Augmented reality goes to the Superbowl; Cisco commits to the Internet of Things with a billion-dollar embrace (even as IBM belatedly embraces the cloud); the staying power of the sharing economy is questioned; and more …
- As Google’s head of AI becomes the head of the company, Google search is primed to get smarter. (Richard Nieva, c|net)
- Cisco commits to the Internet of Things with a $1.4 billion purchase of Jasper Technologies. (Ari Levy, CNBC)
- Take a walk through Salvador Dali’s paintings via virtual reality video. (Lee Moran, The Huffington Post)
- Disney files to patent drone-based projection system. (Greg Sandoval, GeekWire)
- Is the sharing economy a fleeting innovation? (Vikram Mansharamani, PBS)
- Left with no other choice, IBM embraces the cloud. (Cade Metz, Wired)
- Are you curious what watching the Super Bowl with Microsoft’s HoloLens might be like? (Frederic Lardinois, TechCrunch)
- Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, gets more integrated. (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)
- Augmented reality startup Magic Leap gets $793 million investment via new round of funding led by Alibaba. (Adario Strange, Mashable)
- Visa gives software developers access to its payments technology. (Karl Flinders, ComputerWeekly.com)