Entries by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla (6704)

Wednesday
Jan242018

Drake's "God's Plan" breaks Apple Music streaming records with 14 million streams on day one

Toronto's very own Drake has shattered Apple Music streaming records with over 14 million streams on the first day of his track "God's Plan," being made available on Apple Music. The track from "Scary Hours" was also a top streamed track on Spotify.

Wednesday
Jan242018

Microsoft to double size of Montreal research lab to bolster machine learning and deep learning tech

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussing Canadian expansion and AI at Davos

“Montreal is really one of the most exciting places in AI right now,” said Jennifer Chayes, a technical fellow and managing director of Microsoft Research New England, New York City and Montreal.

Microsoft announced plans to significantly expand its Montreal research lab, starting with the hire of renowned artificial intelligence expert, Geoff Gordon as the lab’s Research Director.

The expansion comes as Montreal is becoming a worldwide hub for groundbreaking work in the fields of machine learning and deep learning, which are core to AI advances. Upcoming plans include doubling the size of Microsoft Research Montreal within the next two years, to as many as 75 technical experts. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today in Davos to discuss Microsoft’s plans for the Montreal Research lab and Montreal’s AI ecosystem.

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Wednesday
Jan242018

Samsung touts its wearable devices as options to fulfill healthy New Year's resolutions

Samsung wants to be at the forefront of the fitness tracking phenomenon, specially since studies show that one in three consumers is using some kind of fitness tracker or smartwatch to keep tabs on their health and progress.

The company is pushing some of its solutions as great adjuncts to Samsung smartphone users wanting to make a conscious effort of fulfilling their commitment to health.  Below are the products Samsung that aid fitness tracking.

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Tuesday
Jan232018

Audiobooks now available in the Google Play Store

Google is making thousands of audiobooks available on the Google Play Store in 45 countries and nine languages. This enables the ability to purchase and listen to audiobooks without the need for a subscription. More importantly, the audiobooks will be accessible by Google Assistant and will work with Google Home speakers.

Just say “Ok Google, read my book” to listen to your favorite audiobook hands free with the Google Assistant on your phone or speaker, like Google Home. Try “Ok Google, who is the author?” if you need a refresher, or “Ok Google, stop playing in 20 minutes” to set a timer for bedtime reading. This is a key feature of rival Amazon on their Amazon Echo devices," says Greg Hartrell, the Head of Product Management, Google Play Books.