Differential privacy allows the collection of massive amounts of data, while protecting the privacy of the individual. As intelligent assistants glean deep learning algorithims, will they also protect privacy of users?
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How Google, Apple, and Microsoft Are Building Intelligent Assistants for the Enterprise
The Big Three — Apple, Google, and Microsoft — are devoting significant research and development to improve their personal intelligent assistant offerings and further embed them into an enterprise application ecosystem.
Breadcrumbs, a “scaled down” Siri API, Set to Support Informed, Intelligent Assistance
Apple is pursuing an initiative with the codename “Proactive” that will ingest data from resources that reside on the device, including Contacts, Calendar, Passbook along with selected, installed 3rd-party apps to provide highly informed responses, search results and suggestions.
“Engaging Mobile Consumers: Comparing Beacons and Magnetic Positioning for Indoor Advertising”
Indoor location technologies are poised to dramatically enhance the consumer retail experience. In an apples-to-apples comparison of indoor technologies for mobile advertising, Opus Research finds striking benefits for magnetic positioning over Bluetooth beacons.
Retail Location Services and the Rule of Threes
In a few short years, the location services industry has evolved into three overlapping segments: traffic analytics, in-store mobile, and outdoor geo-location. Retailer investment drives the convergence of these trends and helps present a glimpse into the near future of consumer engagement and indoor location.
Apple Maps Connect Targets Free Service for Local Businesses, Solicits Indoor Mapping
New free service is designed to get local businesses to enter data directly into Apple Maps and solicits indoor mapping data which businesses could leverage for iBeacon-based services.
New “Cardholder Present” Rate Supports Mobile Wallet, Thanks to Biometrics and Strong Auth
Both MasterCard and Visa International are in the process of defining a new category of transaction called “Cardholder Present.”
Indoor Location Firm Nomi Faces Layoffs; Privacy Concerns To Blame?
Opus Research believes competitive forces, technology challenges, and privacy concerns will see the indoor location industry evolve to embrace opt-in strategies for in-store marketing as part of a retailer’s “omnichannel” approach in communicating with customers.
Watson and Siri Are Conspicuously Absent in the Apple/IBM Partnership
On July 15, Apple and IBM forged a partnership whereby Apple appointed IBM as its exclusive partner for bringing iOS- and MacOS-based apps and services into the enterprise marketplace.
New Apple iOS to Ship with Baked in “Hey, Siri” Feature
“Hey, Siri” was the top feature promoted by Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering, when he introduced iOS 8 at WWDC (Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference).