All that and a bag of chips

Google is many things to many people. They’re one of the top search engines in the world, they’re the creators of the Android operating system for mobile phones, and they’re responsible for Blogger, the platform on which this site is hosted. And the list goes on.

But the Alphabet-operated juggernaut is about to expand into a new area – computer chips. On May 19, Google announced that the future of their organization will rely on a custom-designed chip that will power artificial intelligence systems. 

The past few years have seen Google undergo an unprecedented evolution from a search engine service to a relative giant in the realms of technology and IT. This progress has many people wondering just what they’ll do or create next.

While Google firmly believes that AI is the future of personal computing and user experience, should the creation of these new chips have companies like Intel and NVIDIA scrambling to maintain their market share?

Read more here:
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/googles-making-chips-now-time-intel-freak/

Shopping in the digital age

There is no question that as technology evolves at an exponential rate, so too does the shopping experience. Even just 10 years ago, online shopping was seen as almost a novelty and hardly the norm. People wanted be in the store and experience the item in question. Touch it, try it, and take it for a spin. How quickly things have changed. Here are 3 more ways technology is shifting our shopping landscape. 

Read more here:
 http://www.socialmediatoday.com/technology-data/re-imagining-retail-3-ways-digital-technology-changing-way-we-shop