Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and your Smart Phone

There is a reason that Google and Yahoo were some of the earliest users of Big Data: they needed it the most to sift through the massive quantities of consumer data in order to make advertising dollars. Without Big Data, the search engines could not configure their algorithms for posting ads directly targeted at prospects. They needed to know someone just searched for "best restaurant in town" to then get ads visible for those very restaurants. However,another function was needed is joining the Big Data world with Mobility solutions: Artificial Intelligence. AI is crafting itself as an essential piece of technology by forming solutions from a wide range of data across the web and in various formats from Maps, to visual items, GEO-spacial information and subject matter expertise.