Telenor Pakistan’s Digital Accelerator Program, Telenor Velocity, has opened for applications from start-ups for its 7th Cohort. As a part of this program, Telenor Velocity will guide, support and mentor start-ups using Telenor Pakistan’s experts, analytics and access to scaling opportunities over a period of four months. The world is going through radical transformation, and Telenor Pakistan is on the lookout for founders who are embracing the constraints and letting their innovation create solutions using technology. Start-ups that specialise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Blockchain, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Internet of Things (IOT) can particularly benefit from this opportunity, as this cohort brings along with it the experts and tools necessary for building impactful, modern solutions. The cohort selects start-ups that have been in the market for more than two years and offers them scaling opportunities through Telenor Pakistan’s digital assets. Must Read: Red Bull Campus Clutch launches in Pakistan Speaking at the development, Khurrum Ashfaque, Chief Operating Officer Telenor Pakistan said “Entrepreneurs are essential to the growth and development of Pakistan’s economy and are the key to bring innovative solutions into the market. Telenor Velocity aims to nurture and mentor start-ups that use technology as an enableracross various verticals which is Telenor Pakistan’s expert domain. We are living in the start-up generation with increasing digitalisation by the day. These tech based new businesses need a platform to jet start their ventures that not only enable solutions for the society but also puts Pakistan on the map for innovation through technology.” The 7th cohort is accepting applications from start-ups focusing on verticals such as Fin-tech, Ed-tech, Agri-tech, Health-tech, Entertainment/Content/Media, Gaming, Inclusion, E-commerce, Smart Cities and Connectivity. Due to the pandemic, the cohort will be run on a hybrid model with physical and online meetings. Launched in 2016, the accelerator has to date conducted 6 cohorts, with 32 graduated start-ups, 4+ Pilot Runs, $40,000 Pilot Investment, and $3 million investment raised by Telenor Velocity start-ups. To apply for Telenor Velocity’s 7th Cohort, please fill out the application form (https://gust.com/programs/telenor-velocity-cohort-7). Last date to apply: April 3rd, 2021.
UNESCO-Huawei Partnered to Provide Artificial Intelligence Training for academic Institutions
The UNESCO Regional Office for East Africa has partnered with Huawei Technologies (Kenya) Co., LTD to train faculty members from universities and colleges that are in the early stages of career and eager to formulate and integrate AI into their teaching course as part of their courses in countries in the East Africa region. Developing countries in East Africa will be able to reap the rewards of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and overcome the skills shortage that hinders their national innovation systems. Through this initiative, new out-of-the-box education and training techniques that value interdisciplinary skills and creative thinking, in order to produce a technically savvy and innovative workforce, have been developed in countries of ‘East Africa. They will also adopt what they have learned from this training in their curriculum to bring more young workers into new technologies. Similar Program is launched by Huawei for Pakistan in which Many University graduate took benefit out of it. Must Read: Powerhouse duo – Syra Yousuf and Asim Azhar revealed as OPPO F17 Pro’s product ambassadors UNESCO Regional Office for East Africa and Huawei announced their collaboration to improve digital skills and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) at the HUAWEI CONNECT summit in Shanghai, China in 2019 Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office for East Africa announced the partnership during her speech at the Summit. She stressed the importance of building digital skills in Africa and the tremendous opportunities offered by technology to improve the quality and accessibility of education: “I commend Huawei’s TECH4ALL initiative for focusing on technology in benefit people and launch this initiative to ensure that no one is left behind, especially those in the most remote areas. UNESCO East Africa is delighted to work with Huawei on this initiative. The current training program is the second in the series with the Huawei ICT Academy program under this cooperation agreement. This training program is a one-week program with introduction to Python programming; Foundation of deep learning; image and speech recognition programming with human-machine dialogue programming. The morning sessions are devoted to theoretical sessions and those in the afternoon to online experiments. At the end of the training, there was an online certification exam, where successful trainees received Huawei HCIA-AI certification to become certified AI professionals.
Telenor reveals 20 Technology Trends that will shape 2020
Bjørn Taale Sandberg, Head of Telenor Research, revealed during his latest visit to Pakistan, the 20 technology trends that will shape the year 2020. Like the previous year, this year’s technology trends, as projected by Telenor Group’s research arm, will take a prominent lead in developing the global digital ecosystem supported by cellular service providers, device makers, and internet companies. The Technology Trends 2020 were revealed and discussed during an interactive session at Telenor Pakistan Headquarters 345. According to Telenor Research, real green innovations will eventually go beyond the hype by combining Big Data, AI (Artificial Intelligence) tech, and IoT(Internet of Things) to significantly contribute towards protecting the environment. So far, there has been more of an industrial use of IoT than public and in 2020, the technology will get closer to people to become ‘Internet of Bodies’ with connected health, medical, and communications devices attached to human bodies. While 2019 was the year of 5G testing, another tech trend projects 2020 to be the year of widespread 5G launches; the combination of 5G, IoT, and AI will also spur industry collaborations that share competence and co-create world-changing platforms. “Many of the trends we spotlight for next year show innovation charging ahead faster than ever, enabled by more access and more demand, as well as by revolutionary new tech platforms and socio-political forces,” says Bjørn Taale Sandberg, Head of Telenor Research. “At the same time,other trends suggest we are having a common technological epiphany, a kind of digital realisation. People are waking up and examining how and where technologies, including AI, Machine Learning, IoT, and new network innovations will best and most securely connect them with the people and things that matter most.” Must Read: TCL joins hands with Peshawar Zalmi for PSL 2020 With more people waking up to the fact that companies make their money from user data by using it to sell tailored advertisements, 2020 will be a year where people start to become more cautious about sharing their personal information on digital platforms. Sardar Mohammad Abubakr, Chief Digital & Strategy Officer Telenor Pakistan, shared how there would be an increase in competition to earn customer trust related to data they share on digital platforms and also commented on other tech trends including better entertainment content by the streaming giants, more and more global players increasing competition in the mobile/console gaming space, and increasing debate around ethical AI & regulation of big tech companies. “The increased access and demand of technological solutions are helping these trends take shape and drive development of the digital ecosystem faster than ever before,” said Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan and Head of Emerging Asia Cluster Telenor Group. “In this age of digitisation, we anticipate how the technologies and trends will impact people and we aim to connect them to solutions that matter the most to them. Telenor Pakistan’s capability to provide innovative solutions and the identification of these trends enables us to stay ahead of the game and increase our speed to market.” Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Major General Amir Azeem Bajwa (R), also spoke on the occasion. While delivering his closing remarks, Chairman PTA said, “PTA is playing pivotal role in the growth and development of telecom sector in Pakistan.” He stated that “PTA is facilitating in the provision of high quality and latest ICT services to the consumers. Technology trends forecasted by Telenor are becoming more and more pertinent and relevant to Pakistan and he thanked Telenor Pakistan for charting out the expected technological advancements for long term development of the country.” Telenor Research is Telenor Group’s corporate unit for scientific research which plays a key role in providing insight and competence that enable Telenor to become a software and data-driven company.
Bank Islami (BI) Goes (AI) Artificial Intelligence
Bank Islami (BI) – already recognized as The Most Innovative Bank in Pakistan – raises the bar and steps boldly into the future! BI becomes the First Financial Institution in Pakistan to have customer-interactive service capabilities Powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). BI has consistently pioneered technological progress in the Banking Industry. It believes in customer love as the lead indicator of success and use of innovative services to achieve that objective. In this regard, BI has signed an Agreement with BaseH Technologies introducing cutting-edge automated customer facilitation through its ditigal properties powered by AI. Must Read: The magnetic north pole has crossed the main meridian Syed Amir Ali, President and CEO, BI, Mr. AnisUddin Sheikh, CEO, BaseH, Mr. Bilal Fiaz, Head CB, BI, Syed Fahad Bin Tariq, Head Marketing and Mr. Khurram Schehzad, Director, BaseH, were present at the ceremony, amongst others. BI’s leadership strongly believes in rapid technological advancement as the key to its continuous success! With a network of more than 330 branches in over 114 cities nationwide, BankIslami Pakistan Ltd. was the first Islamic commercial bank to receive the Islamic banking license under the Islamic banking policy of 2003 from State Bank of Pakistan on March 31, 2005. The Bank started its operations from 7 April 2006 and offers Shariah compliant retail banking, investment banking, consumer banking, and trade finance products.
Why Technology move on Artificial Intelligence?
First of all we don’t know properly what is technology and how can we use the technology but last few years peoples have sense what is technology and how can used it. How it possible through social media platform now a day any second person have account on social media like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter Tiktok etc. Technology move on Artificial Intelligence. So now a day revolution of technology world. Many technology companies move on AI because upcoming days its demand very high people like it AI technology because many options of device or other technology things people don’t know but AI performed the function smoothly and work is so easy without interrupt of man power. Must Read: New LG Gram Lineup Proves That Portability, Performance and Battery Life Can Coexist What is AI? Mostly people just know AI but not know the function of AI so we try to describe the AI. If you go last previous year than technology is simple technology like a old model of mobile phone Nokia 3310 it’s a famous model of mobile phone in this technology user can call or messages to other person but not use internet etc in this mobile but technology move on and launch latest technology mobiles in this mobile we can use internet also social media but not run smoothly and its cameras results just average but technology move on and build latest tech devices and faster devices in this devices we used social media emailing browsing etc easily and faster as compeer to previous devices but now a day tech companies move AI. Fist Innovation of AI is Sophia Robot Sophia launch Good Global Summit in Geneva 2018. Its amazing invention of Scientist because Sophia robot same like human in sense of brain means we can ask any question of Sophia its answering like a human so AI is a best revelation of technology world. So other companies decided why should not move on AI than he launch AI technology on mobiles cameras its another amazing innovation because with the help of AI mobile camera automatically set function like color mange light mange different effect manage automatically and click picture without interrupt of human touch so its is amazing revelation of tech world and companies move on AI and in future Sophia robot in our hand in shape of mobiles.
“Artificial Intelligence can boost education efficiency, Jibran Jamshad, Microsoft Country Education Lead for Pakistan
The Middle East and Africa has reached a key chapter in its education story. Up until now, the conversation around education has revolved primarily around improving the standard of education across the region. But as digital transformation continues to sweep across the globe, there’s a unique window of opportunity to fast-forward to a completely revolutionised era of education.” These thoughts were expressed by Jibran Jamshad, Microsoft Country Education Lead for Pakistan. He further explained that for years, the general level of education across the region has been improving at a steady pace. “According to the World Bank, the average level of schooling in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) has quadrupled since 1960, with the rate of illiteracy having almost halved. At the same time, statistics tell us that the region has made significant strides when it comes to school enrollment. But despite this progress, the general standard of education across the region still varies significantly, with many countries yet to attain the level of learning to which they aspire”, he added. Must Read: Team Pakistan Debuts at Global Clean-Tech Business Idea Competition Research shows in many cases curriculums favour an approach to education based on rote learning, which means students are not always exposed to 21st century skills, such as working in teams, problem solving and innovation. Skill sets such as these are only going to become more important as automation begins to replace lower-skill jobs. Recent Microsoft research conducted in collaboration with McKinsey & Company’s Education Practice shows that by 2030, the fastest growing occupations will require higher-level cognitive skills in areas such as collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. Already as many as 30 to 40 percent of jobs in growth industries require soft skills Though the need for social-emotional skills is clear, teachers don’t always feel adequately equipped to teach these skills. And to build crucial cognitive, social and emotional skills, educators need training, technologies and time. Technology can play a critical role in helping to overcome these challenges – AI, in particular, has significant potential to increase the efficiency of education, whether by freeing up educators’ time or helping them develop a more student-centred approach to learning. Microsoft’s research shows technology can free up as much as 30 percent of teachers’ time, making it easier for them to respond to individual and group needs. And the same study shows students who receive personalised instruction perform better than 98 percent of traditionally taught students. AI-enabled tools are also far more easily accessible than educators might realise. Those found in Microsoft Office 365, for example, are available in programmes such as Word, OneNote and PowerPoint, meaning they are free and easy to use. Immersive Reader, for example, helps students with learning differences such as Dyslexia build reading confidence. Students can use features like Line Focus, which reduces visual crowding and highlights text to improve readability. On the more sophisticated end of the spectrum, AI can provide educators with greater insight as to how students are progressing so they can adjust their approach, supporting students’ individual needs. Many schools have improved the academic interaction between students and educators through applications like OneNote and Teams. The tools not only promote better collaboration and productivity, but also enhanced interaction between the students and their teachers. The schools digital transformation has a strong impact on student performance, from day-to-day activities to official exams, completely transforming the entire learning journey. These technologies are particularly effective in breaking down the barriers in communication between students of different abilities. By drawing on AI, these tools can help ensure every student has a voice. Even simple AI-enabled features like those found in Office 365 can help tertiary-level students with their academic pursuits. PowerPoint Editor, for example, draws on machine learning and natural language processing, enabling students to proof read their content more effectively. The tool even provides helpful suggestions as to how students should refine their style of writing.
Jazz and Afiniti to Enhance Customer Experience Using Artificial Intelligence
Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company, and Afiniti, a multinational advanced analytics company, have partnered to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions in customer service contact centers across Pakistan, fostering significant gains in customer satisfaction and revenues. As part of its long-term commitment to meet and exceed customer satisfaction, Jazz engaged Afiniti to use their AI powered contact center technology to optimize call outcomes at Jazz’s customer service contact centers. By analyzing call histories and other CRM data, Afiniti’s algorithm predicts patterns of interpersonal behavior and matches callers with Jazz’s contact center agents best equipped to serve them. “Industries globally are advancing rapidly thanks to AI and we wanted to use this technology for the benefit of our customers,” saidAamir Ibrahim, CEO Jazz. “Afiniti’s solution is intuitive, seamless and measurable, and a part of Jazz’s broader customer obsession motto. It’s one of many ways we’re creating consistently positive experiences for our subscribers and driving revenue.” “Afiniti is the world’s premier provider of applied artificial intelligence solutions, having delivered billions of dollars in measurable economic value to its clients around the world. We are proud to partner with Jazz to deliver similar value and enhanced customer experience to the largest mobile provider in Pakistan.” said Zia Chishti, CEO Afiniti. Must Read: Dettol hydrates this winter with the launch of the new ‘Soothe’ range Afiniti uses AI to identify subtle and valuable patterns within human interaction to pair customers and employees out of sequence on the basis of behavior. Pairing in this way transforms the quality of interpersonal interactions, driving measurable increases in enterprise profitability and customer success metrics. Typically, customers contacting a business are routed to the first available contact center agent regardless of fit. With Afiniti, callers are routed to the agent most likely to deliver a positive experience, in turn improving the company’s efficiency (average handle time, first call resolution), increasing revenue (sales conversion, up-sells and cross-sells, retention) and improving customer and agent satisfaction (NPS).
LG Set To Define Future of Artificial Intelligence at New North American Ai Research Labs
Global innovator LG Electronics Inc. (LG) is poised to define the future of artificial intelligence (AI) for consumers and businesses in the years ahead with the establishment of a major new AI research presence in North America in collaboration with leaders in academia and start-ups. This week marks the launch of the new LG Electronics AI Research Labin Canada,an extension of the newly expanded LG Silicon Valley AI Lab in Santa Clara, California. Supporting LG’s vision of AI as a key future growth engine, the North American labs further enhance LG’s global research capabilities, which include AI labs in South Korea, India and Russia. In addition, LG is entering into a new research partnership with the University of Toronto, which is recognized worldwide for its AI and machine learning expertise, particularly in the area of deep learning. “AI will ultimately touch everybody’s lives, transforming the way we live, work and play,” said LG Electronics President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. I.P. Park. “Early implementations of AI in connected devices today are setting the stage for tomorrow’s smart cities, smart homes, smart businesses and smart devices, all with capabilities that no one has even dreamed of yet.” He said theNorth American labsand LG’s research partnership with the University of Toronto will play a key role in developing source technologies defining that future. Under its five-year, multi-million-dollar research partnership with the University of Toronto, LG will build on its Open Platform-Open Partnership-Open Connectivity strategy to expand the AI ecosystem. The new lab will capitalize on the expertise of researchers at the University of Toronto who will now have the opportunity to work collaboratively with LG’s growing U.S. and Canadian AI R&D teams. Complementing this work, LG intends to collaborate with and invest in North American start-ups. Must Read: PepsiCo Foundation announces $100,000 grant to World Food Programme for school-going girls in KPK University of Toronto President Meric Gertler views LG as an exciting new partner for AI research. “The University of Toronto looks forward to partnering with an innovative global company like LG as our researchers continue to advance the boundaries of artifi-cial intelligence. The presence of such leading, multi-national firms in our innovation ecosystem strengthens opportunities for our faculty, students and start-up companies across a whole range of disciplines.” Echoing President Gertler’s views, Dr. Park said, “AI solutions based on deep learning will revolutionize how we interact with the world around us, in new seamless ways that use contextual data from things like biometrics, emotions, gestures and of course voice.” He went on to explain the three main pillars of LG’s AI strategy: “The first is the ability to evolve with time, so the more you use our products, the better they evolve to meet your specific needs. The second is the ability to integrate AI into diverse touchpoints – to have a seamless, consistent user experience across the entire LG product portfolio, from connected appliances and TVs to connected cars and smartphones. The third is openness; our strategy is to provide the best AI experience forLG customers, leveraging the complementary capabilities of leading partners across the ecosystem,” Dr. Park explained.
LG ELECTRONICS EXPANDS INVESTMENTS IN ROBOT INNOVATORS
LG Electronics’ recent investment in US-based Bossa Nova Robotics marks the first overseas investment in a robotics partner by LG following a number of deals with Korean startups over the past year. In total, LG has committed over USD 90 million to robotics startups in the first 12 months of its investment initiative. Bossa Nova Robotics is the leading provider of real-time, on-shelf product data for the global retail industry which helps run large-scale retail stores efficiently by automating collection and analysis of on-shelf inventory data. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has been testing Bossa Nova’s shelf-scanning robots in a number of stores since last year. The funding of Boss a Nova follows LG’s investments in four other Korea-based robotics companies: Acryl, SG ROBOTICS, Robotis and Robostar: Must Read: Xiaomi announces Redmi S2 and Redmi Note 5 in Pakistan Acryl Inc., founded by a team of academics from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is a 7-year-old cognitive computing company providing the integrated artificial intelligence(AI) platform called “Jonathan” which can recognize human emotions and meanings from text, speech and image based on big data and deep learning to realize real-life AI. SG ROBOTICS is a start-up company that develops wearable robots to assist people with mobility challenges, including paraplegics and neuromuscular disease patients. The company was founded in 2017 to deliver “Robots For Better Life” and is working on commercializing a wearable robot for children. SG ROBOTICS’ Walk ON Suit won a bronze medal in the first Cybathlon in 2016 and was the first torch bearer at the Pyeong Chang 2018 Paralympics. Robotis specializes in robotic solutions and educational robots. It is recognized for its proprietary smart actuators used in multi-jointed robots and produces hardware such as controllers and sensor modules to robot programming software. Robostar is a manufacturer of industry robots. Its mission is to be a one-stop solution provider for companies involved in industries such as mobile, display, automobile and semiconductor. These investments complement LG’s own efforts to bring service robots to market in the very near futureto become a core growth engine for the company. LG has already deployed a numberofrobots in Koreafor trial service, with its Guide Robot and Cleaning Robot dispatched to assisttravelers at South Korea’s largest airport during the winter games in PyeongChang. Earlier this year at CES, LG introduced three newCLOi concept robots specifically developed for commercial use inhigh-trafficlocations such as hotels and supermarkets. LG’s CLOi robots are being developed in parallel to ThinQproducts, LG’s AI brand for consumer electronics and home appliances. “Robotics, as a key component of our ThinQ AI strategy, is a critical future growth opportunityfor LG,” said Kim Sungwook, vice president of the global open innovation division atLG Electronics. “LG is committed to expanding its robotics capabilities through investments in innovative partners as well as intense R and D efforts from within.”
Microsoft Pakistan and P@SHA sign partnership for cloud based trainings
Microsoft Pakistan and P@SHA sign partnership for cloud based trainings. As part of Microsoft’s worldwide efforts to empower people along with organizations, across a variety of industries and verticals, it is driving ‘digital transformation’ as a means for achieving economic prosperity. By boosting a company’s productivity through cloud computing, Microsoft believes that organizations that are enabled with cloud computing will be more innovative and capture new business worldwide. Digital transformation is a digital eco-system that can present untapped opportunities for a variety of organizations such as governments, community and business leaders who want to increase their export capabilities along with attracting foreign investment. Microsoft has a long history of partnering with governments, businesses and individuals to make technology accessible to the younger generation. Further to these goals, Microsoft’s vision to use Azure as a way to democratize artificial intelligence (AI) will help companies to build cloud fueled AI based solutions across the globe. Throughout Pakistan, Microsoft has led initiatives to support digital transformation. As a partner led company, Microsoft relies on local economies to create considerable growth across the digital domain. Microsoft Pakistan is steadfastly pursing a cloud readiness strategy for the future within Pakistan. Amongst these initiatives Microsoft Pakistan has signed a partnership with P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) that will introduce a new universe of cloud computing with specialized courses and certificates. The participants can connect with experts and meet like-minded cloud enthusiasts with the help of these courses specifically designed for them. They can get acquainted with insights on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and opportunities for start-ups plus come to know about the success stories. Microsoft‘s cloud platform can help the participants acquire the tools to achieve Digital transformation. This will enable them to empower their customers and help them grow their business. The courses that will be offered by Microsoft Pakistan for this partnership are: – Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, Migrating Workloads to Azure, Data Science Essentials, DevOps for developers –Getting started and Artificial Intelligence. Must Read: Microsoft and HEC organize ‘Academic Day’ at Sukkur IBA University “Microsoft’s vision is to enable and empower individuals and organizations through technology. We create robust platforms that our partners and customers use to solve business challenges. We are focusing on building a strong ISV and startups ecosystem and ensuring that they are ready on new digital skills including cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, big data and IOT. Partnership with P@SHA is in line with our mutual goal of enabling the ISV ecosystem” said Abid Zaidi, Microsoft Pakistan Country Manager. He then added “In order to scale and have the required impact, we are keen to further collaborate and forge similar partnerships. I see these technology-driven alliances will go a long way in nurturing fresh efforts for nation-building.” P@SHA Secretary General Shehryar Hydri said, “Microsoft Pakistan is very active and committed to the local market and this partnership around their cloud solutions will not only upskill our local workforce but also enable tech companies to expand outside Pakistan and scale aggressively.” Microsoft Pakistan is on its way to nurture a highly evolved academic culture in the country, by integrating global advancements and cutting-edge tools thus, empowering our students and businesses to contribute and compete in the global workforce. Microsoft Pakistan has worked with all the business sectors and industries in Pakistan and is helping them to attain growth in all dimensions. Microsoft is a global leader in technology and innovation and has over 40k sellers and hundreds of thousands of partners in Pakistan. By plugging ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) into a sales engine, Microsoft Pakistan can connect them directly to customers. Cloud technology is popular throughout the regions and in Pakistan by way of contributing to national development, enhancing socio-economic growth, enabling innovation and improving service delivery. Regardless of these efforts there is still a significant shortage of skilled job candidates to fulfill the demands of cloud related jobs. To full realize the full potential of the cloud Microsoft has launched the ‘Microsoft Cloud Society’ program to offer people working in the technology sector to be trained, certified and work face to face with Microsoft cloud experts. Microsoft Cloud Society is aimed at equipping IT workers at all levels with Azure based cloud ready skills. The program enables learning at one’s own pace. Allowing one to select a learning program online, or choose from a variety of cloud topics including cloud administration, big data, security, deployment and data science. Each topic provides online courses that allows individual enrollment. As knowledge grows, the individual can also complete exams both through Microsoft or its training partners, to receive official Azure certifications recognized throughout the industry.
Oracle Cloud Growth Driving Aggressive Global Expansion
Oracle Cloud Growth Driving Aggressive Global Expansion. Driven by strong customer demand for its cloud services worldwide, Oracle today announced plans to significantly expand its modern cloud infrastructure footprint. The company’s rapid expansion plans include the opening of 12 new data center regions and increase the breadth and depth of Oracle Cloud services available across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. With this news, Oracle continues its industry leadership position, delivering a complete and integrated portfolio of cloud services (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) and new services in security, Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence. Must Read: Senate Committee Recognizes Contribution Of Telecom Sector Highlights Need For Rationalized Taxation “The future of IT is autonomous. With our expanded, modern data centers, Oracle is uniquely suited to deliver the most autonomous technologies in the world,” said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. “As we invest, our margins will continue to expand. And with our global datacenter expansion, we are able to help customers lower IT costs, mitigate risks and compete like they never have before.” The regional expansion of Oracle’s cloud footprint will include locations in Asia including China, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and South Korea; Europe including Amsterdam and Switzerland; and North America including two in Canada and two new US locations to support U.S. Department of Defense workloads. Since launching Oracle Cloud, the company has seen an ever-growing set of customers, across the Global 2000, as well as small and medium businesses. Organizations continue to turn to Oracle at record-rates to build, deploy, and extend game-changing applications and run business-critical workloads in a low-latency, highly available, reliable and secure cloud environment. Today, customers in more than 195 countries are running their most demanding applications on Oracle Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
OPPO Launches Entry level A83 with AI Beauty & Full Screen Display
OPPO the Selfie expert and leader today unveiled its latest entry-level camera phone – OPPO A83. The A83 is equipped with a full screen display, a feature rarely seen in products of this price range. Together with OPPO’s A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology, A83 brings a more realistic and natural selfie experience to more young consumers, along with the 3GB RAM and 3180 mAh battery as a whole makes the A83 a versatile product all at a price of 25,899 PKR. The OPPO A83 will be available in Black & Gold color variants from January 25th across country through offline stores. On this launch Mr. George Long, CEO, OPPO Pakistan said, “With much faster and evolving generations, OPPO aims to provide its customers and fans with high-end technology by each passing day. It’s not about technology anymore, because the Smartphone is a gateway to new experiences. We are focused yet committed to constantly looking for ways to intersect technology, content and services to empower consumers to accomplish more. A83 has a dynamic body and features which enables a user to experience a smooth functioning”. Create your own exclusive selfies with A.I. smart beauty. The F-series and A-series products from OPPO, particularly the integrated beauty function, have proved to be especially popular among the young and trendy. By capturing hearts, OPPO has become the “Selfie Expert” 25,899PKR for young consumers. As the Selfie Expert series gained popularity among the consumers, OPPO also uncovered a major customer pain point: “photos that are not that realistic”. When a guy takes a selfie of himself, he often finds that the person in the photo looks like anybody but himself; either the face contour is not distinct, or his masculine stubble missing. For girls, they realize that everyone looks similar, lacking unique and distinct individual charm. Many people but especially young people, have this desire to express their own personalities in their photos. OPPO A83 is the new generation selfie expert. It comes with an 8 MP front lens + 13 MP rear lens, and uses the A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology that effortlessly helps you be at your best in photos. Everybody wants the world to appreciate them as unique and Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is the technology that will satisfy this desire. It can intelligently recognize and bring out your best features and yet retain that distinctive charm that defines every individual. As it preserves more contour details, adding that little extra touch that makes your selfies incredibly stunning. This solution is a perfect fit for anyone who wants to be unique, independent and trendy. Must Read: FINCA MICROFINANCE BANK PAKISTAN CELEBRATES 10 YEARS IN PAKISTAN In simple terms, the A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology is like a thinking photographer rather than a rigid software program. OPPO’s A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology employs a cloud database from premium suppliers that have sufficient power to support diversified facial recognition in smart terminals. Like a photographer who has accumulated many years of experience in photography, knows the best way to shoot a portrait. The AI can learn automatically once it has amassed enough imaging data. It can classify, recognize and beautify the portrait in three aspects: skin color and texture, gender, and age. Like a photographer who can assess different models, it knows how to make models with different skin colors look their best. Furthermore, the AI captures more than 200 facial points when a photo is taken, and this allows it to refine features and compose the face contour with precision; making a face appear three-dimensional as if the photographer has shot from different angles and capture a 3D image of the face. Finally, the AI will intelligently optimize the scene to cleverly integrate the portrait and background as if the photo has been touched up by a professional. So how does the intelligent Beauty Recognition Technology optimize in different scenarios? For shots with moving subjects, issues such as structural and face deformation often occur. With more than 200 focus points, facial structure is captured clearly and ensures that the face contour is always intact regardless of the situation. And just like an experienced photographer or makeup artist professional, the A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology constantly updates its library and algorithms. Flagship full screen, facial recognition feature, and fashionable look A83 measures 5.7 inches, but the size of the screen is now 5 inches with the bezel ratio of the device being supremely narrow at 18:9, a major improvement over past models. Whether you are looking at a picture, video or playing a game, this offers an incredibly wide visual experience. Currently, full screen configuration is only deployed in flagship models for most brands. With the full screen of A83, anyone can now experience just how awesome this latest technology is. To complement the display effects of the full screen, the A83 resolution is as high as 1440 X 720, making every photo clearer and brighter for an improved photo experience. A83 is also equipped with face unlock. Just align the phone with your face to unlock the phone quickly. You no longer have to worry about aligning your finger or wet hands anymore. All it takes to unlock the phone is to look at it, making it easy for the elderly and children too. This is the convenience of advanced technology that OPPO brings to all consumers. The look of the A83 is inspired by UFOs (UFO Curve Design Philosophy). The streamlined design of the flying saucer is incorporated for a more solid edge, with subtle yet sturdy arcs that make the phone look more dynamic. Its homogeneous look, along with its pearlescent and sparkling finish is a perfect blend of technology and fashion. This plus the full screen configuration of the mobile phone makes A83 an extremely cool and elegant device with a premium feel that appeals to the sense of aesthetics of young people. Fluid operations with more ergonomic handling experience OPPO A83 is tailored for outstanding performance and to where it matters most for young
Artificial intellect, smart living and smarter gizmos likely to be big at CES 2018
Artificial intellect, smart living and smarter gizmos likely to be big at CES 2018. A few of the most popular gizmos over the vacation season were smart audio system with digital assistants from Amazon.com and Google. Apple is developing its own presenter this season; Microsoft and Samsung have partnered on another. As the twelve-monthly CES gizmo show begins in NEVADA this week, manufacturers are anticipated to unveil even more voice-controlled devices — speaker systems and beyond — as Amazon.com and Google make their digital assistants on a wider selection of products. If these prove popular, you’ll soon have the ability to order around a lot more of your property, including appliances for the kitchen, washers and other devices. CES is likely to attract more than 170,000 people, as some 4,000 exhibitors showcase their wares over the same as almost 50 soccer fields, or even more than 11 New york blocks. The show officially starts 9 January, with marketing previews starting Weekend. While major technology companies such as Apple and Yahoo typically don’t make big announcements at CES, their solutions will be powering products and services from startups and other small companies. Expect more gizmos using Google’s Google android operating software and Google’s digital associate, for illustration, and products that use Apple’s HomeKit, a smart-home system obtaining a raise with the approaching unveiling of Apple’s HomePodsmart loudspeaker. Some tips about what else to anticipate at CES. Artificial Intelligence Computer systems that learn your requirements and anticipate the needs you have are no more the products of knowledge fiction. Individuals are seeing sensible applications in voice-assisted sound system like the Amazon . com Echo and Google Home. These systems are certain to get more useful as manufacturers design new ways to regulate their products with tone commands. You could also see clues of where AI is proceeding. Steve Koenig, mature director of general market trends at CES organiser Consumer Technology Relationship, says that as more folks use these AI systems, companies have significantly more data to raised teach the machines. Auto manufacturers will also show self-driving vehicles propelled by AI. CES is increasing the area for self-driving systems by greater than a third this season. Startups are anticipated to unveil earphones that offer real-time translations of discussions in various dialects, much as Google’s Pixel Buds now do, though limited to Google’s Pixel cell phones. There’s also conference sessions specialized in high-tech retailing, including the value of collecting and analysing data on customers. Smart Everything Cars, lights, washers and other each day items are receiving internet connections. That can mean checking out what’s kept in your refrigerator from the supermarket, for example. Expect more equipment and tasks to allow them to do online. As more devices get linked, there’s greater matter for security. We’ll likely see more products and services made to protect these smart-home devices from hacking. Beyond that, companies will showcase the probable of smartening up whole metropolitan areas so that maintenance crews can remotely discover roads needing maintenance, and motorists can view and reserve car parking spaces in advance. Better yet, think about traffic lights that are not establish with timers, but mirror genuine traffic and pedestrian moves? For the very first time, CES comes with an area specialized in smart cities, with an increase of than 40 companies establish to demonstrate. The smart-cities idea has been making the rounds at several technology shows, but what remains unanswered is when it’ll actually start taking place — and who’ll shell out the dough. Must Read: Top CEO’s & Leaders Converge At Telenor Campus, Discuss Business Challenges In The New Digital Age Consumer Gadgets CES is normally when Samsung, LG and other manufacturers declare their Tv set lineups for the entire year. In a bet to get consumers to update quicker, higher-end models should come with fancy technology heading by such labels as “4K,” ?HDR” and “OLED.” Many models should come with voice handles. They will stay alongside basic pieces that work just fine for regular taking a look at. Don’t expect new iPhones or flagship Galaxy models. Apple and Samsung typically declare those at their own happenings. But CES is the area for less-known and lower-cost Android os devices, along with tablets, laptop computers and other computers, not forgetting storage area drives and other accessories. There may also be virtual-reality and augmented-reality solutions, some targeted at sports fans who wish to feel they’re more area of the game. Even though a few companies like Apple and Fitbit are prominent in wearable devices, many startups are wanting to issue them with new methods for monitoring fitness and medical issues. There also needs to be no scarcity of traveling drones over head and scurrying robots underfoot. There will be a automatic robot that folds your laundry — though at a snail’s speed of one clothing every 2 minutes. Behind The Views Although CES is approximately gadgets, consumers won’t see lots of the technologies on screen. Network-equipment producers, for occasion, might use the show to show systems for next-generation 5G cordless networks, which guarantee to be considerably faster than the prevailing 4G LTE. Cell phones that may take good thing about 5G will not be around for some more years. Gary Shapiro, the top of the buyer Technology Connection, said that given the changing character of technology, in regards to a third of CES is currently about back-end business discounts somewhat than direct-to-consumer products. “Twenty years previously, people bought products sold at shops in very identified categories,” he said. “Now every company and business defines itself as a technology company.” Reuters
Pakistan Vision 2025 Drives Future Cities Growth
Pakistan Vision 2025 and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor are driving investment in Future Cities to deliver economic growth and enhance urban livability, the new country manager for Future Cities enabler SAP announced today. With the United Nations projecting over half of Pakistan set to live in cities by 2025, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor partnership is investing millions of rupees in Future City projects in Islamabad, along with Gwadar, and Quetta, and supporting Pakistan Vision 2025 digital transformation goals. Using innovations such as 3D printing, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, Pakistan is transforming key industry verticals such as government, healthcare, logistics, and transportation. Smart utilities and the smart grid, the smart supply chain, and public safety all present major opportunities. “Pakistan’s cities face complex challenges that require innovative thinking and vision to reinvent how the country tackles economic, social, and environmental issues. Urban leaders in Pakistan are at the forefront of using citywide digital transformation to deliver better public services, good governance, safer cities, and economic prosperity,” said Saquib Ahmad, County Manager, for SAP Pakistan. Supporting Pakistan’s Future Cities, SAP is exchanging global best practices from the recently-launched SAP Leonardo digital innovation system, the Future Cities program that co-innovates with over 4,500 local governments worldwide, and the SAP Training and Development Institute that upskills youth. With more than 16 years of IT experience in the region, Saquib Ahmad is committed to supporting new digital business models in Pakistan and driving Digital Economy growth. “Pakistan is a strategic growth market for SAP, and we are exchanging global best practices in using real-time technology to deliver clean, safe, and competitive cities. Saquib Ahmad has the experience, leadership, and disruptor vision to drive public-private partnerships that support Pakistan Vision 2025,” said Gergi Abboud, Managing Director for the Gulf and Pakistan at SAP.
