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The Tug of War between Ongoing Digitization and Digital Detox An innovation is considered truly successful if we cannot imagine a life without it, and the world of digitization is a testimony to this statement. While there is excitement about what is coming in digitization, the debate about whether it is good or bad continues. Is it time for a digital detox? |
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Heart-Monitoring Smart Devices Missing a Beat Smart devices used by fitness junkies tout the ability to measure heart rate. Yet, a recent report by CNET revealed that most of the heart rate monitoring functions for smart devices are missing a beat—literally. Some devices are unable to find a pulse when the heart rate reaches a certain range. |
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What Has Changed Since Support for Windows XP Was Retired? April 8 marked the end of Microsoft's official support for its most successful operating system, Windows XP. However, 25 percent of desktop operating system users still run it, and Microsoft just released a security patch that supports it. What's really changed with XP for developers and testers? |
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Headband Provides Head Start for Mind Control Heralded as a pivotal step toward mind control and the ability to manipulate objects with our brainwaves, the new Muse headband is at the forefront of many people’s minds—literally. What can this device be used for, and what can it mean for future development? |
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Strong Competition in Cloud Computing Means the End User Wins Cloud computing continues to grow in leaps and bounds. Although Amazon had quite a bit of a lead early on, a lot of competition—from commercial players such as Google and Microsoft as well as open source contenders—has made a strong competitive market. These choices mean the end user benefits. |
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The Emergence of the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) CxO is traditionally an initialism for a group of chief officers—most of whom report to the chief executive officer—who head various strategic functions in an organization. Recently the idea of the CXO (chief experience officer), who heads customer service, is beginning to emerge—and even surge. |
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Will You Be Putting On Google’s Android Wear? Google has announced Android Wear, a project that extends the Android operating system to wearable technology devices beyond Google Glass. The first project will be smartwatches, a tech device you wear on your wrist that does much more than tell you what time it is. Will you give it a try? |
