The vision of an all-knowing, omni-present intelligent being that forms the backbone of our everyday lives has been portrayed in movies that captivate the imagination of many. Today, that vision is not too far from reality, and we are seeing this at work through artificial intelligence (AI) – from AI-powered voice assistants like Alexa, to helping solve traffic issues, enabling the sequencing of DNA, tackling business problems and transforming industries such as tech, healthcare to logistics and fintech.

Since, making use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is clearly increasing in popularity, we created for your convenience a list of the most important marketing applications providers.

Professor Jeremy Myerson provided us with his predictions for the key words and themes to watch this year, which are:

In the wake of the recent Facebook scandal, Fysical, that provides a protocol for the transparent and compliant exchange of physical world data on the blockchain, is partnering with the blockchain-backed data platform Streamr to put consumers back in control of their data.

Although the vast majority of marketers is aware of the fact that the Internet of Things (IoT) will change their industry, besides security concerns, not having the required skills is named as one of the main reasons for not implementing IoT. Indeed, IoT requires a complete rethinking of business management, but rewards with incredible new opportunities. It's not just about connecting devices in a meaningful way, but optimizing processes, extending customer services, and creating new revenue streams. Ultimately, IoT solutions simplify processes and create new values for users.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that global retailer spending on AI will reach $7.3 billion per annum by 2022, up from an estimated $2 billion in 2018, as retailers target new avenues to increase personalization of the customer experience.

Appier, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced that Aixon, its AI-powered data intelligence solution, is now fully integrated with LINE, one of the largest messaging platforms in Asia.

Getty Images unveiled its highly anticipated 2018 Visual Trends forecast that sets out the macro and micro trends that will influence design, advertising and brand communications throughout 2018 and predicts the social and cultural visual language that consumers will be most responsive to in the years to come.

With the rise of technology, ransomware and other cyberattacks accelerate their proceedings. In fact, not only the frequency, but also the sophistication of attacks of online criminals are steadily increasing - with sometimes devasting effects. Just think about the extortionist Trojan ‘WannaCry’ launched last year, which taught us above all one thing: no company can feel safe nowadays.

As Asian eMarketing clearly exhibits, I am a big fan of Native Advertising and I use this opportunity to highlight its advantages. With native ads, marketers can automatically publish content to multiple online publications simultaneously without creating duplicate content, besides the fact that they adapt individually to the look and feel of the respective medium.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has found its way into our living rooms, as seen with Siri, Alexa, or Cortana, pointing out that the demand for real-time data analysis tools will heavily increase. Most IT applications will be supplemented by AI and self-learning, machine-learning (ML) -driven intelligent systems will gain the upper hand over the next three years.

Early this year, Singapore has passed the Cybersecurity Act that establishes a legal framework for the oversight and maintenance of national cybersecurity. Its key objectives are to strengthen the protection of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) against cyber-attacks and to establish a framework for sharing cybersecurity information.

The ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) is clearly a game changer that impacts and transforms our daily live in all ranks, since with its emergence a myriad of user data is getting collected and analyzed in a matter of seconds. Naturally, this raises privacy and security concerns globally.

The Chinese government is continuously trying to centralize the domestic and international digital communication and to take over VPNs meant for multinational corporations.