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Feed: Radar. Author: Mike Loukides. March was a busy month. There’s been a lot of talk about augmented and virtual reality, with hints and speculation about products from Apple and Facebook. In the next two years, we’ll see whether this is more than just talk. We’ve also seen more people discussing operations for machine learning and AI, including a substantive talk by Andrew Ng. We’ve long believed that operations was the unacknowledged elephant in the room; it’s finally making it into the open. And we’ve had our share of bad news: proposals for military use of AI, increased surveillance (for ... Read More

Feed: CronJ. Author: Nupur Pal; Introduction to Machine LearningEver wondered how, when you search something on that Google search bar, some existing suggestions pop up? Well, that’s a simple trick which Google uses with the help of Machine Learning (ML). Making neither head nor tail out of this term? Then you can expand your knowledge about this technology right from here! But here’s a little glimpse into it.“Machine Learning refers to the science of training computers to think and operate like human beings autonomously by feeding them data frequently to improve their learning capacity.”Does it sound similar to artificial intelligence ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Jon Gitlin; It takes 24 days, on average, to successfully recruit and hire someone in the U.S. Though the number might seem high, it’s easy to grasp as you break down your recruitment process: candidates need to be sourced; resumes need to be analyzed; interviews need to get scheduled, etc. As organizations of all shapes and sizes look for ways to improve their recruitment and hiring efforts, they’ll increasingly turn to automations. Once implemented, these recruiting automations should save employees time, deliver better candidate experiences, and ultimately help the organization scale its workforce efficiently.  ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: R on Curious Joe. Part 01: Background about this project This analysis is part of an ongoing exploratory study about the contents related to Bangladesh in different online social media platforms. In the last article tweets that containing Bangladesh were analyzed to understand the most common areas that people tweeted about Bangladesh and how public sentiments were reflected. In this article a similar study will be conducted on the videos shared on Youtube that have Bangladesh in their titles. To collect the data YouTube’s publicly available API will be used. Along with the video stats, comments posted ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Simin Wong; Cycle & Carriage (C&C) is the leading automotive group in South East Asia. With more than a century of experience, the company focuses on distribution, retail, and providing after-sales services for vehicles of customers in the region.  The company is driven by their passion for creating exceptional, people-focused experiences. Naturally, this also became the guiding principle for the company’s human resources (HR) team, which actively sought to transform the employee experience to make it more purposeful and engaging.  As Ding Woei, C&C’s Head of Rewards and HR Technology put it: “Our goal ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Jon Gitlin; More than 2 in every 5 organizations task their employees with submitting and approving expenses manually. This leads to all kinds of unwanted consequences.  Requesters can mistakenly submit expenses without receipts, expense by the wrong amount, or unknowingly expense items that fail to qualify for reimbursement; while approvers are forced to review and reconcile a high volume of reports manually, leading them to get overwhelmed quickly and to make mistakes themselves. You can effectively prevent these issues from taking hold, both for approvers and requestors, by implementing an automated expense approval process.   ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Jon Gitlin; A whopping 94% of HR professionals who use an applicant tracking system—or a similar app—say that it’s improved their recruiting process. Despite this already-impressive figure, your recruiting apps can offer even more utility throughout the recruitment process when you use a chatbot that can communicate between them and your business communications platform (e.g. Slack).  This type of chatbot allows recruiters and hiring managers to work in their apps and streamline their workflows without leaving their business comms platform—transforming how they source talent, review applications, interview candidates, and more. We’ll give you a ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Robin Barber; The 6 Best Encrypted Messaging Apps on Android, iOS and More To begin sending encrypted messages, you’ll need an app that can do it. Those on our list take similar approaches to security and privacy. The encryption protocols work in the background, enabling you to focus on your messages, which is basically the same as sending an ordinary text message. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at them. 1. Signal Signal is one of the best encrypted messaging apps available. Available on iOS, Android, Windows 10, MacOS, Linux Pros: Industry-standard, end-to-end ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . This month, we are continuing our work on the ongoing previews of DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services, Small Multiples, and the Model View UI. Also, we are making it easier to specify filters in the DAX CALCULATE function. On the Service side, when you click on a dataset in the workspace list view you will be taken to our new dataset details page, which includes information about when the report was last refreshed as well as actions such as creating a new report. Of course, ... Read More

Feed: Neo4j Graph Database Platform. Author: Enzo. Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Nathan Maynes at GraphTour New York in October 2019. At the time, Maynes was a Senior Data Engineer at Thomson Reuters.In this post, we’ll delve into some use cases we have at Thomson Reuters, which is a group that works with state, federal, and local governments. What I want to specifically introduce is a project where we index all the information we have as a giant data company so our analysts and subject matter experts can easily search and receive the insights that they need. Ultimately, ... Read More