[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110207_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] This year’s Super Bowl commercials are relying on the power of social media. Companies like Volkswagen and Audi are using YouTube and Twitter to capitalize on the active audience. Volkswagen’s commercial is already a top viewed video on YouTube and Audi used Twitter contests to help drive Continue Reading →
IBM
IBM’s supercomputer Watson bested former champions in a practice round of Jeopardy. In development for four years, Watson can recognize human speech, evaluate a question and look through 200 million pages of content for an answer in three seconds. Watson’s artificial intelligence will soon challenge Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter for a million dollar prize. Continue Reading →

Intel & NVIDIA $1.5B Deal

NVIDIA & Intel
A six-year cross-licensing agreement for $1.5 billion has been signed between Intel and NVIDIA. The agreement will give Intel full access to NVIDIA’s patents. In return, NVIDIA will receive $1.5 billion over 6-years and retain access to Intel’s patents from a previous deal. The massive deal is good news for the consumer and the companies, Continue Reading →