How Technology Offers Businesses New Sustainability Efficient Levels

Following a recent presentation by Ginni Rometty, the CEO of IBM, at an event by the Council on Foreign Relations it was presented a vision where data is the center for competitive business advantage. This claim follows on the current context where the power of data stored by utilizing cloud computing flexibility, mobile real-time streams and social networking data.

It then follows that data analytics is an important part of the decision making process and it was stated by Ginni Rometty: "Many more decisions will be based on predictive elements versus gut instincts...decisions are still being made based on anchoring biases". An interesting development with this in mind is the solution by IBM of its software analytics CRUSH (Criminal Reduction Utilizing Statistical History). 

In another important data context is that of Social Networking and it was stated by Ginni Rometty: “The social network will be the new production line in a company... today’s knowledge workers have access to each other...your value will not be what you know, but what you share.”

The other important feature of business champions is how they deliver the best consumer value based on technology data, and it was stated by Ginni Rometty “What you will see with rapid data and social sharing is the death of the average and the era of you... businesses will be able to truly serve the individual... If you have a call center, it’s no longer about a script... It’s about a dialogue.”

Ginni Rometty vision is that where computers can be programmed to perform instructions based on custom customer preferences and that the computer will self-learn best solutions that will keep and challenge customers satisfaction by offering the best custom experiences. A current solution is that of IBM’s innovation, supercomputer Watson.

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Kred Story, A New Visual Stream of Your Social Media

It has just been launched a new visual display for social media content producers, it is called Kred Story and the it works by displaying a personal, visual stream.  On this new visual display, it can be seen social media posts, pictures, links and achievements that measured by Kred.

It is also possible to explore social streams from anyone, favourite brands and popular publications. As an example by typing @name like @CNN, @Wired or @BoingBoing produces a scannable overview of their most influential content.

Furthermore, a hashtag can be entered to display users that are trending and engaging on an event, etc .  It seems that kred is following on the rebelmouse visual displays innovation.

New Photo Technology, Photo Capabilities to Reflect Light As 3D Objects

It has been announced an innovative technology which allows for printing processing as 3D objects. If then follows that this process permits the production of printed photos that contain properties that behave differently depending on light angles, similar to a 3D object. The technology basically consists of a  "reflectance paper" covered with thousands of tiny dimples.

This innovation was presented and researched by a team of researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz, Hewlett-Packard and 3M.

James Davis from the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, stated "If the paper is flat, it will always look flat no matter what you print on it. So the question became how to get the surface of the paper to have geometry to it ...With the reflectance paper, for each pixel we have a little dimple that has all angular directions on its surface. Now we can print ink over it in a way that controls the angles of light that will be reflected from each pixel."

Dancing and Martial Arts, Done by a Robot

For all Information Technology enthusiasts and particularly Artificial Intelligence the Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics sometime can appear too short on the possibilities of innovation.  We have found a robot that is capable of dancing, the humanoid robot was developed by Dongbu Robot.  This robot costs around $900, and is programmable which includes commands for movement and dancing. More information is available here.

eBay Now, Purchases Now Available On Same Day Shipping

Today eBay has selected eBay users based in San Francisco users to test a new innovation. This innovation is based on a downloadable mobile app that allows eBay users to purchase items with a same-day shipping service. The mobile app and service is named eBay Now.

At the moment, there is an iOS app where eBay users based in San Francisco can test and purchase items on the go, which normally costs an additional $5 for this service, however it is only currently available from local San Francisco eBay stores. Any eBay users can sign up for the beta version, where as soon as it becomes available to other locations and other mobile platforms, then later the registered users will have a notification from eBay.

It appears that eBay is looking to offer its users the same experiences, as seen on new tech start-ups such as  TaskRabbit, Postmates, and Uber.

Currently, the mobile iOS app only works for San Francisco users who make purchases over $25, however beta registered testers can receive $15 off from their first eBay Now order, furthermore  with free shipping.  Here users can register for eBay Now

Goodbye Google Places, Welcome Google+ Local

Google has made changes to google places, it has now merged with google+ its features. As a result, the new pages will now appear with a "Local tab" furthermore circles now include reviews and recommendations filtered from people within circles. In terms of innovation, it means that the traditional static places now becomes dynamic with real-time reviews which includes a rating star for businesses.

The outcome from this change means that now Google+ becomes a local search destination, which contains more powerful and interactive content with extra functionality when compared to Google.com. It can be argued that this innovation, can be similar to Foursquare functionality where users are able to filter results with predefined selections, which also includes circles. As a result, the search outcome will show a place that has been highlighted by friends. This includes reviews and posts, it is possible that later extra functionality could be included such as check-ins.