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Tech Terms (keeping up with them) We all know the term “smartphone.” But what is the counterpart – a dumbphone? The site, whatis.techtarget.com, answers the question: “A dumbphone is a mobile telephone that, unlike a smartphone, has little-to-no computing or internet capacity.”
AI provides automation! Self-Check Lines at Vons Have you tried the Self-Check line at the grocery store? One of my first experiences at the Self-Check line was buying a bottle of wine at Vons in Arcadia. I discovered, “You can’t do that because someone needs to check your ID.” Aha! So it’s not all automated.…
In fact, it’s #1 for the 2nd year in a row! Under the category, “Old friends: revisiting them,” is IoT. To refresh your memory, the Internet of Things (I0T) is “the connectivity of physical devices that communicate with similar devices.” The ways in which a business can benefit from IoT is growing. While most of…
The newest addition to our vocabulary for things tech is Phygital. Which sounds a lot like a 6 year old trying to sit still in church. But it isn’t. Phygital is the hybrid combination of two realities – the physical store and the digital action. Claiming to “bring an innovative client experience” the phygital allows…
Amazon may seem to be taking over the world. They are moving into many industries other than the product search and distribution of their Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now Amazon is entering other industries: healthcare, grocery and physical retail stores. These areas will increase what is already a noticeably large digital footprint. In addition, Amazon…
Let’s start with the chip. We’re not talking cedar or potatoes. In the world of technology, chip is short for microchip. But you knew that. However, did you know that, a microchip is “the incredibly complex yet tiny module that stores computer memory or provides logic circuitry for microprocessors?” Now, that’ll rattle your vocabulary storage center! Whatis.techtarget.com,…
7.8% decrease in advertising sales in 2017! Why would advertisers finally be leaving TV for good? Because the viewers are leaving. Also for good. Largest Decrease in 20 years Television-advertising sales fell 7.8% in 2017. That was the largest decrease in Television advertising dollar spend in the last 20 years. Apparently, the first part of…
The awakening of the sleeping giant – China! The famous French General, Napoleon Bonaparte, remarked about China — “There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world.” China is awakening. One indication of China’s new alertness is the desire to no longer simply imitate the technology of…
Thx 4 d mmrs! That is text speak for the Bob Hope song from the 1938 movie, “Thanks for the memories.” And a strong mixture of old and new. Memories, I suppose. You may be marveling that I was able to render that old song phrase into modern text speak. No? Well, full disclosure is…
“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days” Daniel Pink provides this great descriptive of sluggish afternoons in his provocatively titled LinkedIN article, You’re more likely to screw up in the afternoon. Here’s how to stop afternoon errors. How severe is the problem? “Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics,…