Web, Internet and the Economy
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Open data European market: beyond maturity and towards consolidation
What is the state of open data in Europe? I wondered. To answer that question, I went to interview top open data expert, Jean-Marc Lazard, founder of Opendatasoft. Here are a few reflections derived from my reading of the state of play of European open data in 2019 published by the…
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Natural Language Processing Transcription for Journalists
I have been a Natural Language Processing (NLP) fiend for a long time. I havreshapede indeed used speech-to-text to write books and blog posts for close to 20 years. I discovered it once while visiting my GP and realising that he was using Dragon NaturallySpeaking to dictate to this computer.…
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AI : Europe Could Be Wiped Off The Map according to Cedric O
What is the state of AI in Europe seen from above? I attended the AI keynote of French secretary of State for digital Cedric O at the opening of the AI Paris 2019 conference, of which Visionary Marketing is a media partner. Thus, I listened carefully to his presentation, which covered…
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From serious games to Gaming as a Service for Education
Serious games have been on the agenda for a while. Disruptive learning solutions is a new technology company focussed that wants to take them one step further by creating video games for the business training marketplace. They are working in a number of areas including leadership and teamwork training. They…
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How to face the human challenges brought by AI? – Christian Clot
Facing the challenges of AI – Christian Clot Christian Clot is an extraordinary character. Both a researcher and an explorer, he spent 4 times 30 days in the most extreme places on the planet. I saw his videos and testimonies and was much impressed. How you could get out of…
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Data Ethics: data science must not be in the sole hands of experts
A great number of universities of the world propose courses about data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Isn’t it time they added data ethics on the agenda, at a time when tech giants like Facebook and Google — to name a few — have become familiar targets for the…
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Overview of GDPR implementation and the advent of ePrivacy in Europe
GDPR may seem a bit heavy at the seams, but ePrivacy might complicate things even further. “You are certainly a little tired of hearing about GDPR,” announced Armand Heslot of the French data privacy watchdog (CNIL), during the opening of his keynote on GDPR at the Paris Data Marketing fair on November 20,…
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All You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Tuition Fees In Business Education
A while ago Jean-François Fiorina delivered a speech on tuition fees in business Education, where he emphasized that education entails a cost. Once this fact is understood, it is wise enough to walk the roads of strategic thinking to timely secure funding options for tuition fees. This would ensure that each element…
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Machine Learning: Why businesses should use it
Innovation in machine learning (ML) offers many benefits to business data analytics. Businesses are able to benefit from ML because the algorithms that are used make accurate, data-informed choices. According to Forbes, by the year 2020, the Internet will have an estimated 1.7 megabytes of newly created data per second…
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Fashion Photography: When Computers Turns Mannequins into Models
The world of fashion photography for e-commerce is facing a problem: consumers. They are looking for more visuals (about ten in the Chinese market, and around five in Europe) to reassure themselves about the products they are about to purchase. The problem is that these visuals are expensive. People and…
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Real Estate: can you imagine buying your house online?
Buying your new house online? You must be thinking I’m kidding you? Real estate and digital seem so far away from each other. Buying a house online is so absurd for some of you. We buy shoes, electronics, or earphones online – and if we’re feeling too adventurous, maybe a couch. But…
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Online sales, fashion retail and digital: The Burberry case
What can we learn from Burberry in Fashion online sales ? I recently came across a study done by ContactLab which reveals some amazing facts about Fashion Retail merging with Digital. According to their study “Digitally driven in-store sales already account for 1/4 of retail revenues already. The study anticipates that by…
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