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Tech News Flash: Monday -- October 2, 2017

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Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...
Google Assistant Goes to Work for Nvidia's Shield TV
Twitter to Test Drive Double-Wide Tweets
When Quantum Computers Come, They May Speak Microsoft
SQL Server 2017 Embraces Linux, Docker

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Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...
Nvidia went to China last week and made a series of interesting
announcements having to do with smart cities and autonomous cars. IBM
made an announcement on advancements in tying the Weather Channel to its
Watson artificial intelligence engine, and improvements in targeted
marketing. We also found out about Oculus' Fall in Love VR project which
is kind of like the The Bachelor .
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84840.html

Google Assistant Goes to Work for Nvidia's Shield TV
Nvidia on Thursday announced that its Shield TV now includes Google
Assistant as part of its Shield Experience Upgrade 6.0 update. The
update also lets the Shield device work as a SmartThings Hub when paired
with a SmartThinks Link. The SmartThings Link, which can be used to
connect Shield TV as a SmartThings Hub, will be released in the coming
months with a promotional launch price of $14.99.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84846.html

Twitter to Test Drive Double-Wide Tweets
Twitter has announced a limited test to double the maximum tweet size to
280 characters. Twitter has been struggling to boost user engagement,
and its tweet character limitation has been the subject of a
longstanding debate among customers and company insiders. One reason for
the possible change is to correct for the information imbalance between
Asian and western language characters.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84842.html

When Quantum Computers Come, They May Speak Microsoft
Microsoft has been working on a language for a computer that doesn't
exist. The company unveiled the language -- as yet unnamed -- at its
Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida. Part of its Visual Studio
product, it will run on a quantum simulator and quantum computer.
"Quantum computing is the next phase in computing," said Jack E. Gold,
principal analyst at J.Gold Associates.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84837.html

SQL Server 2017 Embraces Linux, Docker
Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of SQL Server
2017, now with support for Linux, at its Ignite conference in Orlando.
The company first announced its plans for the newest iteration of its
database software a year and a half ago. This is the first version of
SQL Server to run on Windows Server, Linux and Docker, noted Scott
Guthrie, EVP, cloud and enterprise, at Microsoft.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84834.html

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