CTRL+T podcast: Diversity and its discontents

 No one is down with how diversity is unfolding in Silicon Valley. Depending on how one looks at it, they’re going to have an issue with it. White men are crying foul, saying they’re being left out of these conversations and initiatives. However, actual marginalized people are, rightfully so, saying not enough is being done to diversify the industry and foster inclusion. If you… Read More
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How to Secure Your Social Network Privacy for the New Year

People are starting to wake up to the threat an unsecure social media account poses to their online privacy and security. It's time you secured your accounts.

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Google Assistant had a good CES

 Celine Dion at Caesar’s, David Copperfield at the MGM Grand, Google at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The company wallpapered the Vegas monorail and plastered the words “Hey Google” on every rentable screen in town. Take that, Donny and Marie.  That crazy booth in the Convention Center parking lot seemed like a terrible idea on Tuesday when the rains opened up and… Read More
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Google temporarily bans addiction center ads globally following exposure of seedy referral deals

 Google is temporarily halting advertisements worldwide for addiction and rehabilitation centers, following a report last week showing it was acting as a platform for shady referral services earning huge undisclosed commissions. Read More
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The Most Exciting Pet Gadgets Of CES 2018

In addition to being the year of the smart home, 2018 is the year of connected gadgets for your pet. After all, who says wearables and other connected devices are reserved for humans? A dog or cat is just like a member of the family. It only makes sense that tech companies would target our love for them with connected pet toys. If there’s something you regularly use for your dog or cat, there’s probably a smart version at CES. Actijoy Pet Tracking System Just like people, dogs can be overweight. If you leave food out all day, your dog will...

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As David Letterman’s first Netflix guest, Barack Obama warns against the ‘bubble’ of social media

 David Letterman seems to be taking the title of his new Netflix show very seriously: On the very first episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, he’s joined by former U.S. President Barack Obama. The episode has plenty of funny moments, like Obama ribbing Letterman about his nearly Biblical beard. But they cover substantive political topics, too — not… Read More
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Google Duo Lets You Call People Without the App

Google has quietly updated Duo to allow users to call people who don’t even have the Duo app installed. This means that Google Duo users can make voice calls or video calls to their contacts using Duo even if the other person has never even heard of this particular messaging app. The number of messaging apps Google offers has been well documented. There’s Allo and Duo (which can now make voice calls) and Hangouts (which has been split into Chat and Meet). And all of them do pretty much the same thing. However, Duo does have a cool new trick...

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Analytics Driven Managed Services

In today’s world, the amount and volume of data is rising abruptly and rapidly. We see tremendous and continuous disruptions in data analytics, knowledge management, business intelligence and intelligent automation. As such, new trends like Big Data and Analytics have become very pertinent with the CXOs IT landscape modernization and rationalization agenda. As the insights-driven road-maps and strategies take shape, these will become very important source of competitive differentiation in the market. The current challenge for many enterprises is how to utilize and capitalize big data analytics and derive maximum benefits considering the technological disruptions and very light budget.

Breaking down Analytics Driven Decision Making

Analytics refers to the discovery and communication of relevant insights from data. We understand that data-driven decision making emphasize upon quantitative aspects of data: number crunching and proper data processing to come up with results based upon numbers as the underlying facts.

Now, analytics driven decisions takes data-driven decision making to the next step, into the domain of qualitative analysis. This allows for the integration of quantitative and qualitative data and hence another layer of insights gets added which allows for one more layer of consideration and results in showing various data-points which influence the decision making process.

Consider an example, using analytics driven decision making, CXOs can not only focus on which IT lever is causing the main problem, but they can also get insights on what can be done to prevent and predict it before occurring, so that proactive measures can be taken and the business sees no down-time. By concentrating on analytics driven decision-making, enterprises can focus upon important questions of What and Why. It implies that decision-makers can see an overall view of what is happening and why is it happening along with how it can be prevented. It can have an immediate business impact in terms of accurate measurement of key metrics and costs efficiencies.

How to become Analytics Driven?

The key to launching analytics at a corporate level starts with utilizing the right tools and proper training on these tools. For enterprises, which want to leverage the power of analytics into their business domains, experts and tools, customized to their needs is the starting point. For many enterprises, it is logical to assume that this is not their core competency and hence they need external consulting to find ways to integrate business intelligence, revamp performance management, risk mitigation, compliance and governance mechanisms.

Therefore, the important decisions with the CXOs is that before pondering over capitalizing on Analytics, they must have a strategic road-map regarding governance models at information, technological and project levels. This shall ensure alignment of analytics with the core business objectives. This is also necessary to integrate new technologies into existing IT landscape resulting in maximum value derivation to the enterprises.

Yesojo’s Nintendo Switch projector dock is a dream accessory

 The Yesojo Nintendo Switch projector dock got a lot of attention when we covered the launch of its crowdfunding campaign last year, but at CES, it was on display and working, with the company ready to ship to its early backers. We got to spend some time with the portable projector, which gives your Switch a high-resolution screen you can take with you anywhere – and we came away very… Read More

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Cherry’s new low-profile switches may help bring mechanical keyboards to more laptops

 You may not think much about the switches that sit underneath the keycaps of your keyboard, but there are many enthusiasts who really, really care. The trend is clearly going toward slim keyboards — and that’s not lost on Cherry. At CES this week, the company introduced a new line of keyboard switches that may just be small enough to bring mechanical keyboards to more laptops. Read More

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Yesojo’s Nintendo Switch projector dock is a dream accessory

 The Yesojo Nintendo Switch projector dock got a lot of attention when we covered the launch of its crowdfunding campaign last year, but at CES, it was on display and working, with the company ready to ship to its early backers. We got to spend some time with the portable projector, which gives your Switch a high-resolution screen you can take with you anywhere – and we came away very… Read More

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How to Emulate Android Apps on Linux

If you’re a hardcore Android fan, you’re probably aware that your favorite mobile operating system descends from Linux. We’ve covered in the past how Android is based on open source components, and that the Linux kernel is one of those. It stands to reason then that if they’re so close, it should be relatively easy to run Android apps on Linux. As it turns out, that’s correct. Normally running apps for one operating system on another is tricky. But there are a couple of methods available for Linux users to run Android apps that make things comparatively easy. Let’s take...

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Facebook stock dips after the platform deprioritizes publishers

 Facebook shares fell around 5% on Friday following the news that the company would retool its News Feed to boost social interactions over stories from publishers. Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on Thursday evening in a post on his own Facebook page to expected investor skittishness. “I want to be clear: by making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook and some… Read More
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