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vrijdag, december 06, 2019

AWS re:Invent: service innovations and partnerships

AWS re:Invent (191202-06): see https://press.aboutamazon.com/press-releases

Apart from a number of compute and storage innovations, orders, new renewable energy projects and new fulfillment centers, here are the main novelties.

Services
  • Amazon Translate adds 22 languages (total 54; 2804 pairs)
  • Amazon Transcribe Medical, ML-based: allows physicians to dictate clinical notes and speech into accurate text in real time
  • AWS DeepComposer: AI music composer
  • Amazon Braket: quantum computing services
  • AWS Wavelength: to build applications that serve end-users with single-digit millisecond latencies over 5G
  • AWS Outposts: managed & configurable compute and storage racks (and databases, analytics, ML) built with AWS-designed hardware that allow customers to run compute and storage on-premise (in hybrid cloud), brings native AWS services, infrastructure and operating models to virtually any datacenter, co-location space or on-premises facility
  • AWS Local Zone in LA for single-digit latency; first customers: Netflix, FuseFX, Luma Pictures
Partnerships
  • With Formula One Group (Formula 1) for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) project to simulate the aerodynamics of cars while racing, for 2021 car design.
  • With Fox to enable a new cloud-based media production and delivery platform, a single platform will be used to deliver both traditional broadcast and D2C streaming services.
  • With Verizon, Vodafone Business, SKT, KDDI: to use AWS Wavelength for 5G edge computing.
  • With Novartis on digital transformation: reimagine core pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain and delivery operations, create Insight Centers that provide real-time visibility across its network of manufacturing operations & distribution centers.
  • With Slalom to build joint AWS | Slalom Launch Centers (Launch Centers): help customers migrate to cloud & modernize IT; first 3 centers in Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta.
  • With National Football League (NFL) to advance player health and safety using cloud and AI.

maandag, mei 13, 2019

Google I/O 2019: highlights

General

  • Focus on privacy.
AI

  • Launches AI Impact Challenge ($25M)
  • Demos Project Euphonia (understand the speech-impaired)
  • Improves Google Assistant (10x faster, to be added to Waze)
  • Expands Duplex to web (assistant for making restaurant or hairdresser reservations)
  • Improves Lens & adds to Google Maps
Android

  • Passes 2.5b active devices
  • Launches Android Q (beta #3; incl Project Mainline: deliver important code changes to specific internal OS components directly from Google Play)
  • Plans parental controls
  • Adds Live Caption for real-time subtitles
  • Works with Qualcomm on API improvement for 5G

Android TV

  • Enables one-click subscribing
  • Reaches 140 pay-TV operator integrations, 60% of smart TV manufacturers uses Android TV, total 1k content providers & 5k apps.
Devices

  • Launches Pixel 3a (5.6 inch, $400) & 3a XL (6 inch, $480), Nest Hub Max (10 inch screen, video camera, $230)
  • Considers foldable device
  • Rebrands Home Hub to Nest Hub (drops price to $130, expands to 12 more countries)
AR

  • To add AR to Google Maps (for Pixel users)
  • Google Search results in 3D AR
Privacy

  • Adds incognito mode to Google Maps
Search

  • To add podcasts

maandag, mei 14, 2018

Facebook restructuring into 3 divisions

3 Divisions

  • Family of Apps (CPO Chris Cox))
    • Facebook (Will Cathcart)
    • Instagram (CEO Kevin Systrom)
    • Messenger (Stan Chudnovsky)
    • WhatsApp (VP Chris Daniels)
  • New Platforms & Infrastructure (CTO Mike Schroepfer)
    • AI (Jerome Pesenti)
    • AR/VR (Andrew Bosworth)
    • Blockchain tech (David Marcus)
    • Engineering/Infra/Privacy (Jay Parikh)
  • Central Product Services (shared features across products & apps, VP of Growth Javier Olivan)
    • Ads (Mark Rabkin)
    • Analytics (Alex Schultz)
    • Integrity/growth/product management (Naomi Gleit)
Other
  • Establishes team to integrate privacy into products, 300 employees.
  • Rumor: plans cryptocurrency.
  • Appoints Jeff Zients to Board.
  • Rebrands Oculus Research to Facebook Reality Labs.

Google I/O 2018

New
  • Android Things (out of beta) for smart devices/IoT, with SDK for developers.
  • Demos Google Duplex (lets Google Assistant call businesses for info or reservation).
  • Launches Smart Displays: smart speaker with screen (from Lenovo, LG, Sony, JBL).
  • Launches Android P (Adaptive Battery, Adaptive Brightness, App Actions, Slices; based on AI), any order OEM partners timely security updates.
  • Launches Subscribe with Google (access all your paid content anywhere, including on Google Search, Google News & publishers’ sites).
  • Plans new chip Tensor Processor Unit 3.0 (requires liquid cooling in datacenters).
Updates
  • Google Assistant connects to >5k smart devices, adds Continued Conversations, adds 6 vioices (total 8) based on WaveNet tech.
  • Gmail adds Smart Compose (autocomplete mails), confidential mode (expiring mails) and offline mode.
  • Google Photos adds Suggested Actions (share with people in picture), turn photo into pdf, turn B&W or colorize.
  • Google Maps adds Google Assistant, adds navigation by Street View (AR), adds For You
  • Google Lens adds highlighting text & make copy, adds Style Match, to be part of top-end Android phones
  • Google News adds AI for personalised feeds.
  • Android Auto adds RCS, Google Assistant, partners with Audi & Volvo (integrate voice search and maps into vehicles).

donderdag, oktober 05, 2017

Google launch event: Pixel 2/2 XL, Pixel Buds, Clips, Home Mini/Max, Pixelbook, Pixelbook Pen

Google launches new hardware & software/AI.

Hardware
  • Smart speakers
    • Google Home Mini ($50)
    • Google Home Max ($400; with Smart Sound (adjusts to positioning in the room), Voice Match (identifies user))
  • Laptop
    • Google Pixelbook (from $1000, 3 versions; with 12.3 inch touchscreen)
  • Smart pen
    • Google Pixelbook Pen ($100; for Pixelbook)
  • Smartphones
    • Google Pixel 2 (5 inch; $650 or 750 for 64 or 128 GB)
    • Google Pixel 2 XL (6 inch; $850 or 950 for 64 or 128 GB)
    • work with Project Fi, eSIM, Android 8.0 Oreo, Active Edge (squeeze to activate Assistant)
    • unlimited free photo/video storage
    • Google Lens, Now Playing
    • accessories (incl. certification program for 3rd party manufacturers 'made for Google')
  • New Daydream View headset ($100)
    • currently over 250 apps & games
    • AR/VR for Pixel 2/2 XL: AR Stickers, AR apps (Houzz, League of Legends, Lego)
  • Headphones
    • Google Pixel Buds ($160; wireless)
  • Camera
    • Google Clips ($250; 8 GB; lightweight hands-free camera, control via app, makes clips, unlimited free storage)
Software/AI
  • Google Assistant (on all devices) to add
    • choice of voices (choice of 2)
    • Family Link (game playing)
    • manage home routines
    • transactions (starting with 1-800-Flowers, Applebee’s, Panera, Ticketmaster)
    • broadcast (to all Google Homes)
    • Nest control
  • Identification/recognition
    • Google Pixelbook Pen: handwriting
    • Google Clips: faces
    • Google Lens: landmarks, books, music albums, movies, artwork
    • Now Playing: songs
    • Real-time translation in Google Translate on Pixel: speech