Are You Ready to Have a Robot as Your Boss?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and robots have slowly but steadily made their way into a variety of industries spanning fast food to the financial sectors. This expansion is projected to continue and is forecasted to replace a considerable amount of jobs. A Forrester report [https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/12/

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How Augmented Reality Will Affect Marketing Campaigns

Often, I write about emerging technologies such as big data, blockchain, IoT and AI. However, other technologies are also increasingly affecting organizations, one of them being Augmented Reality (AR). Thanks to technological advancements, Augmented reality [http://adage.com/article/deloitte-digital/augmented-reality-marketing-s-trillion-dollar-opportunity/309678/] is rapidly growing and is projected to drive

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Why Bitcoin Will Ultimately Fail and What Will Come Next

We live in exciting times, where it has become possible to send money across the globe nearly instantaneously, where you can create value out of nothing and where we are working towards a future that is decentralised. The first application that kickstarted this revolution was Bitcoin when it was launched

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Why the 2016 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is all about Data

Every year, Gartner published the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/emerging-technologies-future-will-never-be-slow-again/] and today revealed the 2016 edition. Last year, Gartner tempered the expectations of Big Data [https://datafloq.com/read/gartner-tempers-the-expectations-of-big-data/159], by predicting it would take another 5-10 before it would reach the plateau

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Why Humanizing Algorithms Is a Good Idea

Algorithms [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-change-corporate-governance/] are taking over the world. Not yet completely and not yet definitely, but they are well on their way to automate a lot of tasks and jobs. This algorithmization [https://datafloq.com/read/7-Reasons-Algorithmic-Business-Change-Society/1676] offers many benefits for organizations and consumers; boring tasks

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