion-dollar opportunity: These are the companies making it a reality

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Base Hologram is using the tech to bring popular artists like Whitney Houston and Buddy Holly back to the stage, while Israel-based RealView Imaging renders holograms of a patient’s internal organs to help with surgical planning. . Virtualization tools. Qualcomm is not the only incumbent tech player in this space.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Google’s X research center is where some of their biggest projects happen. It’s open to all Googlers and boasts 3D printers, tons of tools, a CNC machine, and plenty of collaborative workspace to encourage out-of-the-box thinking. Teams work in collaborative groups to develop new financial apps and tools. Innovation Lab Name: X.