The US Open Serves More Mobile Fans With Help From IBM and Snapchat – Wall Street Journal (blog)
IBM’s analytics and data technology help power mobile apps at the US Open The Wall Street Journal Like many media companies, when it comes to digital consumption, the U.S. Open has found that more than half of its audience consumes content using mobile devices. So this…
Apple event expected to focus on iPhones, TV – Phys.Org
New iPhone models might also feature “force touch” technology used in Apple Watch, which allows the user to control the device based on how hard the screen is pressed Apple is expected to unveil updated iPhones Wednesday along with an Apple TV revamp that may…
Digital Marketing: The 7 Essential Channels – Business 2 Community
When Henry Ford was selling automobiles in the early 20th century, all he had to do was assemble the cars and get them into show rooms as quickly as possible. By the time the cars were in the show room, there were several customers in…
Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 Edge+ is bigger and smarter – The Verge
Everything else about the look and feel of the S6 Edge+ is remarkably similar. The glass body is ringed by metal, with volume buttons on the left and a sleep / power button on the right. There’s a headphone jack and speaker on the bottom…
‘Star Wars’ BB-8 droid to be sold as working robot – Toronto Sun
GLENDALE, Calif. — If it weren’t for someone willing to entertain a new idea, the new Star Wars droid, BB-8, wouldn’t be rolling into living rooms this holiday season. The robot — which looks like a mechanical head on a spinning ball — was the…
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED – Wired
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back…
Kanye West’s Pan Am Games gig shows Toronto dreaming big – Canada – CBC … – CBC.ca
Kanye West has been awarded more than a dozen Grammy Awards, sold millions of albums and married into America’s reality TV royalty. But, for some Canadians, the rapper’s resumé is missing one key word to qualify him as a headliner for the Pan Am Games’ closing ceremony — Canadian. The organizers’…
Big data analytics accelerates Williams’ Formula One performance – V3.co.uk
Formula One cars are essentially big data factories on wheels. They have hundreds of sensors across many components collecting data on everything from fuel levels and engine performance, to oil temperature and tyre pressure. Turning that data into useful information to tweak a car’s performance…