What’s that Queen song that starts with a bang of drums and claps and more drum-bangs and claps, something like ‘dun-dun tach, dun-dun tach’? It’s a bummer. I can’t seem to recall the lyrics either. Nevermind, I’ll just hum it to my Google Assistant.

Ba-dum-tss!

Yeap. Google search now lets you search for songs by humming the tunes, similar to Shazam. What’s more, it uses machine learning to better understand and overcome any misspellings or typos too.

Here’s the best part, Google says you don’t have to be pitch-perfect to get the desired results. …

This is an experience based-piece. The intention isn’t to spew hatred against recruiters.

A few days back, I received a call from an organization — not going to name and shame — and this lady invites me for an interview. Then without a warning, she proceeds with an interview-like stance and starts shooting questions — interview-like questions. Having asked me about my experience and the role I play at my current organization she asks me the one question that really sets my mood off. The question that shouldn’t be asked. It should be a sin to ask this question. …

Virtual reality doesn’t quite need an introduction. Not today.

While VR can be bragged as a miracle, this miracle is inaccessible to most. A leading reason why virtual reality may not as celebrated as its sister technology ‘augmented reality’. Despite having made a fair share of contributions to the technological as well as non-technological space.

Since the term was first coined in the 80’s, it has come a long way. Today VR is being leveraged to train pilots, assist doctors, and help patients with PTSD among other wonders.

I’ll let the stats and facts on virtual reality take over from…

Augmented reality is hot in the mobile app development space right now. Well, it has been for quite some time now.

But don’t just hop on the augmented reality bandwagon because it is prudent to get an upgrade in line with the emerging technological trends of the market.

As a matter of fact, there’s plenty to reflect on.

While the market size of augmented reality technology is expected to hit a good 100 billion mark by the time we have entered 2024, many of the AR apps fail to deliver meaningful results.

Therefore, before you take the AR train downtown…

The world is slowly returning to the pre-pandemic color and bustle. Restaurants — dine-ins, QSRs etc. — and bars, and other businesses are reopening across the states. Although, for many businesses, the road to recovery might be long and harsh.

When the pandemic first hit, just like other industries, the restaurant industry took a hard hit too.

Many independent restaurants and dine-in restaurants were forced to shut down during the pandemic as they relied on dinning in for revenue. Some will likely stay shut down while others — quick-service restaurants — are forced to switch to delivery or takeout.

This…

TV shows and fiction aside, the present-day examples of basic AI are Google Voice, Cortana, Alexa, Siri, and chatbots. However, AI isn’t just limited to voice assistants, it’s turning tables in other domains and industries as well. Several restaurants for instance have bots for room service, serving food and carrying luggage.

Let’s take a look at some interesting and mind-bending stats and facts on this prevalent technology to give you a better idea of the direction the market for AI is headed.