Alexa Looks for a New Job
Deep-pocketed Amazon is making cuts to the digital assistant after losing up to $5 billion a year in a largely successful effort to boost usage. Is a move to another division of the e-commerce juggernaut in the offing?
Financial Analysts Fail to Meet their Expectations over Zoom
In newsletter #14, we analyze Zoom’s incredible business story of the last two years, discuss Apple’s iPhone 14 improvements, and share the latest personnel news at Verb
To make machines more human, learn humanities
In his 1998 book “The inmates are running the asylum”, software consultant Alan Cooper points out that computers are often hard to use because they… Read More »To make machines more human, learn humanities
Have You Ever Read App Terms and Conditions? Smart
Neither have we. A Norwegian group staged a marathon TV session reading for almost 32 hours the terms and conditions of the 33 most… Read More »Have You Ever Read App Terms and Conditions? Smart
A Gambler’s Dream Comes True, and Ours Too: Software Picks Winning Horse
Imagine a fantasy world, one in which you have a device that tells you the winning horse, lottery ticket or number at the roulette. Now… Read More »A Gambler’s Dream Comes True, and Ours Too: Software Picks Winning Horse
It’s Not You; It’s the Software
Software is causing people to snap. It is happening even to those who were born in the Internet era. The smartphones appear not to respond… Read More »It’s Not You; It’s the Software
Odes to Computers
WordPress users might have been surprised to see the blogging platform’s motto “Code is poetry.” This seems a quirky way for WordPress programmers to express… Read More »Odes to Computers