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«Achtung, unterschätzen wir die Senioren nicht»

("Attention, let's not underestimate the elderly")

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Newspaper | Appenzeller Zeitung
Date | 2.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone, threat
Summary | More and more rural post offices are being closed due to restructuring. Online post office services should pick up the slack but it is questionable whether elderly people will be able to adapt to virtual post offices with chatbots. The chief of the Swiss Post, Susanne Ruoff, urges us not to underestimate the elderly. Many of them are online with smartphones and computers nowadays.
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Diese Technik soll uns den Alltag erleichtern

(This technology should make our daily lives easier)

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Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 5.4.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, privacy, research/study, smartphone, translation
Summary | Computer are becoming more and more intertwined in our daily lives. Some smartphones can already translate real-time conversations with imitating the speakers voice thanks to advances in voice recognition. Image recognition has also advanced substantially to being able to "read" moods, age, and attractiveness of the photographed individuals. Research is being done for smartphones and other devices to monitor body odor, sweat (to allet to dehydration), or tear liquid (for diabetics).
Image Description | Various simple visualizations of smartphones/devices interacting with people (depicted by emojis), body parts, et cetera.
Image Tags | chart, emojis, female(s), smartphone

Wenn das Handy antwortet: So zahlen wir in Zukunft

(When the phone responds: this is how we will pay in the future)

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Newspaper | Handelszeitung
Date | 2.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, marketing, smartphone
Summary | Various companies like Google and Amazon are coming up with new conversational commerce solutions, i.e. (voice command) chatbots with which one can conversationally make purchases online. Making payments via smartphone apps is very common in China while Switzerland is lagging behind. Some companies like Mastercard are already working on further ways to pay, namely by verbal cues. This means that people will only have to say it to secure the payment.
Image Description | Two informational videos and a series of photos from a technology convention.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet

Google gibt der Smartwatch eine zweite Chance

(Google gives the smartwatch a second chance)

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Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 15.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone, texting
Summary | Google has been lagging behind in the smartwatch field. They are now bringing out a new model. It will enable users to pick and choose which apps they have on their smartwatch, it used to just download all the apps from the connected smartphone. It will now also become possible to respond to texts from the smartwatch by typing.
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Try fast, fail fast, learn fast

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Newspaper | Handelszeitung
Date | 28.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | In an interview with the Swisscom director Urs Schaeppi, the future and past of mobile technologies are discussed. Schaeppi is convinced that interconnectedness of electronic devices is key when thinking about future developments in mobile technologies. An example would be connecting smartphone with one’s car so that while driving, one could verbally ask the smartphone for directions which then communicates the information to the car navigation system. Language commands and better and broader internet connection are the main priorities for mobile communication.
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