Although augmented reality may not have gotten very far in the consumer market, but the technology is getting a second look in the manufacturing sector.
Transformation Talk l Weekly news round-up 23.03.17
CNME Editor James Dartnell hosts the first ever edition of Transformation Talk, the weekly news round-up brought to you by Tahawul Tech.
Visa lets you pay with your sunglasses
Visa’s latest prototype shows off just how easy tap-to-pay can be—letting you buy stuff with a pair of sunglasses.
Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has been investigating the intrusion for two years, but it was only in late 2016 that the full scale of the hack became apparent. The FBI indicted four people for the attack, two of whom are Russian spies.
UPS tests autonomous delivery drone
UPS has recently announced that it successfully conducted a test package delivery in Florida using an autonomous drone that launched from one of its delivery trucks.
Smart Cities: New York
Watch this video to get a glimpse of New York’s Smart City strategy and how the citizens are taking to the tech changes around them.
5 technologies that will shake things up in 2017
If you thought 2016 was a fun time to be in IT, 2017 promises to be an even better year for the industry. We bring you an overview of five technologies and trends that will “shake things up” in the world of enterprise networking for the new year.
Amazon wants you to grab and go
Amazon is opening up a brick-and-mortar store in Seattle that allows customers to check in with their Amazon account and make purchases without having to stand in line.
State of the cloud in 2016
Watch this video to find out more about how today’s IT decision-makers are optimising cloud technologies.
Virtual teleportation now possible with Microsoft
Using a combination of mixed reality displays and 3D cameras, users of Microsoft’s “Holoportation” technology can interact with remote participants as if they were in the same physical space.
Google unveils Pixel
The Pixel smartphone is the first phone created solely by Google.
Building Smart, Safe Cities
Joe So, CTO, Industry Solutions, Huawei talks about the definition of a smart city and outlines a few smart city initiatives across the world. Thomas Lynch from market research firm IHS goes on to talk about Huawei’s role is making smart cities safe.
Huawei Safe City Solution
Cities today need public safety solutions for incident prevention, emergency response and evidence collection. 60+ cities in 30+ countries are already using Huawei’s Safe City Solution.
Video: Apple’s announcements during WWDC
Siri is coming to the desktop, Apple Pay will work in Safari, and you can easily copy text and share it between your Mac and iPhone — that’s just some of the news Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.