Chatbots are a relatively young technology, and we’re still finding new and exciting ways to apply them. Recently we built a chatbot, Bella, to help users quit smoking, and we integrated it with the Amazon Echo. Bella was originally envisioned to help users stop a smoking habit. We also built an app around the chatbot …

The Definitive Guide to BlockChain and Popular Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, blockchain, decentralized ledgers, ICOs and Ethereum. Unless you’ve been following them from the start, these technologies and their use can be difficult to grasp. For example, you probably know that Ethereum and Bitcoin are cryptocurrencies, traded online. But there’s much more to them than that – …

…Even if You’ve Never Done it Before and Don’t Know Where to Start Hiring a developer to develop your product? Stop right there. Before you go any further, you have to know the risks involved. If you have a great idea and want to execute on it quickly, it’s tempting to use the first development …

How to Get the Most Out Of Your Development Team Without Micromanaging or Miscommunicating Working with developers? Whether you’re outsourcing or hiring in house, it’s likely that you’re making one or more of these common mistakes in communication and management. So common are these mistakes, in fact, you might not even know you’re making them. …

“Bella” is the First AI-Enabled “Stop Smoking” Coach We just finished a groundbreaking project. By encapsulating a chatbot within an iOS app, we created an AI-based digital coach to help people stop smoking. Named “Bella”, this chatbot helps users break their addiction to cigarettes by simulating human interaction. It uses advanced, microsoft-powered AI to have …

Looking to hire a full-stack developer? It might be more complicated than you imagined. These ‘needles in a haystack’ are not only rare, but also incredibly tough to hire. Most have already been employed by bigger agencies or companies. If you want to “steal” them, you’ll have to offer a much higher wage. You could …