Tag: Microsoft
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Generative AI and Tesler’s Law
We talk a lot about the new innovations enabled through generative AI, but we haven’t talked as much about how we expect users to interact with AI applications. Because of the more unpredictable nature of generative AI, user interfaces will shift from deterministic to probabilistic user interfaces. In mathematics, a deterministic mathematical model is meant…
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Twitch and its appeal for Google and Microsoft
The other day I heard about the rumoured takeover of Twitch by Google for the handsome amount of $1 billion. I have to be honest; up until that point I had never heard about Twitch. Reason enough to look into Twitch and a possible ratio for Google willing to spend such a large amount of cash on…
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The main reasons behind Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility
On Monday, Google announced that it had acquired Motorola Mobility, the handset development arm of the telecommunications company for a price of $12.5 billion (£7.5 billion). Google was quick to assure the public that Motorola will be run as a separate division to Android. One of the main drivers of the success of Android is…
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Windows Phone 7: Microsoft mobile goes user-led!
Can Microsoft reverse its mobile fortunes? This week I learned about the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 operating system to be implemented into mobile devices by manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung. Where Microsoft’s previous operating systems were seen as aged and not particularly user-friendly, Windows Phone 7 seems to be breaking with old…
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