Motorola needs software smarts and Google, which has struggled with Chrome laptops, Google TV and most recently the Nexus Q, needs help with hardware.
Here are some of the iTunes software features missing in the Zune's software: Smart Playlists, which assemble groups of songs based on criteria that you specify ("80's up-tempo songs I haven't heard in three months"), choice of visualizers (screen-saver effects that dance to the music), closed captioning for videos and TV, Cover Flow view, and a graphic equalizer.
Dumb software, smart data.
NS1 is a New York City startup trying to bring software smarts and automation to the DNS space.
Now Intel — as well as a handful of startups — is trying to pack in enough software smarts to let chips adapt to any network.
He is building new radio receivers not out of wires but in software–smart communicators that can be programmed to transmit any sort of signal.
Cars, industrial equipment, eye glasses – all types of hardware are fast becoming purpose-built machines with software smarts.
The world's first iPhone spy software!" Smart phone spyware for other platforms isn't new: Commercially available spyware for Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems have existed for years.
The video stabilization and other software smarts that Google has shown itself capable of delivering mean the camera will likely only improve over time, too.
It's even looking as far afield as the U.S. to hire developer talent, says L'Hotellier, thanks to fierce competition in the local market for software smarts.
Tact, the AI-driven sales tool that uses software smarts to simplify sales tasks, today announced integration with the newly announced Slack enterprise product, Slack Enterprise Grid.
