Amazon introduced a new product at the end of September: Astro, a household robot. Amazon’s video introducing the robot promises it can do a variety of tasks, including supervising a household and holding spontaneous dance parties. Astro is basically an Alexa on wheels that watches everything you do. Why should anyone be happy to own...
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What is the Metaverse?
The Metaverse is a term coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel, Snow Crash. In Neal Stephenson’s book, character Hiro Protagonist writes a program called Snow Crash to create a metaverse. The term “metaverse” was originally used to refer to a 3D virtual reality environment in which an individual could interact with...
The Paradox of Cloud Computing
The cloud is without doubt one of the most important platform shifts in computing history. Cloud has already had an impact on billions in IT spending. This is due to a powerful value proposition: infrastructure that can be used immediately at the right scale for the business, thereby reducing costs and improving efficiency in both...
What’s a Good App Store Conversion Rate?
Marketers and app developers often refer to conversion rate (CVR), which is the percentage of app users who download your app from a store after viewing it’s page in the app store. But what is a good conversion rate for apps? What is the industry’s current gold standard for your segment? App Store Conversion and...
AirPods – A Cornerstone for Agumented Audio Reality
Mobile phones were already a part of an etiquette revolution years before AirPods became popular. They went from being a novelty to a necessity in a short period of time. Mobile phones are part of our daily lives, and we touch them more than 2600 times per day. We treat them with a tenderness that...
Most Notable iOS 15 Features
Apple unveiled iOS 15 during its WWDC keynote presentation in June. It’s a big update for iOS users and are many new features. We’ve compiled a list that will make the most impact on iPhone users. Notifications iOS 15 will reorganize notifications for you. You can easily catch up on the notifications you missed with...
What is Edge Computing exactly?
Edge computing refers to a distributed IT architecture that processes client data at the edge of the network as close as possible to the source. Data is vital to modern businesses. It provides valuable business insights and supports real-time control of critical business processes. Huge amounts of data can be collected routinely from distributed sensors...
What is serverless computing exactly?
Serverless computing provides backend services on an “as-needed” basis. The serverless provider makes it easy to create and deploy code, without worrying about the infrastructure. The company that uses serverless services is charged according to their computation. It does not need to reserve or pay for a fixed amount bandwidth or number servers. Serverless does...
What are Core Web Vitals and why they are important?
Google’s recent response to online market trends was the introduction of Core Web Vitals, which is a new set of metrics. Over time, the keys to improving your search engine results page (SERP) ranking have improved. Site owners who want to rank well for relevant searches need to stay on top of Google’s algorithm which...
25 Technology Profiles in Gartners Technology Hype Cycle
Christie’s made two significant firsts earlier this year: It would accept cryptocurrency and offer for sale a digital work that is backed by a unique token (NFT). Digital artist Beeple sold the work for more than $69million. It is part of a completely new way of monetization and could be the start of a new...
