Computer Vision in our daily lives
Computer Vision, or CV, will become bigger and bigger in the tech world and our everyday lives heading into 2020. CV involves computers’ ability to…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
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Mixed reality comes next for gaming
If you’ve put on a headset and played an immersive video game that took you into another world, you’ve experienced virtual reality. When you played…
Truck industry always needs drivers
Trucks transport about 70 percent of all of the freight in the U.S., a $670 billion business and there is plenty of room for help. Opportunities for…
Want to untangle Christmas tree lights? Walk a reindeer?
During the Christmas season, supply and demand rules. At no other time of the year do so many part-time jobs pop up in so many variations. A tour of such…
Book Review: “Dare to Lead”: True Leaders Share Themselves
In her book, “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts,” best-selling author Brene Brown declares that leadership is not about the…
Technology and You Uses for an old Android
It’s one of modern life’s most vexing mysteries: what to do with old electronics. So we hang onto them, collecting hardware and software and cords and…
Pizza from the sky
While food delivery is a super convenient option, wouldn’t it be even more convenient if we didn’t have to face an actual person? To not worry about…
The loo goes high tech
You’d be forgiven for assuming a toilet is quite simple enough and doesn’t need to be made into another “smart” gadget. But it turns out that we can…
Why Facebook ads are often not profitable for small business
The revenue of Facebook ads is ever-increasing, and small businesses are the reasons why. But not all small businesses profit. With 2.2 billion users…
The impact of target marketing in small business
Target marketing, according to Inc., is collecting information to determine your ideal customers among those who also need and will pay for your product…