Just over a year ago, Google patented robot personality that involves giving robotics personalities based on fictional characters, loved ones or even yourself. Could this be the next radical invention that transforms the society we live in? Could humanoids live and work alongside us? The possibilities of implementing robotics with personality into society are endless. Here are a few:Robots in the workforceWith service skills and personalities in place, robots could replace many customer service,..... Continue reading...

Straight out of spy movies and into everyday life – biometrics in the form of biometric authentication could become part of everyday life in the near future. We’ve already seen biometric authentication in the form of facial and fingerprint recognition inbuilt in our latest phones. However, it’s only a matter of time till it shapes how we pay for food, transfer important data and make bank transfers. As individual biometric attributes are nearly impossible to duplicate, the benefits with regards ..... Continue reading...

Only five years ago, the taxi industry was powerful enough to lobby local governments for a virtual monopoly on private ground transportation. Taxi licenses were scarce, companies were highly profitable and no competition seemed to be emerging to challenge the status quo. Now, following the release of ride-sharing applications like Uber and Lyft across the world, taxi companies are struggling to keep up with the competition. Disrupted by new, agile business models that reduced consumer prices wh..... Continue reading...

You may have seen the term 'AMP' floating around the web over the last year but, being an open-source project, it needs a bit of explaining before it's applicable. AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages, Google's framework for improving the performance of the mobile web. It's designed to allow sites to increase the speed at which a mobile page loads without sacrificing ads. These open technical standards ultimately lead to a better user experience for your audience and higher traffic for your m..... Continue reading...

Just a single year after its launch, in the Autumn of 1999, there were already 3.5 million search queries being submitted to Google on a daily basis. Today, there are 2.3 million searches conducted every second. If your business’s website is within the first five results for any query submitted by people with clear intentions of spending money, then you are truly blessed. On the other hand, if your business’s website is on the fourth page, then it may as well be on Page 40. For the amb..... Continue reading...