Our Christmas episode was recorded under the auspices of Janus, the god of all things related to time. Now into the month named after him, the SmallDataForum reviews its predictions and looks at the year ahead. Will Europe ‘take back control’, or will commercial pressures curb big tech's enthusiasm? Will 2018 be the breakthrough year for chatbots and DPAs (digital personal assistants), both in business and personal use? How will continuous technological and economic transformations affect … [Read more...] about SDF Podcast 15 – Reining in tech: responsibility, regulation and education
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Amazon’s drone delivery service: not science fiction
A story that's all over the news web today is about Amazon's plans to start a delivery service that will get your package directly to your door straight from an Amazon fulfilment centre via a drone pilotless aircraft. No middlemen - no postal service, no couriers - just Amazon. And delivery within 30 minutes. Known as Amazon Prime Air, the service looks to be in an advanced planning stage - drones have been made and at least one test flight carried out - with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos saying that … [Read more...] about Amazon’s drone delivery service: not science fiction
Easy content-sharing to your Kindle
Some years ago, Amazon made my blog available as a subscription option for Kindle users. It would cost you 99 pence a month; in return, you'd get all my content delivered to your Kindle device (or Kindle app on your PC, smartphone or tablet) as it was published. Amazon's now introduced something perhaps more interesting - a 'send to Kindle' button for websites that lets you share specific content to your Kindle rather than get everything including things that might not interest you. And all … [Read more...] about Easy content-sharing to your Kindle
Subscribe to this blog with your Amazon Kindle
Do you use an Amazon Kindle, the wireless reading device launched in the US by Amazon in November 2007? If you do, I'm pleased to let you know that this blog, NevilleHobson.com, is now available in the Kindle store where you can subscribe and so have all the content with you wherever you use your Kindle (still no sign of the Kindle yet in the UK, though, nor anywhere else outside the US). The availability of my blog in the Kindle store is made possible by my relationship with Newstex - a news … [Read more...] about Subscribe to this blog with your Amazon Kindle