Kate Mollett http://linkedin.com/in/kate-mollett-8795a535 “The increasing importance of data adds three very real risks to companies – downtime, compliance and security. The volume of sales fell by 1,4% year-on-year; the first negative annual growth rate since February 2017. On the other hand Black Friday boosted sales to 2,9% year-on-year in terms of volume. Google Trends shows…
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Facebook’s AI team maps the whole population of Africa
“The project will eventually map nearly the whole world’s population,’ Facebook said in a blog post. Luckily, this sort of task — tedious but simple — is perfect for AI. To automate this process, Facebook’s engineers used data from open-source mapping project Open Street Map to train a computer vision system that can recognize buildings…
Don’t miss these thrilling topics at the Digital Retail Forum 2019 – Johannesburg, South Africa
“On 30 January 2019, IT News Africa will host the Digital Retail Forum 2019 at the Hilton Sandton located in Johannesburg, South Africa. This highly anticipated event will cover the theme of “Harnessing Digital Technology for Next-Level Customer Centred Retailing.” To add to list, DRF2019 will also place a major focus on how emerging technologies such as Ai,…