Oracle CEO's Predictions About The Use Of Artificial Intelligence

According to the article from Chris Murphy, director of cloud content at Oracle, hosted on forbes.com, the three predictions from Oracle CEO Mark Hurd about the use of Artificial Intelligence are explained.  According to this report, artificial intelligence will change the global economy and tech industry so fast in the coming years that 60% of the IT jobs that we’ll have in 2025 haven’t even been invented yet, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd predicted during his keynote session at Oracle OpenWorld 2018.

The three predictions are:

1. By 2025, all cloud applications will include AI. AI is most valuable when it’s embedded into an application, and therefore into the work people do every day: helping a finance person know which accounts payable need the most attention, helping a recruiter know which job candidates to assess more closely, helping a supply chain manager know which shipments are in trouble without having to manually run a report.
2. About 85% of companies’ interactions with their customers will be automated. “You won’t have to deal with the, ‘Who are you again? What’s your number again? Where you from? What’s your problem?’” Hurd said. “All of that will get automated as we move forward.”Instead of having to do that that kind of low-level support work, employees can spend their time solving the most difficult customer problems and thinking about better ways to serve customers, he said. and
3. Roughly 60% of the IT jobs that will exist in 2025 haven’t been invented yet. Hurd’s key prediction here for IT pros: “This is not going to be less people in IT. I frankly believe there will actually be more people in IT, but more people in IT working on a different set of tasks.”

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Offline Map for Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, South Sudan and Kenya

The offline map for Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, South Sudan and Kenya is programmed with similar look and feel. The Apps are  designed to access map offline and also route between two points in the specific countries. Each App includes also major city-maps in the specified country so that users can see the map by zooming it. Users can even long-press two points on the map and route to find-out the distances between the two points in the shortest path possible.  There are options to select one specific city or the whole map using the buttons from welcome window. Once the two points are selected and routed, there is also an option to move to a Google Map in case users are connected to the internet.

Once the App is downloaded,  there is no need to be connected to internet to use the Apps. The only drawback of the Apps is initial downloading time is relatively longer, because of the memory-size of the Apps is higher than the standard Apps. This is because of the map-data that has to be downloaded along with apk file.  After the App is downloaded and installed, the application is running normal. For more apps by the developer, please visit this link.

Books: Programming Principles and Evaluating eGovernment Portal Functionality in KM Perspective

I have published two books; Programming Principles (2009) and Evaluating eGovernment Portal Functionality in KM Perspective (2015) discussing some aspects in the area of Information Communication Technology. 

The first book,  Programming Principles (2009), gives an overview what a programmer should consider for developing a software package to solve a particular problem. The Book describes a Software Process starting from requirement analysis up to delivery of the software and maintenance,Software Engineering Principles, Software Project Management Concepts, defines the managing process in Software project Management, discuss the software matrix, assess the risk involved in software projects including the management techniques and the mitigation. At the end, some practical examples are also included. Paperback: 152 pages, Publisher: VDM Verlag (August 12, 2009), Language: English, ISBN-10: 3639137957, ISBN-13: 978-3639137958

The second book is titled  Evaluating eGovernment Portal Functionality in KM Perspective (2015) : Evaluating and Enhancing Ethiopian E-Government Portal Functionality in Knowledge Management Perspective and I am a co-author with Wondaferaw  and Girum. Knowledge Management (KM) is an important consideration in e-Government portals to ensure that knowledge flows efficiently between Governments, individuals and organizations. A crucial aspect of e-Government portals that has not been addressed adequately is, the extent to which KM have been implemented and identifying the direction to enhance e-Government portal in KM perspective. In this research evaluation model known as KM model for e-Government with three KM broad mechanisms for portals: Knowledge Collection, Organization and Application were employed. Using this model, evaluation checklist was developed based on analysis of the literature and best experience of other countries e-Government portal and used to evaluate ministry level organization e-Government portals with the objective of investigating the extent to which KM mechanisms have been implemented and to identify direction to enhance portals. Moreover, survey questioner and interview guide was used to investigate the degree of application of ICT for KM in research entities and its contribution to support e-Government portal enhancement. Paperback: 156 pages, Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing (March 23, 2015), Language: English, ISBN-10: 3659664650, ISBN-13: 978-3659664656

Google to Start Charging for Apps after EU Fine

According to the daily edition published on Oct 17, 2018 by Mobile World Live, Google laid out plans to stop bundling preinstalled apps with its Android platform and instead charge manufacturers a fee to license its apps, as part of a bid to avoid additional fines from European Union (EU) regulators.

According to the report, the European Commission (EC) in July issued a €4.3 billion fine to Google after it found the tech giant abused the dominant position of its Android platform to force manufacturers to install its apps on devices. It gave the tech giant until 28 October to change its business practices or face further penalties. Read more from Mobile World Live

App to Read and Listen Daily Pray for Orthodox Church Followers

The App is called Metsehafe Tselot (መፅሃፈ ፀሎት) and is having daily pray like የዘወትር ጸሎት, ጸሎተ ሃይማኖት, ውዳሴ ማርያም, ይዌድስዋ and መልክአ ማርያም to be used majorly by Orthodox Church followers. In the App, two MP3 sound files for Daily Pray (የዘወትር ጸሎት and ጸሎተ ሃይማኖት) are added so that prayers who want to listen and read can use them. The size of the App (25M) is relatively above the standard App's size, but this due to the sound files attached to the program. Any smartphone that support Android 4.4 and up can be used to run the App. For download Metsehafe Tselot use the Google Play link.

The author has also more than 15 Apps on the Google Play to download and used freely. Most of them are in Amharic and English and some even in more national languages. Use the this link to see all the Apps developed by the  author.

Time for Folding Smartphones

Several phone-makers are rumoured to be developing devices with flexible screens that can be folded in half, without a hinge or seam in the middle. Hints are indicating that Samsung may introduce the first folding smartphones to the users. As per the report from BBC: Technology, sources from Samsung' has said it is "time to deliver" foldable smartphones, fuelling speculation the company is about to reveal a bendable device. Read more at BBC: Technology

Ethio Telecom Reduced Tariff on Voice & Data

Ethio telecom has made massive tariff reduction on Mobile Voice, Mobile Internet/Data, Mobile SMS, M2M Package and Fixed Broadband usage tariffs for its esteemed customers. The CEO of Ethio telecom, Ms. Firehiwot Tamiru, told local media that the reduction in rates would be effective from August 22. The CEO also announced that registration of imported cell phones by the company would end effective. For more information on the tariff, visit the Ethio telecom Page