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Blockchains and Smart Contracts. Who’s Really in Charge? (Forbes)

The big question the blockchain community is only just starting to answer is what will the governance issues look like in the new era? And when most things get to be a smart contra... More

You Can Now Ask Amazon’s Alexa to Turn Up the Bass When Playing Music (Fortune)

You can finally order your Amazon Echo speakers to turn up the bass next time you want to groove to Funkadelic. The retailer said Monday that owners of Amazon Echo speakers like th... More

Google Assistant’s News Feeds are Getting Smarter (TechCrunch)

Google is introducing tools to help developers target specific content based on queries. Per the example given in a new blog post, publishers can highlight a snippet of a story tha... More

Why Salesforce’s Global Retail VP is Optimistic About the Future for Retailers (CMO)

No one would doubt it’s been a tough decade for retailers, and many have failed in the face of digital disruption and transformation. But for Salesforce senior VP of retail and c... More

The Future of M-Commerce (IT Pro)

Although it's growing, the uptake of m-commerce is still far from where it should be. Given the over-reliance on mobile in today's economy, it surprising that mobile has only recen... More

Netflix Launches New Way to Promote Originals: Your Profile Icon (Variety)

Netflix already uses every opportunity to highlight its slate of original series and movies in its apps, website and on-screen menus. Now it’s using profile icons Netflix custome... More

Featured Jobs: SAS; Box; Expert System

Cloud Developer, Customer Intelligence — Cary, NC — SAS Director, Market Intelligence — Redwood City, CA — Box Embedded Systems Software Engineer — Beaverton, OR — Di... More

How IBM Created the Optimal Fan Experience at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (SportsPro)

Fan engagement is literally embedded into the new home of the Atlanta Falcons thanks to the venue’s technology partnership with IBM. The IT solutions company’s global chief tec... More

Spotify Launches Feature to Help Artists, Labels Submit Music to Playlists (Variety)

Spotify on Wednesday announced a new feature designed to make it easier for artists and labels to submit unreleased music to the Spotify editorial team for playlist consideration. ... More

How Data Monetization Can Add Value to Your Analytics (SDC)

If you have any sort of analytics system in place right now, then you’re more than likely not getting as much value out of it as you could. Data monetization refers to the way th... More

Salesforce to Acquire Marketing Firm Datorama (SCN)

Salesforce July 16 announced it will acquire New York-based marketing firm Datorama, expanding Salesforce’s cloud, data integration and AI-powered marketing intelligence solution... More

Amazon’s Prime Day Evolves from Rummage Sale to Must-Shop Event (Bloomberg)

The flood of traffic is good for Amazon’s fast-growing advertising business, a profitable revenue source that supplements its low-margin e-commerce business strapped with high sh... More

Amazon AI Predicts Users’ Musical Tastes Based on Playback Duration (VentureBeat)

AI engineers at Amazon have developed a novel way to learn users’ musical tastes and affinities — by using song playback duration as an “implicit recommendation system.” Di... More

How Predictive Analytics Can Improve Your Marketing Campaigns (Tech Wire Asia)

Whether we like to admit it or not, humans are rather predictable and most of us keep to some kind of routine. So it’s little surprise marketers can use technology to guess what ... More

How Next-Generation Sources of Viewing Data are Transforming TV Advertising (MTA)

Walt Horstman, TiVo: "There is no question that we are currently experiencing the biggest evolution the TV industry has seen since the invention of the television itself. The word ... More

How Blockchain Will Underpin the New Trust Economy (Tech World)

Over the next two years, enterprises are expected to ramp up their efforts to test blockchain technology as part of a new method of establishing trust in a digital economy. New res... More

Featured Jobs: GrayMeta; MicroStrategy; Dolby

Database Engineer — Newbury Park, CA — GrayMeta Director, Advanced Technology Programs, Cloud Business Intelligence — Tysons, VA — MicroStrategy Sr. Security Architect �... More

Google Cloud, Informatica Partner to Provide AI-Driven Integration with Full Lifecycle API Management (SCN)

Informatica has partnered with Google Cloud's Apigee product group, in a best-of-breed alliance to provide enterprises with a unified API management and integration solution. The p... More

6 Statistics Shaping the Role of Chief Data Officer (MicroStrategy Blog)

Using data to deliver new business models and new value for customers is the key to future success, and organizations will need a Chief Data Officer who can drive change and progre... More

How Smart Speakers are Changing the Way We Listen (Pitchfork)

Almost four years after the Echo and Alexa’s rather inauspicious debut—“The whole thing is a tad baffling, but also intriguing,” wrote TechCrunch at the time—smart speake... More

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