One of the backbones of a country’s economy is the manufacturing industry. It has gone through many advancements through the years and has survived economic booms and downturns. Today’s technological advances are transforming the industry further. The increased international reach and improved communications provide the…
E-commerce, once the playground of big conglomerates from developed countries, is now the more accessible and is rapidly gaining more players, such as Latin America’s MercadoLibre, which rivals the operations of Amazon and Ebay. In fact, MercadoLibre can be labeled as the “Amazon of Latin…
The general perception of artificial intelligence in the past few years hasn’t been that positive. For one, it is viewed as a threat to job opportunities for humans. There’s also the popular movie trope of AI becoming too autonomous that it ends up controlling or…
Many think it’s easy to distribute apps globally, given that the Internet conveniently connects everyone worldwide. This idea couldn’t be more inaccurate, though. If you want to make your mobile app global, there are several factors you have to take into account. It wouldn’t be…
Europe is quickly transforming itself into a startup hub for local and international firms after trailing the tech hubs of Asia and the United States. According to Atomico, a venture firm, in 2017, Europe startups received an investment worth $19 billion. About 90% of the most innovative…
November 26, Cyber Monday, is upon us. What’s with Cyber Monday that businesses should be paying attention to it? Here are some compelling facts: Cyber Monday sales figures have been rising over the years. In 2017, sales have reached $6.59 billion, the largest online sales…
Machine translation is on the rise. Google Translate, as well as other automated translation solutions like Bing Microsoft Translator, Babel Fish, PROMT, ImTranslator, have significantly improved over the years. With the help of neural networks and deep learning, they are now capable of translating more…
Did you know that October 3 is designated as the National Techies Day? There aren’t that many authoritative sources of information about this celebration. A Wikipedia page is yet to be created for it. Still, it’s interesting to learn more about this day intended for…
Talk about blockchain with an enthusiastic IT guy or an eager bitcoin “investor” and prepare to be trapped in their zealous gaze. Blockchain technology is becoming popular, and many are becoming keen on it, to the point of annoying some with their attempts to explain…
Remember having to hustle to look up an unfamiliar word or phrase? Nimble fingers typing before your coworker realizes you don’t understand what the heck she’s saying? If you’ve ever worked with an overseas client, collaborated with colleagues in China, or picked up a project…
No formal study has been made yet, but of the millions of iPhone users (and now Android users have joined in), it can be assumed that a majority, probably more than 70% use the app known as Instagram. A student from Cambridge has already done…
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