CES 2016: What I'ld give to be there!

CES 2016!!!

The prestigious Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the premier consumer electronic show (pun intended) of the world. It's one of those events I'ld give the world to attend.  Organized by the Consumer Technology Association, the CES is a global consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow that takes place every January in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 2016 edition was as exciting as ever! The top-guns as well as the new entrants were all on hand to display their prototypes and next-gen consumer products.

Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion

Every once in a while, we get a news so refreshing you begin to reimagine the current capabilities of technologies and the future prospects.

Before I proceed with this write-up, I must take a minute to give a big shout out to all those who dedicate all their time; Night and Day to conducting research and making all the innovation we admire today. We thank God and we thank you all!! You add hope to our existence!

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Amazon be designing and testing order delivery by drone while Yudala be delivering already! Big up, Yudala!

Yudala first!

 

Amazon, the US tech and retail giant, has been designing and working on a drone delivery project, Prime Air, for a while now. Amazon intends to deliver customer orders by drone within minutes in the near future, but guess what? Nigeria online e-commerce site has already delivered its first order by drone, right here in Lagos. Yea, cool, huh?

*Evil grin* Well, Yudala actually beat Amazon to the race many thanks to delays and strict US regulations.

Become a Deloitte apprentice by playing a game!

Become a Deloitte apprentice by playing a game!

Well, if you are my generation (generation Y) or better still, from the techie school of thought, then you will most likely agree with me that a lot of old things are still going on around here.

But hey, it's not an all gloomy picture; some important developments and changes in attitude are already taking place and these are inspiring. Deloitte, the professional services giant, is set to trial a process of selecting the best talent using a game. This disregards traditionally held beliefs of university education and academic excellence as proof of intelligence and I think this is wonderful.

This may not make any sense to the older generation, but if you recognize that a lot of Millennials currently see schooling as an unnecessary and stifling undertaking, then the logic in using this radical method of recruitment is not far fetched. We call it "radical" now, it may as well become the norm in the future.

Read full story here and here.

3-D printed human organs; Rejecting free internet in India? ; Mobile West Africa 2015; Snap pictures non-stop;

Hello buddies, it  has been another eventful week, thank God for the gift of life and the gift of science and technology!

3-D printed human organs

Do you remember this piece on  3-D printing? Well, although scientists have been 3-D printing human tissues for a while, see here also, lately there has been a buzz about the team at Cornell University printing a human ear (which is an organ; tissues make up organs).

Two Million Phones sold in a day; Smart Watches; US blocks Intel China upgrade; Apple jostling for exclusive tunes like Jay-Z

What a hectic week it has been for me as well as on the tech scene. I'm gonna keep it short and simple on this one.

Yep! you read the heading right, Xiaomi sold just over two million smartphones in one single day! that's crazy, right? Well, apparently, Xiaomi often called the apple of China, made $335 million (don't scream, pls) during its annual "Mi Fan Fest" selling a range of devices. The company is already one of the top electronics manufacturers in the world making smart watches, phones, TVs etc. Of course, its Chinese, what else did you expect?

  
Apple also debuted its much anticipated Apple smartwatch  and MacBook this week. The smartwatch was available for trial in select stores around the world, and trust Apples fans there's already a backlog of orders. But, hey a range of other companies also have smartwatches in the market already, including Samsung. Well, I haven't tried an Apple smart-watch yet, so I'm just gonna chill for the reviews to come in.

Well, Tianhe-2 located in China, has been the most powerful computer for a while now and China wanted to upgrade it. However, the upgrade was to use chips from Intel, a US manufacturer. Apparently, US has sighted fears over nuclear research to stop Intel from supplying China with the chips. Read story here. But trust China, they have decided to accelerate development of homegrown chipmakers to supply the needed chips. I think what this story speaks to is that regulatory risks are real! Do not neglect them.

Lastly, do you remember what happened with Jay-Z, Tidal and Spotify? Well, here's the story. Jay-Z and some other musicians including Madonna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Daft Punk, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Alicia Keys and Calvin Harris, floated their own music streaming service, Tidal. Well, apparently in order to boost sales, Jay-Z pulled his album, Reasonable Doubt, from Spotify, a dominant music streaming service, and put it exclusively on Tidal (talk about business guts!). Well, I think that might have just sparked a race for exclusive content. In recent news, Apple has joined the race, read here.

Muchas gracias!