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This week Qualcomm launched 3 new Snapdragon platforms to support the growth of 4G. This came despite 5G's arrival and has a strong market value.
Bringing Xnor.ai into its product portfolio provides Apple with an edge app development tool geared for a wide range of programmers, not just those who are knowledgeable about AI, DL, and ML. Xnor.ai’s SDK allows programmers to easily drop AI-centric code and data libraries into device-based apps. The tool provides a unified abstraction layer for building, compilation, and training of edge AI models that frees developers from having to worry about target-device CPUs and AI accelerators. Beyond that, let’s take a look at what we think is on the horizon for Apple on the acquisition front.
IBM had a strong earnings report for its fiscal 4th quarter in 2019. The earnings popped on strong results in systems covering for shortfalls elsewhere.
With topics like 5G, Cloud and SaaS dominating the conversation in technology in 2020, what will this means for the biggest players in these spaces? Here are 10 predictions for what I expect to happen in tech over the next 12 months.
While the explosive growth of Amazon has led to some fairly strong predictions of the demise of retail, you would never have known by walking the halls of New York’s Javitz Center during NRF 2020 this past week. Exploring the biggest trends from NRF 2020.
During NRF 2020 Oracle showed a new tools called Customer Insights that can help retailers predict their best future customers. Exploring the announcement.
Salesforce, this past Thursday launched its Trailhead Playground designed to help developers and admins to build on Salesforce 360 environment.
Microsoft has launched its new chromium based Edge browser. This research note looks at the pros of the browser and its likelihood of gaining adoption.
Apple has acquired Xnor.ai to expand the company's on device AI capabilities. What does the Xnor.ai acquisiton mean for Apple and future Apple Devices.
Marvell is putting the pedal to the metal when it comes to auto ethernet connectivity. While obstacles exist, Marvell’s Automotive Networking portfolio is attractive, for both today’s vehicles and the vehicle of the future. Definitely a space we’ll be keeping an eye on.
What do private space efforts mean for the tech sector? As Elon Musk forges ahead with his plans to colonize Mars and private space exploration becomes a reality, there are both challenges and opportunities ahead. Here are my predictions on what tech sectors could experience a paradigm shift and new revenue streams fueled by private space exploration.
Visa’s acquisition of Plaid is a $5Bn bet on the future of finance, and it’s a smart bet at that. With some 11,000 bank and financial services company clients, covering 200 million consumer accounts, Plaid is currently providing connections for 80 percent of the largest U.S. fintech apps. That’s no small market share — and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Today, Plaid’s APIs are used by one in four people in the U.S. with a bank account — there’s tremendous opportunity for growth. In addition, this acquisition provides multiple opportunities for Visa. Here’s a look at some of those opportunities, thoughts on what’s ahead for Visa and for Plaid, as well as what we expect in the fintech market in the months ahead.
