At its start during the 1990s, the foundation of the PlayStation brand was third-party support, and two series in particular were instrumental in cementing PlayStation as the gaming destination. Famously, the Final Fantasy series jumped from Nintendo to PlayStation for the larger storage space on the CD-ROM format, forgoing the Nintendo 64′s miscalculated bet on cartridges. "Final Fantasy VII" debuted on the first PlayStation, showcasing a cinematic video game unlike anything the world had seen. Capcom, on its part, aimed to create an immersive horror game for the console, an idea that would become "Resident Evil."

The mobile industry is constantly evolving -- what was a groundbreaking technology yesterday may be a forgotten thing of the past today. That's why you need to continuously observe the mobile market so that you don't miss the opportunity for business growth. But you can't just analyse what's trending right now, that would be too easy. The mobile app market is changing at break-neck speed, so if you want to reach a much wider audience, improve user retention and get more app downloads, you need to predict future trends. That's what I'm here to help with.

India is slowly yet steadily taking steps ahead to establish artificial intelligence in several domains. Where, NASSCOM President Debjani Ghosh had mentioned that, in order to make India realize its full AI potential, a coalition of government, industries, and startups are required to come up with the necessary infrastructure and policy support. This will aid in enabling AI innovation across various sectors thereby mentoring and providing financial backing to the startups. In addition, according to a report by Accenture, artificial intelligence is anticipated to add on $957 billion or 15% of India's present GDP value by the year 2035. The amalgamation of technology, information along with the possibility and ability to create intelligent systems has reached critical mass thereby navigating towards exceptional growth in AI investment.

Do you want to make your career in Data Science? Want to have a successful career and a life worth inspiring? All you need is the will to succeed and the passion to learn!!! Python being one of the most widely used languages is the new mantra for success. It is the number one tool for analytical professionals and is one of the top programming languages in the year 2019. Our aim is to make the students get acquainted with python and become proficient in the most popular programming language.

Microsoft made bold moves this year to position its voice assistant Cortana for enterprise customers, analyst Raul Castanon-Martinez said, and is uniquely poised to overtake competitors Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant in the workplace. Castanon-Martinez's firm 451 Research estimates voice user interfaces and digital assistants are among the top technologies organizations will adopt in the next two years – and Microsoft is in the best position to gain their business, he said. "Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant dominate the market on the consumer side, but Microsoft has a leg up in the enterprise, given its dominant position with its productivity and collaboration product portfolios," Castanon-Martinez said. Competition in the workplace is the latest development in the relationship between Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earlier this year said the company no longer sees Cortana as a competitor to Amazon's Alexa.

In the current climate of upheaval around the world, lightning-fast news cycles, and questions about where our technological advancements and abilities are headed, it is understandable that we are wary of what's next. Anna Gudmundson thinks that technology doesn't just create problems but also can hold solutions. Is a Bright Future Possible for Data Projects and AI? I have studied and worked in the software industry since the late 90's and I've witnessed first hand the incredible evolution of the industry during that period. Data has always been an important part of my job – leading product teams and technology companies – and we are now at a point where Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning really are commercially applicable.

Industrial revolutions are central to the desire for technology to make human life easier. Although we can summarize the journey from Industry 1.0 to 4.0 in a paragraph, human beings have been trying to make life easier for centuries. What did this desire create? At what point of the industrial revolution are we now? Is your business ready for this revolution?

The dawn of the 5G era is at hand, and the world is on the cusp of massive change. From the tech sector to the entertainment industry, to politics, medicine and communications -- fifth-generation cellular network technology promises to transform daily life in both tangible and far-reaching ways. Perhaps most importantly, it also holds the potential to create a brighter future for people around the world. Such was the theme of Rakuten CEO Mickey Mikitani's opening keynote address at Rakuten Optimism in Yokohama, Japan last month -- the company's largest-ever group event. Speaking in front of a capacity crowd in a 5000-seat convention hall that held communications, tech, finance and retail industry leaders and business partners, Mikitani described his vision for the impact of 5G on a broad range of fields, including the rise of AI and machine learning, cashless payments, medical advances, the telcomms industry (into which Rakuten will launch the world's first end-to-end cloud-native mobile network later this year) and more.

In December, AI made major waves: It became poised to reach more people than ever. In 2019, we're certain AI is going to make a significant impact on businesses and communities alike. Analytics Insights' article on the top AI trends and expectations for 2019 covered everything from virtual agents to cybersecurity. Speech recognition, image recognition and smart recommendations are also mentioned, in addition to Forrester's top five predictions: Also be sure to check out this article at MarTech Advisor for more insights into the future of AI. There, five industry influencers, including SambaNova's own Marshall Choy, share how they think AI will impact businesses in 2019.

In this special guest feature, Inga Shugalo, a Healthcare Industry Analyst at Itransition, suggests that whether it's an application for precision medicine, decreasing the failure rates in drug trials, or lowering the cost of research and developing better medicine, big data has a bright future for the pharmaceutical industry. Itransition is a custom software development company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Inga focuses on Healthcare IT, highlighting the industry challenges and technology solutions that tackle them. Her articles explore diagnostic potential of healthcare IoT, opportunities of precision medicine, robotics and VR in healthcare and more. When it comes to investing in big data, probably, no other industry has as much at stake as pharmaceutics.