Number of Posts: 36
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Samsung launches Bixby voice assistant in the UK to rival Siri and Alexa
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 22.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | Samsung unveiled a new voice assistant called Bixby, which is available for Galaxy S8 users. Users can use the voice command in order to perform tasks that would require them to use applications and/or clicks. They can for instance say "good night" in order to turn on an alarm. Thanks to Bixby, Samsung users can also take selfies and post pictures on social media.
Image Description | Photograph of a man standing in front of a giant smartphone on a screen, slideshow explaining how Bixby works, and one of Samsung Mobile's tweets.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone, Twitter
Is this the first Instagram masterpiece?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 18.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Instagram
Summary | Amalia Ulman started posting pictures on Instagram. She posed in lingerie, bragged about her lifestyle in LA, claimed she attended pole-dancing classes and had breast-enlargement surgery. People started hating her. However, all those pictures were a joke. Ulman had been playing a role, and all of her 89,244 followers had been fooled. She said that everything was planned with a beginning, a climax and an end. She was acting. Now, her pictures will be shown in two new exhibitions.
Image Description | Four Instagram pictures of Amalia Ulman
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
Forget India - Lenovo is betting on Africa as next big smartphone market
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 27.2.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Eric Cador, president of Lenovo in Europe, Middle East and Africa, wants to reach Africa. Africa can be the next great market and smartphone superpower. By 2020, around 70 per cent of Africans will be using smartphones. Lenovo is the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer in the world.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman taking a picture of someone with a smartphone, photograph of Eric Cador, chart representing 2015 smartphone vendor market share, photograph of a laptop
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, female(s), male(s), smartphone
Spies could activate iPhone cameras and microphones if FBI forces us, says Apple
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 10.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, threat
Summary | If the FBI wins the court battle over the unlocking of a terrorist's iPhone, it could lead to abuse. Indeed, the government could keep asking for access to people's phones in order to spy on civilians. Apple refused to let the FBI unlock the iPhone; if they create a special software to unlock iPhones, it could compromise the security of a lot of iPhone users.
Image Description | Photograph of an iPhone and photograph of a man speaking,
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
What Google's grand Go victory means: Technology is about to get a lot smarter
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 11.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, game
Summary | For the first time in history, artificial intelligence (AlphaGo program) beat the world champion in the game of Go (board game). This victory is important for the future of AI and Google. The principles used with AlphaGo can be used to improve Google’s products (e.g. search, translation, photos, videos and social media). AlphaGo's algorithms are very similar to how a human brain works.
Image Description | Photograph of South Korean world Go champion, two men in front of a chart, smartphone, and two videos
Image Tags | chart, male(s), smartphone
Robots will replace customer service agents - thank god for that
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 15.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, threat
Summary | Chatbots are taking over the world. On Facebook Messenger for instance, you can ask a shopping concierge bot what you want to buy. The bot will then tailor options to your price range. This is what the future looks like: robot customer service agents. They will kill the customer service industry that we know. However, those bots will lack a human touch.
Image Description | Photograph of an iPhone screen displaying a conversation with the bot "Spring", chart showing the number of call center employees, photograph of a reception desk with a robot and real people, photograph of telemarketers
Image Tags | chart, female(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Stuck on your GCSE and A Level revision? This app can help
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | school, smartphone
Summary | Gojimo is a revision app for GCSE and A level revisions. It includes more than 180,000 quizzes, and it can also connect students with tutors.
Image Description | Photograph of a classroom/exam room full of students, three iPhones displaying some of Gojimo's features, portrait of the founder of Gojimo, photograph of an iPhone screen displaying the app.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Apple's next big hit? Company working on Siri-powered AI speaker
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 25.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Apple might soon release a digital assistant similar to Amazon Echo and Google Home. The smart speaker would work like Siri on your iPhone. Amazon's Alexa/Echo is very popular in the US and shows the power of voice control.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen displaying the message "What can I help you with?", photograph of a man holding Google Home
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Pokemon Go: What is it, how to play it and everything you need to know
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, smartphone, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The augmented reality game Pokemon Go is now available in the UK. Users can catch Pokemons in real life thanks to their smartphone. Pokemon Go is a popular game around the world, but playing the game can be dangerous; there have been robberies, shootings, and car accidents because of the game.
Image Description | Screenshot of Charlotte Nice's tweet, two videos about the game, two photographs of hands holding a smartphone displaying the game Pokemon Go, four photographs about accidents and injuries linked to the game.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone, Twitter
What are AirPods and why has Apple dropped the headphone jack?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | Apple announced that the new iPhone 7 would not have any headphone jack; instead, they will introduce wireless headphones (AirPods). The future is wireless, and the goal is to make headphones smarter.
Image Description | Two videos introducing the headphones, photographs of the headphones, screenshot of Lance Ulanoff's tweet about the headphones, photograph of a man wearing an AirPod, screenshot of James Titcomb's tweet, photograph of a hand holding the AirPods and another hand taking a picture of the AirPods with an iPhone.
Image Tags | hand(s), headphones, male(s), smartphone
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