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Teachers turn to data analysis to help students
Educators are increasingly turning to data to create targeted learning plans and help students excel on an individual level, according to Apple Inc.’s Vice President for Education John Couch. In some cases, colleges are using Big Data to predict which students will do well before accepting them. Wichita State University is one such institution putting ...
Future-proofing the smart home startup
We’re finally approaching the Jetsons era, where technology seemingly fulfills our dreams to make video calls from wristwatches and automate house cleaning with robots. Yet in this sensor-riddled world, emerging smart home services have created a dizzying array of tech gadgets. If smart home tech is anything like smartphone tech, we can expect product ...
How this fiber alternative boosts IoT: Ready for the data deluge in 2015?
As mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) gains steam, wireless communications and mobile network solutions providers seek to speed up the Internet in the U.S. during 2015, including initiatives from the White House. AOptix Technologies, Inc. plans to have a big part in the process using its multi-gigabit wireless fiber alternative, which offloads or ...
The future-proof smart home: How Lowes, Vivint and iControl build business for tomorrow
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain steam in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. as wearable and mobile device usage grows every day. As a result of the benefits of smart home products, which include increased efficiency, cost savings, and even saving lives, the technology looks to explode over the next few years. In fact, ...
Watch LIVE! from IBM Insight as Big Data goes pro
Broadcasting live from theCUBE this week, SiliconANGLE is at the IBM Insight conference in Las Vegas. Big Blue’s annual Big Data conference is among the industry’s largest, with over 13,000 attendees expected this year. The show will host product demos, training and networking opportunities within IBM’s ecosystem, as the technology stalwart looks to position its ...
Role reversal for custom furniture software births Things of the Internet
Things of the Internet. That’s a new phrase coined by Jeff Wilson, the man behind the custom furniture startup Massuni, a branch of Verso Furniture, Inc. Looking at the flipside of The Internet of Things movement, Massuni creates real-world objects that aren’t embedded with technology, but are carved from its invisible matrix and the imaginations ...
Investor insight on Asian IoT trends that will gain adoption in the U.S.
Look to the East for technology trendsetters. Asian countries are not only ahead of the West in terms of time zones, but in tech adoption as well. Countries like Japan standardized their cell phone economies long before smartphones even hit the scene, while social gaming is particularly telling of Asian tech trends likely to pick up ...
For Big Data investors: Uber, Coca Cola will rule the market | #BigDataNYC
When we think of Big Data we tend to think IT departments. Cloud, storage, data management and visualization, business intelligence and advertising metrics. But Big Data reaches beyond the IT department, and for investors looking to make their bets on the hottest buzzword in the tech industry, the true winners won’t be the traditional tech ...
Where to buy Samsung Galaxy Note 4: How it compares to iPhone 6 Plus
Steve Jobs may have once laughed at the idea of phablets, handsets too large to be called phones but too small to be called tablets. Yet the large-screened devices combine the best of both worlds, making phablets a popular choice amongst consumers. Even as tablet shares decline in the mobile device market, phablet adoption has quadrupled ...
Post-grad plans for Quad: Massive group chat for gamers
A small team with a big vision, Appsurdity Inc. looks to tackle some of the technology problems you may not have ever considered. The startup’s newest project Quad is helping college students discover groups and connect on a large scale, supporting massive group chats up to 500 people. That’s 10x more users than other group ...
