Article: The Dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence

While a lot of expectations were on AI for the longest time since 2000, it is only now that we are really seeing the applications of this promising technology. 

The Dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/283730/

Article: The 'Internet Of Things' Will Be Bigger Than The Smartphone, Tablet, And PC Markets Combined

There continues to be a lot of buzz around the internet of things. A report outlining the potential for such applications in the tech world talks about taking things to a different level since it could be more than both mobile and PC combined...

The 'Internet Of Things' Will Be Bigger Than The Smartphone, Tablet, And PC Markets Combined
http://www.businessinsider.com/growth-in-the-internet-of-things-market-2-2014-2

BitCoin

As the bubble around the Bitcoin phenomena grows, some really good reading articles that debates why this "Platform" could go despite the validity of the actual eCurrency...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/02/15/bitcoin-platform-currency/1/

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Article: Nokia teases mystery Windows Phone announcement

Wonder what is up the big M's sleave this time...
Nokia teases mystery Windows Phone announcement
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/7/5390502/nokia-teases-mystery-windows-phone-announcement

How Gamification and Big Data are Driving Business Today

Some really good insights with numbers about how Gamification is helping companies increase their bottom line

http://blogs.salesforce.com/company/2014/01/gamification-big-data-gp.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2FRtdE+%28Salesforce+Blog%29

Automatic’s Smart Driving Assistant Can Now Turn Your Car Into An iBeacon

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/28/automatic-ibeacon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Wearable Lens War

For those who have been following the recent announcement from Google about the Lens that will help detect Glucose levels, a boon for Diabetic patients, there is another article from Microsoft claiming a similar research that started almost 3 yrs back.

The following post is from Desney Tan, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Tan manages the Computational User Experiences group in Redmond, Wash.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/01/17/smart-contact-lenses-emerge-from-basic-research.aspx

Article: Wearable technology set to take the workplace by storm

Some applications of wearable technologies in the workplace in 2014..
Wearable technology set to take the workplace by storm
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/05/wearable-technology-set-to-take-the-workplace-by-storm/

Article: What to Expect at CES 2014

With the consumer electronic show right around the corner, some cool anticipatory ideas around what to expect...

What to Expect at CES 2014
http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/01/05/expect-ces-2014/

Article: Orbotix Announces The $99 Sphero 2B, A New Super-Fast, Programmable Robot

Orbotix Announces The $99 Sphero 2B, A New Super-Fast, Programmable Robot
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/05/orbotix-announces-the-sphero-2b-a-super-fast-programmable-robot/

Road ahead for Indian IT

With so many technology advancements that have become mainstream in 2013, serious questions about how the Indian IT sector should tackle these advances had begun to crop up. In this article,  Vivek Wadhwa outlines how this could be achieved while still keeping the tone optimistic. Not sure how much time the Indian IT sector has but it sure isn't a lot..

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131229234111-8451-why-i-have-become-pessimistic-about-indian-i-t?trk=object-title&_mSplash=1

Goodbye Year 2013

As the year draws to a close, some recaps of the happenings in the ear provided by popular engines:
 Facebook - gives an overview of the Year gone by.
 Predictions and Recaps in the tech world:

Sinofsky's predictions
http://www.businessinsider.in/Former-Windows-Leader-Steven-Sinofsky-Presents-10-Mega-Trends-In-Tech-For-2014/articleshow/27743422.cms

Zinnov prediction for 2014

http://www.ciol.com/ciol/features/204645/top-technology-predictions-2014-zinnov

Gartner's predictions for 2014 through 2016 (too long a duration for my comfort, but documented)
http://www.alibabaoglan.com/blog/gartners-technology-predictions-2014-2015-2016/

Apple Will Require App Submissions to Be Optimized for iOS 7 by Feb. 1

More work coming up for IOS developers...the optimized version for IOS 7 must be listed by Feb 7

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/KIR5IjAnlhk/

Article: How Facebook's New Machine Brain Will Learn All About You From Your Photos

An amazing effort to have FB embrace AI ...
How Facebook's New Machine Brain Will Learn All About You From Your Photos
http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/how-facebooks-new-machine-brain-will-learn-all-about-you-your-photos?dom=tw&src=SOC

Article: IFTTT adds a location channel for its iOS app

A feature long missing...
IFTTT adds a location channel for its iOS app
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/12/ifttt-adds-a-location-channel-for-its-ios-app/

Article: 3D print extra-tall models with the Deltaprintr

With 3D printing catching steam, another printer that can be used in the practical world of today's day to day scenarios.. 
3D print extra-tall models with the Deltaprintr
http://gigaom.com/2013/12/06/3d-print-extra-tall-models-with-the-deltaprintr/

Article: Top 10 Predictions for Technology in 2014

Some wishful tech world predictions for the year 2014. We sure hope at least some of these become a reality..

Top 10 Predictions for Technology in 2014
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/07/top-10-predictions-for-technology-in-2014.html

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Hacker Makes Drone to Hijack Other Drones

Sounds like zombie stuff straight from a Sci fi movie but after Jeff Bezos talking about possibility of

drones delivering packages, there are others who have already punched holes in this idea through kidnapper drones...

  http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/SdwshGt72c4/
 

Article: How LinkedIn is evolving its media business

Interesting to know what LinkedIn could do next in terms of a business model.
How LinkedIn is evolving its media business
http://research.gigaom.com/report/how-linkedin-is-evolving-its-media-business/

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How Facebook Went Mobile, In Before And After Org Charts

An interesting insight into how Facebook transformed into a strong mobile force. From being a website that also ran on the mobile, reorg to a mobile first company was interesting..

  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YGzDGmp0W-M/