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Facebook Launches Photo Transfer Tool for Google

Facebook's new photo transfer feature is part of a larger pact between Big Tech firms to allow for more data portability.

December 2, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Facebook has launched a new tool that allows users to transfer their photos posted on the social media platform to Google Photos. The move is part of a larger agreement between the two tech giants and Apple, Microsoft and Twitter that lets users of one service easily transfer their data to competing platforms. That initiative […]

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Sony Launches Artificial Intelligence Research Organization Sony AI

Electronics maker Sony says Sony AI will research and develop new AI technologies to advance sensor technology, robotics and entertainment.

November 21, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In a bid to more squarely enter the burgeoning artificial intelligence research community, electronics maker Sony  has established Sony AI, a new organization the company hopes will advance research and development of intelligent technology. In a Tuesday announcement, Sony said it’s purpose — to “Fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and […]

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Voice Assistants in the Workplace

Are Workplace Voice Assistants Taking Hold?

Microsoft and Salesforce have recently announced new voice assistant capabilities for the workplace. Does this technology work for your office?

November 20, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has a new vision for Cortana, its personal productivity assistant, which include making it more useful as a voice assistant in the workplace, making reading emails and sharing changes to your calendar a bit quicker. Next month, the workplace virtual assistant will be able to email you a daily summary of all your meetings […]

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SWOOP Analytics Unveils Their List of the Most Collaborative Companies

A SWOOP Analytics study on Yammer communities finds continued use of the technology in the wake of Teams & identifies extra-collaborative user companies.

November 18, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SWOOP Analytics has released what they call the “world’s largest-ever analysis of Yammer communities.” Yammer is Microsoft’s social network for business, and the findings reveal the top-performing companies for internal collaboration worldwide. The company examined the collaboration behaviors of 98 organizations worldwide, representing more than 1.8 million employees and 15 million Yammer interactions over a […]

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Report: U.S. is Behind China in AI Investing

U.S. report says the country is in danger of losing ground to China in the race for advancements in artificial intelligence technology.

November 13, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

I’ve read and heard so much about artificial intelligence since I’ve started writing for Tech Decisions that I figured the U.S. was leading the way. With the likes of Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft calling the U.S. home, I thought we were for sure leading the world in AI technologies. I was also sure that […]

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Curiosity Lab Partners with U.S.-Taiwan Business Group

Curiosity Lab has announced a new partnership with a U.S.-Taiwain business group to give Taiwanese companies acceess to smart tech incubator space.

November 13, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Curiosity Lab, a smart city and intelligent mobility laboratory near Atlanta, is partnering with the Taiwan-USA Industrial Cooperation Promotion Office to foster new smart technologies. Through the partnership, Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, Georgia will provide opportunities for Taiwanese companies to establish operations in the city and leverage the lab’s infrastructure and service to test […]

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Stratus Technologies Announces Better Integration With Azure

Stratus Technologies says it has improved the integration of its products with the Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT cloud platform

November 11, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Autonomous edge computing solutions provider Stratus Technologies has announced the improved integration of its products with the Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT cloud platform. Stratus said the upgrade ensures customers’ IOT solutions are pre-tested, verified to work with Azure IoT services and paired with hardware and software that seamlessly captures data and analytics. According to […]

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You Should Consider a Four Day Work Week

Some companies are beginning to experiment with a four-day work week. The IT industry—which is struggling with stress and hiring—should look into it.

November 11, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Take a minute to think about how nice it would be to have a long weekend—every weekend, with a four day work week. Would one extra day off per week do you and your team some good? The corporate world has been experimenting with this idea recently, and the results are generally positive, with employees […]

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