software

Tutors become part of the app culture

Posted in Business on 14th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Tutoring is one the world's oldest professions, but even a vocation so entrenched cannot escape the rising "Uberisation" of daily life.

Apple WWDC 2016: iPhone maker announces iOS 10, Siri for Mac and new iMessage

Posted in Software on 14th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Apple has revealed plans including a more intelligent Siri and Messages app, quicker Apple Watch and easier to use laptops.

Pepper Robot receptionists introduced at hospitals in Belgium

Posted in Hardware on 14th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Pepper the humanoid robot has started work as an assistant on the reception desk in hospitals in Liege and Ostend.

Google's Neven predicts in 10 years there will only be quantum machine learning and no machine learning on classical computers

Posted in Software on 11th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Google believes that quantum supremacy will advance its research in AI.

Apple to lower App Store 'tax' for loyal subscribers

Posted in Business on 9th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Apple will for the first time lower its App Store commission on one condition: if an app can retain a subscriber for over a year, the revenue split will be 85/15.