In terms of revolutionary potential, the latest'big tech' wave is getting many in the healthcare industry excited about things to come. With resurgent technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality being joined by new platforms like instant messaging chatbots and voice-activated assistants, healthcare seems on the brink of a new, digital dawn. Ben Greenberg, vice president of mobile products and user experience at Medscape and WebMD, is one who believes that the new era of technology will change the face of healthcare forever. "We are clearly in the midst of a technological revolution," says Greenberg, "but what can we do about it?" Having spent the past nine-and-a-half years building software that promotes patient wellness and provides decision support to physicians at the point of care, Greenberg has witnessed the growing role of technology in health.

Logitech's ZeroTouch smartphone holder has been on the market for almost a year, but I've ignored it because my beat doesn't include mobile devices. That changed about a month ago when Logitech integrated Amazon's Alexa Voice Service into its ZeroTouch app. Now I can use voice commands to control my smart home while I'm in the car and my smartphone is connected to the ZeroTouch. I've encountered a few bumps in the road during my month-long review (pun intended), but I've concluded that the air-vent version of this holder fully justifies its lofty $60 price tag (simpler phone holders cost about 10 bucks.) The dashboard version has all the same features, but I'm not as enamored with it because it must be glued to your dashboard and it costs $80.

It's quite easy to do a Google search on Android. The deep tie-in is an important feature, and one of the reasons Android is the superior choice for those who rely so much on Google services. Yet, sometimes picking out just how to do a Google search is like choosing from among 12 shades of blue shirts you have hanging in the closet. We get that Google wants to be helpful and all, but sometimes it feels like that overeager know-it-all you remember from fourth grade. Each of these different search methods have their own particular strenth. If you learn the nuances, your Android use will be even more powerful.

Google's original motto, "Don't Be Evil," will be severely tested in the coming years For many years artificial intelligence has been hyped as the world's next big groundbreaking technology. But till recently, the closest we've got to seeing AI in action was on the big screen. From evil computer HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey, to Scarlett Johansson's breathless AI in Her, there's been a rich tradition of artificial intelligence in the movies. Now, thanks to several recent innovations, AI has become a reality in our daily lives. You may not even be aware of it, but whenever you use Google, Facebook, or Amazon Echo, you're using AI.

The Microsoft Surface phone has long been rumored, but the recent buzz about the Windows 10 phone indicates it could actually get released this year, probably in October for a price ranging between $699-$1,100. The device is expected to be a part of Microsoft's renewed efforts to target the smartphone market. The company's existing Windows Phone OS based devices have mostly faded into oblivion in comparison to the competition from Android devices and Apple's iPhone. In fact, rumors say that the Windows Phone OS based Lumia range could be scrapped in 2017, according to a WinBeta report from September 2016. So, could Microsoft move out of the smartphone industry?

Perhaps in the future, artificial intelligence will intervene and write this article. Perhaps in the future, the editorial team will become redundant and ARN will embrace a form a robo-journalism. Perhaps in the future, it even won't matter, because the entire channel will also be unemployed. And what a different world it would be. For the rise of AI - as the world likes to categorise it - is storming along like a tech freight train, charging through barriers and racing towards a new world. Within this new world, will naturally be new ways to engage, conduct business and make money, creating opportunities and challenges for the channel in parallel.

In 2013, Alistair Shepherd asked everyone in a business-school pitch competition to complete a survey with questions inspired by online-dating sites. It asked things like "Do you like horror movies?" and "Do spelling mistakes annoy you?" Shepherd predicted how well the eight teams would collaborate internally and how they would ultimately fare. He ended up ranking all eight correctly. What made for a great team? Those in which people had the most tolerance for their teammates' perspectives--and those in which people had the greatest diversity in personalities. Mr. Shepherd's experiment represents an attempt to get beyond the usual approach to workplace chemistry.

The next assistant in many offices could be named Alexa or Cortana. In 2016, Silicon Valley obsessed over how text-based bots in apps like Slack could make employees more efficient, turning complicated tasks or forms into conversational texts. Now, following the success of Amazon Inc.'s Alexa and Alphabet Inc.'s Google Home, people in the technology industry are increasingly thinking about how such voice-activated devices can be made useful in the workplace. The workplace offers challenges that experts say intelligent assistants built for home use so far haven't effectively met, mostly in the area of voice recognition. Workers at Goodwinds Inc. in New York City, for example, have used an Amazon Echo attached to the office ceiling for such tasks as adding events to their calendars and setting reminders for meetings, says Vinay Patankar, chief executive of the workflow-management startup.

With the progressing year, the technology diversified ways in which we could communicate and retrieve the information from the pocket fitting devices. Technologies such as IoT, automation, and cognitive computing moved beyond the conceptual stages in 2016. As the year takes up, companies throughout the world are developing their business strategies. In order to move forward in the competition, companies are turning towards major investments in technology. The world's biggest consumer technology convention, CES is one of the best places to find a handful of key technologies. CES 2017 finished another spectacular year with pioneering technology trends including smart homes to self-driving cars. This year is assumed to bring transformative technology trends for us to explore and invest in. AI, also known as Artificial Intelligence has been studied for decades and now the vision of transforming insentient objects into intelligence is gradually becoming a reality. AI based Innovations are now pondering into the market and becoming part of our daily lives with quick adaptability. Artificial intelligence assists humans and handles the tasks flawlessly, without interrupting your comfort. Whether to set an alarm, or remind you of something important, or to play your favorite music or to read out general news for you or to find your phone, AI can make the task more convenient and smart. Sit back and relax while you command your device to do things for you.

Industries everywhere are intrigued by the advent of artificial intelligence. While arguably still in its infancy stage, the potential of artificial intelligence is opening a whole universe of possibilities. Will it make for faster, cheaper operations? Will it replace human workers? As companies experiment with the capabilities of machine learning in their fields, ecommerce sites are already starting to feel some of the ripples of the something big.