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Employee's attitude is obvious and can be judged, the moment you enter the workplace. They tend to carry this attitude with them when they attend a training course. Trainers can benefit a lot if they have an indication of those employees' attitude. According to a recent Korean study there are two kinds of employee attitudes - Organizational commitment and Organizational identification. The thorough study done by Korean helped them in Trainee Selection and Training Design. Read the complete article here: https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Science-of-Learning-Blog/2016/03/How-Organizational-Attitudes-Can-Predict-Training-Performance

Statistics is everything now days. We believe in numbers not in assumption. How digital marketing is so relevant these days and why can be answered by all these seven key statistical figures.

1. According to “Brandlive”, 44% out of 200 executives use live video streaming activities to generate leads. 25% of them has evidenced a progress.

2. The social network said 3 million businesses have now advertised on its platform, up from 2.5 million just six months ago. A year ago, Facebook had 2 million advertisers.

3. Internet connectivity in the smart phone section has increased by 200% in one year

4. BuzzFeed chief Jonah Peretti said the viral site now has 6 billion monthly content views, up from 100 million in 2012.

5. E reader market is streamline with fast pace of growth and apple finally joined the social media arena to increase brand salience

6. Lead generation techniques via digital media increased by 61%.

This all figures shows we are venturing into digital era.

To read, follow: To read, follow: http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/9-interesting-digital-marketing-stats-past-week-169993

Social media is now being frequently used by hospitals and medical professionals as a substance to express general health information. It is a great way to empathize not only with those who just need just relevant health news but also to needy ones. Social media feeds not only give medical professionals a platform to connect with patients, but with fellow doctors as well. In this technologically driven world, our best interest-whether you are a physician catering to your patients' queries or an individual seeking proper medical treatment, Social media has all answers for you.
To know more, please read the article by Bill Siwicki (Managing editor of Healthcare IT News):-

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/researchers-explore-healthcare-applications-social-media-targeted-interventions

Artificial intelligence is like machine learning. But they are completely different and some concepts related to it has to be cleared.

1. Artificial intelligence refers to a broad set of methods, algorithms and technologies that makes the software 'smart' that seem human-like to an outside observer.

2. Machine learning has some elementary engineering sensibility whereas artificial intelligence is more correlated to automation and sophisticated data handling.

3. Machine learning covers multiple technology, whereas AI is a process which only refers wide variety of algorithms and methodologies that enable software improvement.

4. Machine learning is more into deeper analysis, segmentation and networking in contrast to standalone operation of artificial intelligence

5. Cognitive understanding is more prominent in artificial intelligence because analytics and forecasting play a clinical role. So, accuracy in automation required cognitive learning.

To read, follow: www.cio.com/article/3040600/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-ai-cognitive-and-neural-and-deep-oh-my.html

Social media is one of the effective ways to build their brands and to influence people to purchase goods and services. While most executives understand the likely benefit of social media, they don't realize the magnitude of the risk it creates. Here are some security tips for use of social media and general online for employees:- 1. Avoid employment disclosure.
2. Teach employees to manage their privacy settings.
3. Implement a workplace social media policy.
4. Don’t ban social media use in office.
5. Train the IT specialist.
To know more, please read the article by Robert Siciliano (CEO of ID TheftSecurity.com)-: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241889

Wearables are now more than a gadget. With the latest designs, it is becoming a fashionable accessory. Wearables with fashionable accessories in a range of sizes, styles and finishes, screens, leather, semi-precious stones and 18k gold is not for men now. Wearable production companies are now catering their product also to women, especially the working class. To know more, please read the article by Sophie Charara (Writer at Wearable) -: http://www.wareable.com/fashion/wearable-tech-fashion-style

Workspace innovation can be a change in the organization physical or mental which can boost employee's productivity, efficiency and creativity. It's not a new idea, but many companies don't follow it. But startups have been able to successfully implement this. With a proper HR team who have the right mindset and creativity, customization of the workspace can be achieved economically. Three simple changes that firms can try are: Let your employees pick their job titles; Create a play /activity/relaxation room; Switch to adjustable furniture from traditional one. Read the full article here: https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2016/02/3-Easy-Ways-to-Innovate-Your-Workspace

Apache Arrow, a new open source project, is designed to provide high performance in-memory analytics across different systems. It eliminates cross system communication overhead cost and can improve performance 100 times. It is based on the code of Apache Drill. Developers from other Apache projects. It removes the burden of serialization and deserialization of data. It also supports complex data in addition to relational data. Read the complete article here: http://www.cio.com/article/3034279/big-data-gets-a-new-open-source-project-apache-arrow.html

Workspace innovation can be a change in the organization physical or mental which can boost employee's productivity, efficiency and creativity. It's not a new idea, but many companies don't follow it. But startups have been able to successfully implement this. With a proper HR team who have the right mindset and creativity, customization of the workspace can be achieved economically. Three simple changes that firms can try are: Let your employees pick their job titles; Create a play /activity/relaxation room; Switch to adjustable furniture from traditional one. Read the full article here: https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Human-Capital-Blog/2016/02/3-Easy-Ways-to-Innovate-Your-Workspace

Nowadays, manufacturers are using technology to monitor parts and operations in order to reduce expenses which includes analytics. The result is, a continuous streaming analytics engine that provides automated alerts on the forecasted failures identified by the predictive models. From here, companies can schedule planned maintenance with a high confidence level. Predictive monitoring is particularly suited for critical machinery which is complicated to maintain in terms of labor costs, or machinery with components that are expensive or difficult to obtain quickly. Spare parts and components can be reduced because needs are predicted weeks to months in advance. Read more at :http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=279921

EMR (electronic Medical Record) adoption, big data and other trends are helping a lot in the generation of data in the healthcare industry. But data is not what drives the healthcare industry- managing this data does. In healthcare, data analytics is done in use cases. Multiple use cases are created according to the need like one while patient got admitted in some department, a use case gets created. To provide best services to patients timely, immediate access to patient’s data without the barrier of time or location. Read the full article here: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3038315/data-analytics/accelerate-time-to-value-with-healthcare-discovery-analytics.html

The National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-20 plans to make India a world-class bio-manufacturing hub, with intent to launch big missions, creation of new biotech product and creating a strong infrastructure for R&D. The catalyst in this mission is harnessing the power of big data. IT and healthcare have always worked together. Big data and data analytics have helped a lot in cancer research, drug safety, genomics and clinical research. Big data helps in solving the complexities of healthcare that looked impossible to solve before. It helps in making sound decision within a short period of time and with cost effective measures. The error rates have also decreased enormously leading to a significant increase in efficiency. Read the full article here: http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/national-dept-of-biotechnology-sees-big-data-propelling-it-to-100-bn-industry-by-2025-293213.html?utm_source=also_read

Artificial intelligence opened a new horizon to give reply to E-mail instantly. Reading long emails in a busy life is a tough. So an automated answering system can reply a mail by analyzing the tone of a particular mail. A particular word based sentiment analysis can be a useful tool to facilitate this process. Google has already started to offer 'robot email' AI in its Google Inbox online extension for Gmail. The new service is called the Smart Reply and it will help answer some of your emails for you. There are still some constraints. This automated system has some issues regarding long multi sentimental messages. These messages has to be replied manually. 

To read, follow: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2016/02/18/can-artificial-intelligence-answer-our-email/#4e1fd3197bc2

In case of an upcoming cyber-attack, there is a chance of huge cash outflow and there is no alarm mechanism which will caution. The only way to find and eliminate the new set of undetectable tools is computer behavioral analysis. AI can adapt itself based on what it sees to both better identify and more quickly eliminate a threat. The scanning can be far more comprehensive, the response faster and the result itself far more secure.

To read, follow: http://www.cio.com/article/2886748/security0/artificial-intelligence-may-save-us-from-new-breed-of-cyber-threats.html

3D printing technology produces smooth, detailed architectural models in an array of materials, including rigid photopolymers and plastic. Students from University of Tokyo guided by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. The Construction team named their model as ""large-scale hand-drawn structures"" which manually prints out strings of thermoplastic filament, guided by a digital tracking system. The support structures are made up of acrylic bonds providing structural stability in tension and also some strength in compression. To know more, please read the article by Dezeen Magazine -: http://www.dezeen.com/2016/02/22/tokyo-university-research-students-3d-printed-pen-complex-architectural-structures-plastic/

Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to breathe spirit into your brand. Social media gives meaning and definition to any ordinary piece of information and makes it attractive and absorbing. Advertiser and marketers have utilized it as a powerful tool to convince audiences by merging their ideas with emotion, which has proved to be highly instrumental in appealing the imagination of the customer. The rise of social media offers an unprecedented platform for brands to tell their tale. To know more, please read the article by Kay Fabella (Brand storyteller and Marketing Consultant for small business owners) -: http://thoughtreach.com/how-to-tell-your-brand-story-on-social-media/

Social media is one of the effective ways for business to build their brands and to influence people to purchase goods and services. While most executives understand the benefit of social media, they don't realize the magnitude of the risk it creates. Here are some security tips for use of social media and general online for employees:-
1. Avoid employment disclosure.
2. Teach employees to manage their privacy settings.
3. Implement a workplace social media policy.
4. Don’t ban social media use in office.
5. Train the IT specialist.
To know more, please read the article by Robert Siciliano (CEO of ID TheftSecurity.com)-: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241889

Non-renewable resources are energy sources that we use and consume faster than nature produces them. Statistics are showing that if the current rate of consumption continues for oil, the supply is predicted to run out within the next 14 years. So a non-renewable source of energy is what planet earth needs. Researchers are employing a technique called Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition to produce large-scale thin films which make up the perovskite call. To know more, please read the article by University of Salford -:   http://phys.org/news/2016-03-technology-harvesting-solar-energy.html

Technology is fundamentally transforming the world around us, in every aspect of our lives as well as in business. Budget 2016 has shown encouraging initiatives towards the commitment to focus on Digital India initiatives, technology platforms and data analytics to automation. The budget supports the few initiatives like-:

• Fiscal plans to fund the provision of entrepreneurship training across schools, colleges, and through an online program on a large scale

• An online procurement system for food grain procurement

• A new digital literacy mission scheme for rural India to cover 6 crore additional households in three years

To know more, please read the article by Jochelle Mendonca (Writer at ET tech)-:  http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/budget-2016-tech-announcements/51191308

Google has developed a new artificial intelligence system which can recognize the geo-location of a picture. It can also identify a particular monument and area by using sophisticated mapping techniques. This will not only improve an intelligent image search, but also provide a more accurate mapping facility. The system doesn’t exactly spit out GPS coordinates. Instead the team divided the globe into about 26,000 squares of differing sizes based on how many photos from the data set were taken in the area. Huge image search and detailed mapping system is space consuming and particularly troublesome for smaller devices like smartphones and tabs which have space constraints. In order to minimize these issues they are trying to compress huge data within 377mb only.

To know more, follow: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2016/02/25/this-google-a-i-can-figure-out-where-that-photo-was-taken/#1bff3c4e34f7