It was not surprising to find the $125 billion conglomerate, GE, betting long-term on embedding intelligence into their products by pouring billions of dollars under Jeff Immelt. The digital thrust will continue under the leadership of John Flannery, the CEO designate. Products have the potential to emit a gold mine of data. It would be near-sighted […]

The Hindu has carried two news reports today. In the first, a young machine operator’s life was tragically cut short when the boom of the jaw cutting machine fell on him when he was trying to check an oil leak that had sprung up in the vehicle. In the other, it ran an investigative report on how contractors entrusted […]