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05 January, 2016

Google's new "Spotlight Stories" showcases new kinds of interactive 3D videos

Google has released an interactive video called "Special Delivery" that shows you more of the film as you move your phone around.

Watch the video on your phone here and explore the "Easter Eggs," you can only see on the YouTube app, as you move the phone. The video also has been designed to work with Google Cardboard, a simple DIY box that turns a smartphone into a 3D virtual reality device.

Teaching Machines To See and Understand

A new blog post from Facebook's Artificial Intelligence team shows how it is working to build smart systems that can enhance people's lives. Watch this video to learn about how we're approaching AI research and the impact this work is already having.

How chat-based assistants are now organising our lives like our very own personal assistants

The chat-based assistant apps are rapidly evolving to leverage Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities in order to ensure a better customer experience.

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Google Rolls out New Features for “Now on Tap”

Google’s “Now on Tap”, allows users to access additional information while in mobile apps. In the new Android M (Marshmallow) release, it allows users to access information about movies, celebrities, restaurants and more without having to navigate away from in-use apps. It also is able to pull flight statuses, package tracking information and news articles related to the subject being viewed. Google is positioning Now on tap to make your phone a little bit smarter and help you get things done quicker and in far fewer steps.

Google Announces New Object Identification API

In December, Google released its Cloud Vision API. Which enables developers to build powerful applications that can see, and more importantly understand, the content of images. By using Google’s “machine learning”, developers can identify inanimate objects, faces and even emotions displayed in images. This means developers can incorporate image recognition functionality into apps, robots and drones. In a sense, the technology allows apps and devices to “see” and understand human attributes. With the ability to recognize objects and perform sentiment analysis, developers will be able to take intuitive experiences to a whole new level.

Hilton Will Allow Guests to Use Their Smartphone as a Room Key

Hilton announced a program that it will allow guests to use their smartphones to unlock their hotel rooms. Hilton joins other major hotel chains, including Starwood and Marriott, as it begins testing mobile check-in and mobile keycard functionality this month in select locations. Already, guests have checked in with a mobile device 5 million times. The program is expected to roll out to all loyalty members in the first quarter of 2016 at which point the Hilton app will open doors (using Bluetooth tech) for 170,000 rooms across 250 United States Hilton hotel properties.

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