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Lead Foot City Limits.

Ford is reportedly planning to introduce technology that reads posted speed limit signs in turn reducing the vehicle’s speed…

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Just in Time.

Has anyone else noticed that Amazon’s Echo just so happened to be released right before the Christmas season (as if the firm would’ve timed it otherwise!?) Merry Snooping…

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Pushing Prime.

Given that Amazon Prime subscribers (if selected) can purchase Echo for $100.00 off, one has to wonder: a) how many additional (Prime) subscribers the firm has gotten since this announcement; b) how much more content the firm is hoping to … Continue reading

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(Test for) Echo…

Amazon’s Echo could be a game-changer; a dud; first-mover advantage / disadvantage and/or somewhere in between… whatever the case may be, AI, and, by extension, humanities’ fascination / reliance on machines just might have taken a giant step forward… er, … Continue reading

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Whose Best?

Cortana vs. Siri: While it does sound ideal, consumers might not be the ultimate judge. In other words, like many technologies that have been developed, first-mover advantage is not always an advantage… i.e., having more users (initially) is not the … Continue reading

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