MongoDB Powers x.ai's Artificial Intelligence-Driven Personal Assistant That … – Marketwired (press release) MongoDB Powers x.ai's Artificial Intelligence-Driven Personal Assistant That …Marketwired (press release)Intelligent personal assistants are increasingly popular, with applications that have become household names such as Apple's Siri and Google's Google Now. According to x.ai, the market for democratizing access to a Personal […]

Traveller| Flavio Carnevale – The Australian Financial Review The Australian Financial ReviewTraveller| Flavio CarnevaleThe Australian Financial ReviewJump on Google and search "best wine bars and best coffee", then I ask the concierge, then the bartender at the first wine bar where else is good – pretty quickly you hear the common names coming up more […]

Life as a billionaire's butler – Telegraph.co.uk Telegraph.co.ukLife as a billionaire's butlerTelegraph.co.ukWould you want to work as a billionaire's butler? Yes – sounds like there are great perks. No – what a ridiculous job … Maureen Tadros, director of First Ladies concierge, says that clients pay £1,5000 to £4,000 per year, depending on the package […]

A Few Notes on Grumbling – The New Yorker The New YorkerA Few Notes on GrumblingThe New YorkerAccording to the Oxford English Dictionary—and grumblers, of course, will note that far too much cultural criticism begins with the O.E.D.—the word “grumble” derives, in part, from the French verb grommeler, to mutter to oneself. But grommeler also […]

Economic figures give mixed message – South Cotswolds Gazette South Cotswolds GazetteEconomic figures give mixed messageSouth Cotswolds GazetteThe economy grew at its fastest pace since 2006 last year according to revised official figures that showed growing exports helped boost performance in the final quarter. But figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the […]

How to Remember People's Names – New York Times How to Remember People's NamesNew York Times“Sometimes I see a guest I have not seen for years, and right away I know their name,” says Pun, chief concierge at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong. “I exercise … Pun and the other concierges circulate photographs and notes […]

Microsoft Now Letting You Check Out New Browser Project Spartan With … – Tech Times Tech TimesMicrosoft Now Letting You Check Out New Browser Project Spartan With …Tech TimesNoting that last week's builds were "BIG" ones as well, the most current release illustrates the steady progress being made with Build 10049 is about a week […]

Your Taxes – The New Yorker Your TaxesThe New Yorker… Recorded messages at the utilities' 800 numbers informing you that all representatives are busy helping other customers, before being put on hold to listen to instrumental versions of Taylor Swift's hits from three years ago, which are still … Retiree attraction effort launches marketing campaign […]

My Love-Hate Relationship With Gentrification – Bloomberg View Bloomberg ViewMy Love-Hate Relationship With GentrificationBloomberg ViewHow exactly to get there is an open question — personally I favor massively expanded public housing, upzoning, especially in already-wealthy areas, and mandating developers to build "lower quality" units (meaning smaller apartments without the …and more » Senior councillor backs plan […]

Private social network 'Koko' to give people with depression a boost on bad days – BetaBoston BetaBostonPrivate social network 'Koko' to give people with depression a boost on bad daysBetaBostonNow, a group of researchers with ties to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are creating aa private social network where people can anonymously share their daily […]