Gihan Perera

Top Trends for 2019 – Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is already around us, and will continue to grow and expand. If you don’t have AI as part of your strategic planning, it’s time to add it now! ...

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Gihan Perera

Smart Places – A Competitive Advantage for Location Brands

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We tend to think that everything is moving online and digital, but that’s not always the case. It might be true that we don’t buy music in CD stores anymore, or that we hold a business meeting in an online conference room. But there are some things we still do in “real life” to interact wit...

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Gihan Perera

We’re All Living in an AI World

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Gartner has released its 2018 emerging technology hype cycle, and they are predicting artificial intelligence (AI) will be everywhere within 10 years. But it’s already here, and you’re already interacting with it, even if you’re not aware of it: When you’re writing a text message and your ...

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Gihan Perera

The Buzz About Bitcoin

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Bitcoin is currently valued at $17,057, but it’s volatile and filled with hype. What IS it, and should you invest $15,662 of your hard-earned cash in buying it? Even if you don’t have a spare $16,902 sitting around, take the time to understand the basics of Bitcoin and blockchain techno...

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Gihan Perera

Bitcoin – What’s the Big Deal?

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Bitcoin is currently valued at $17,057, but it’s volatile and filled with hype. What IS it, and should you invest $15,662 of your hard-earned cash in buying it? All the hype about the bitcoin bubble might be taking attention away from the powerful “blockchain” technology powering ...

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Gihan Perera

Forever Young

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Our current life expectancy is around 80-90 years. But what if that doubled – or more? How would that affect your personal life, your professional life, your business, and society as a whole? That might sound like science fiction, but life extension science is making that more likely. You can...

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Gihan Perera

Futurist Spotlight on Virtual Reality

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Last year, when speaking at a real estate conference in Brisbane, I had the chance to test out a virtual reality headset from RealEstate.com. This technology allows property buyers and tenants to view and inspect a property even if they are on the other side of the world. More recently, I had the ...

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Gihan Perera

What is the Future of Self Driving Cars?

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In my conference keynote presentations, I often talk about new technology that’s just around the corner. Almost without fail, the topic that generates the greatest discussion and debates is self-driving cars (also known as “autonomous cars”). Perhaps that’s because we’r...

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Gihan Perera

The Pokémon Go Secret to Your Business Success

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You might have heard of the huge success of the new mobile phone game, Pokémon Go, where players wander around in the real world searching for Pokémon creatures that appear on their phone as if they were in the real world. It was launched only two weeks ago, and – within 24 hour...

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Gihan Perera

Charlie Rose Discusses the Potential of Virtual Reality

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Virtual reality is one of the coming technologies – in our near future – that will have a huge impact on business and society. If you want to know more about its potential, watch U.S. pundit Charlie Rose interview some experts about what it might mean for us. ...

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