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Top Stories A $95 Billion Danish Fund Bets Robots Can Defy Market Correction Bloomberg (7/14) “Has technology killed inflation? And does that mean interest rates will just stay really low for a really long time? One of the biggest funds in the Nordic region, PFA Pension A/S is positioning itself for a world in which the answer to those questions may well be: Yes.”
Cisco Continues to Shift Its Security Strategy By Moving to Acquire Observable Networks Network World (7/13) “Observable Networks gains its insights from cloud-native machine learning techniques that can model device behavior to identify internal and external threats. Cisco will use Observable to extend the value of its Stealthwatch solution into public clouds.”
Facebook Plans to Unveil a $200 Wireless Oculus VR Headset for 2018 Bloomberg (7/13) “Like current Oculus products, the new headset will be geared toward immersive gaming, watching video and social networking. Code-named 'Pacific,' the device resembles a more compact version of the Rift and will be lighter than Samsung’s Gear VR headset.”
Microsoft Forms AI Research Group MediaPost (7/13) “The group, based at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters, is called Microsoft Research AI. It will include a team of more than 100 scientists working on AI from across areas such as natural language processing and learning.”
LinkedIn Jumps on Video Sharing Bandwagon The Next Web (7/13) “The company is one of the last social networks to hop on the 'stories' bandwagon, but it still stands a chance to be a major player in the space. The video feature could serve business personalities and more established brands better than Instagram or Facebook.” Promoted Content Success Story: Delivering High Returns with Content Marketing IDG “A four-year run of The Business Value Exchange (BVEx) has proved the value of an agile model for corporate marketing and is delivering high returns, including engagement with target customers. Read about how DXC and IDG leveraged content marketing to build a community of over 10,000 influencers and CIOs.”
Industry Perspectives What Marketers Need to Overcome to Reach Digital Maturity eMarketer (7/14) “What makes organizations digitally mature? For one, the Sloan/Deloitte report argued, they implement systemic changes in how they organize and develop workforces and aim to nurture digital minded cultures and experiences within their organization. ”
CIOs Step Into Strategic Role as Tech Buying Moves Out of IT CIO (7/14) “Line of business executives are increasingly becoming IT buyers, taking over what has traditionally been the CIO's role. But CIOs should view this shift as an opportunity, not a land grab, says Carolyn April, senior director, industry analysis, with the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).”
Comcast and AT&T Say They Support Open Internet — With Caveats Bloomberg (7/13) “This week both internet providers — who have spent over a decade lobbying and filing lawsuits to oppose such rules — published blog posts saying they support net neutrality. So, everything’s settled then? Not quite. ”
Hyperloop One Is a Step Closer to Reinventing Transportation As We Know It Fortune (7/13) “Hyperloop One, the high-speed tube transportationElon Muskfirst proposed,reached 70 miles per hour during its test on a track in the Nevada desert. While that speed is just a fraction of what the company hopes to achieve — 700 miles per hour — it represents a significant milestone in Hyperloop One's quest to reinvent transportation as we know it”
Box Offers Companies Free Tools for Building Apps On Its Platform VentureBeat (7/13) “Called Box Elements, the program will encompass user interface controls and sample code for creating applications and performing common functions. The initiative kicked off today with the official release of four Box UI Elements that were previewed at the company’s BoxWorks conference last year.”
Research Insights Less Than Half Of Consumers Satisfied With Email-Based Customer Service MediaPost (7/13) “Fewer than half of respondents were satisfied with their experiences on websites, while email, voice calls, text and social media all hovered between 40% and 43% in customer satisfaction. Only 38% of customers are satisfied with their experience with mobile apps or virtual assistants. ”
73 Million Smart Homes In North America Projected MediaPost (7/13) “By 2021, more than half (55%) of all homes in North America are expected to be smart homes, according to a new forecast study by Berg Insight. More than 31 million smart home systems were in use in North America last year, according to the study.”
Targeted TV Ad Spend Continues to Grow, Reaching $1.26 Billion This Year Adweek (7/12) “Currently, 75 percent of U.S. households have cable or satellite boxes capable of delivering these kinds of ads; this means only 1.7 percent of the total TV ad expenditures come from targeted ads in 2017.”
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