Amazon announced an open source release of the Alexa Automotive Core (AAC) SDK, or Auto SDK, to help automakers integrate Alexa voice control into cars and their infotainment systems, screens often used for navigation, media, or climate control. The software development kit is free for download on GitHub and is optimised for bringing Alexa to […]
AccorHotels is passionate about luxury, which means going above and beyond to understand their guests’ desires, even before they do. Partnering with Cossette and The Mill NY/Chicago, Seeker was created with this in mind – a biometric discovery tool designed to side step rational decision making in order to understand the destination the users […]
If one concept loomed over our recent TugLife IV conference like, say, a killer robot with a dark plan to steal your job, move into your house and leave all your clothes on the lawn, it was, of course, AI. Don’t fear artificial intelligence, said speaker Pete Trainor, founder of custom AI specialist Talktous.ai, for […]
Toyota will put on a technological show for the world when all eyes are on Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games. This will include the demonstration of a Level 4 self-driving car to highlight Toyota’s goal of providing personal transport for everyone, including those that are too old to drive or suffer from poor vision. Toyota says […]
I’ve got a problem with the Internet of Things. Here it is: it’s too big. A bit like our old frenemy Big Data, where it now seems that all data is big. I accept that the definition of IoT includes all connected devices and vehicles. What’s driving me mad is that we single out separate […]
Chinese retailer Suning has rolled out five unmanned automated stores, called ‘Biu’ as the brand steps up its presence in China’s hugely competitive ‘smart retail’ market. The stores are powered by facial recognition technology, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), big data analysis and utilise the brand’s online financial services app to provide consumers with a shopping […]
The walk for water that sees millions of women and children across the world taking up to an astonishing 20,000 steps every day to collect water, is being brought to life at Wimbledon this summer in the first ever use of augmented reality at The Championships. The Wimbledon Foundation has partnered with international charity WaterAid […]
Leading global marketing and corporate communications company Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC), today announced the roll-out of Omni, its people-based precision marketing and insights platform, designed to identify and define personalized consumer experiences at scale across creative, media, CRM as well as other Omnicom practice areas. Omni delivers a first-of-its kind, single view of the […]
Qoruz, leading marketing technology firm, today announced the launch of its new influencer intelligence product, Recon. This latest addition to Qoruz’s product suite helps marketers get better insights into every influencer for their brand, competitor and the industry. Recon is currently available for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube and will be available for other social […]
Nearly half (49%) of all advertising agencies undertake programmatic media buying with their own technology, while 34% combine their own with third party technology and 17% rely exclusively on third party offerings. Agencies in EMEA lead the way, with 58% in the region relying solely on their own technology; this drops to 56% for North […]