Rhiza, provider of an online big data analytics platform, has launched Rhizabot, an intelligent virtual assistant for business users. The product has a conversational interface, like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, that enables users to ask business questions and receive clear answers quickly. The Rhizabot tool marries natural language processing and artificial intelligence with Rhiza’s […]

Google Now, the intelligent personal assistant bundled into Android and Google’s search application, is already adept at bringing you the information you need at the right time, whether that’s traffic alerts, event reminders, sports scores, stock updates, weather, flight info, and much more. But one area where Google Now falls a little short is in customizing the

Comcast’s Matt Strauss Comcast/Business Insider/Hollis Johnson Comcast doesn’t believe that the future of TV is apps. That’s according to executive VP Matt Strauss, who heads up video services. The reason Strauss is skeptical, beyond presumably not wanting to give up power to the likes of Apple, is that he sees an “app” as a metaphor for

(Bloomberg) — For most people, the loud noise of an open office or airplane registers as nothing more than a slight annoyance or distraction. But these sounds can have a real impact on our ability to do our jobs. They can even serve as a direct line to the nervous system and are capable of wresting