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Western Specialty Contractors Installs Roof Expansion for EV Manufacturer

Western Specialty Contractors of St. Louis recently announced its Peoria, Ill. branch completed a 500,000-square-foot roof expansion for EV manufacturer Rivian.




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IRE 2022 Session Preview: Escaping Killer Contract Clauses!

Learn how to handle the top 10 contract clauses roofing contractors commonly face when presented with a contract from a general contractor or owner.




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New Anti-Fungal Agent Helps Roofing Contractors Protect the Environment

MicroGuard, a series of antifungal additives for PVC, PU, and EVA applications, including foam, has been developed as a non-leaching antifungal agent free from metals and arsenic-based OBPA.




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Roofing Contractors Improve Customer Service with New NAIL CATCH Filters

NAIL CATCH downspout filters help protect homeowners from nails and debris. 




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Roofing Contractors See Benefit from New, low-VOC Ultra-Pure Spray Foam

Ultra-Pure spray foam is designed to minimize odors and VOC emissions before, during and after application and is designed to deliver consistent performance year-round.




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Roofing Contractors and Best Hiring Practices

If done well, the hiring process is the linchpin separating good and great companies. Learn more on how to be great during the 2023 International Roofing Expo.




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What Makes a Roofing Contractor Successful?

What makes people choose one roofing contractor over another? Find out in this 2023 IRE session.




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Garland Expands Green-Friendly Adhesive Product Line for Roofing Contractors

The Garland Company unveiled Green-Lock Plus White high-performance adhesive to construct multi-ply modified bitumen roofing systems.




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Czarnik Offers Recruitment Action Plan, Warns of Ongoing Worker Deficit

2023 International Roofing Expo keynote speaker Chris Czarnik offers a sober outlook on future difficulties facing the roofing industry's search for qualified workers and what steps contractors should take to ensure their talent pool remains full.




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Zeitview Expands Rooftop Inspection Capacity with New AI Software

AI-enabled software from Zeitview pinpoints specific anomalies, filters information, and eliminates uncertainty for commercial and residential roofing contractors.




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IRE Community Service: Giving Back, Rain or Shine

Roofing industry volunteers assist Vegas locals in need during IRE Community Service Day, despite unseasonable weather.




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Scottish Roofing Accident Highlights Need for Lift Safety Precautions

A roofing accident across the pond serves as a reminder to take precautions when using lifts, especially when near roads and streets.




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STACK Construction Technologies Joins Forces with ABC’s Tech Alliance

The new partnership aims to provide ABC contractor members with the tools and insights to improve project outcomes and maximize profitability.




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Exterior Contractors Meet for 26th Annual FEI Group National Conference

The 26th Annual FEI Group National Conference, themed "Organizational Health," brought industry leaders together for networking, expert presentations, and discussions on market trends, sustainability and leadership.




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Aligned Exteriors Group Buys Trinity Exteriors, Expanding Reach in the Twin Cities

Aligned Exteriors Group has partnered with Trinity Exteriors, adding the Minneapolis-based company to its Midwest brand portfolio. Trinity's owner, Ted Swanson, will continue in his current role.




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Florida Roofing Contractor Pleads Guilty in $2.5M Tax Fraud

Nastar Roofing owner William Skaggs and payroll administrator Billie Adkison admitted to a $2.5 million employment tax fraud scheme, paying employees in cash but failing to withhold taxes or report that income to the IRS. 









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How Speech Analytics Helps Improve Coaching/Training

Data-driven guidance provides a better agent and customer experience.




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Speech Analytics Can Help Steer Chatbot Interactions

Companies are beginning to apply traditional speech analytics to their automated conversations.




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2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: D-ID Gives a Human Face and Voice to AI

D-ID, an Israeli company founded in 2017, is providing superpowers to individual creators and businesses alike, uniquely enabling them to transform any picture into an interactive video in seconds.




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2024 State of AI in the Speech Technology Industry: AI?s Impact on Natural Language Processing

Speech systems will continue to get more conversational with AI advances.




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Best Practices for Bringing Voice Assistants to Mobile Apps

Mobile voice interface development requires a clear objective with a lot of customer insight.




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2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: Sanas Brings Clarity to Contact Center Interactions

Thanks to this Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of real-time speech understanding technology, agents have a choice in how they're heard and can proudly hold on to their unique voice characteristics.




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2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: PolyAI Optimizes Conversational AI for Contact Centers

PolyAI continues to redefine what's possible with voice-first, artificial intelligence-powered automation in contact centers.




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2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: Capacity Deepens Voice and Contact Center Capabilities with Acquisitions

AI software company Capacity has been on an acquisition spree over the past year or so, grabbing up a number of fairly prominent speech technology vendors to expand its contact center capabilities.




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What Should You Do About GenAI in the Contact Center?

Plan for both the short term and the long term.




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Eliminate Ambient Noise to Make Speech Recognition More Accurate

Technology is improving speech's ability to hear what is necessary.




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Solving Voice AI Latency Could Herald an Entirely New Human-Computer Interaction

Ultra-low latency voice AI technology, which can generate speech in just 25 milliseconds, could transform human-machine interaction across industries while potentially reducing screen time and making digital interactions more natural.




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Speakly AI Achieves SOC 2 Compliance

Speakly AI's conversational intelligence solutions have been certified for data security.




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Orbofi Transforms Tough-Guy Actor Danny Trejo Into an AI Agent

The "Machete" star voices a new AI assistant.




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Taco Bell to Expand Voice Ordering

Taco Bell is looking to add AI voice ordering to hundreds of U.S. drive-thru locations this year.




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SyncWords Is Now on AWS Marketplace

SyncWords makes its Live AI Captioning and Dubbing available via AWS Marketplace.




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Salesforce Acquires Speech Vendor Tenyx

Salesforce's acquisition of Tenyx will extend voice capabilites to Salesforce's chatbots.




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Wispr Raises $12 Million and Launches Wispr Flow to Replace Keyboards With Voice

Wispr Flow provides voice dictation that works in every app on Macs with auto-edits and AI commands.




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Yobe Launches VIENNA, a Voice Extraction Tool

Yobe's VIENNA provides voice intelligence capabilities and AI-powered analytics.




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Cuando el fútbol no importa: Vicente Moreno deja el cubo y la pala de quitar fango para acudir sin ánimo al Bernabéu

El técnico de Osasuna, tras una semana en Massanassa ayudando a las víctimas de la DANA, regresa a su trabajo para enfrentarse al Real Madrid. Leer




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El sistema de fuera de juego "no tuvo ninguna duda" en la jugada de Lewandowski: "El pie tiene tres puntos de 'trackeo'"

Desde el CTA aseguran que fue analizada por la tecnología y que, si le presentara incongruencias, lo habría reflejado Leer




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#vaportiNacho

Nacho ya tenía la entrada para ir a ver a Bruce Springsteen  el próximo martes. Pero murió de cáncer el  pasado de día 7. Sus amigos quieren que el Boss le dedique una canción.




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Hartos de barbacoas en la playa

Ojipláticos nos quedamos el otro día los vecinos del Coll con la que se montó en la playa. Hacía tiempo que los ciudadanos de Son Banya no salían en procesión a instalarse en la playa el fin de semana.




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Bodas, bautizos y comuniones 'on the beach'

MARTA M.- A finales de junio comenté en este mismo espacio el lamentable hábito de las barbacoas en la playa durante todo el verano. Hoy quiero abundar en el tema porque se están profesionalizando: ya vienen con generador eléctrico. Sí señores, se acabó pagar el restaurante o pasarte el día limpiando y recogiendo los restos del cumpleaños del niño/a. Ahora se lleva ussted el bufet y los invitados a la playa (o a un parque) y ya lo tiene
todo servido.




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Gracias de parte de Toni

El nostre fill va morir fa un mes i mig. Tenia 8 mesos. Patia una malaltia molt cruel anomenada Atrofia Musculo-Espinal de tipus 1. Quan en Toni tenia un mes ens adonarem que alguna cosa no anava bé. El nostre pediatra ens recomanà ingressar a Son Espases, aquell gegant gris enmig del camp, aquell lloc enorme amb espais desangelats.




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Suspendido el juicio contra la modelo que acusó de violación "maliciosamente" al futbolista Theo Hernández

La mujer, que ha pasado de denunciarte a acusada, se enfrenta a dos años de cárcel por simulación de delito Leer




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Un juzgado de Estepona investiga una denuncia por acoso sexual contra el alcalde del municipio

Desde el entorno del regidor, que ha puesto el tema en manos de abogados, consideran que se trata de una campaña "inadmisible e injusta" Leer




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La visita más terrorífica para Halloween está en pleno Málaga y tiene acento inglés

Se trata de una ruta teatralizada en un cementerio a solo 10 minutos del centro Leer




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Muere en el hospital un hombre que tuvo que ser rescatado durante las inundaciones en Málaga

La víctima, un británico de 71 años que sufría una hemiplejia, llegó con hipotermia por el tiempo que estuvo en contacto con el agua Leer




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Stefan Sagmeister, de las portadas para los Rolling al MoMA de Nueva York: "No estamos viendo el final de la democracia, vivimos su verdadera edad de oro"

La primera exposición en España del diseñador austríaco, que ganó un Grammy por un disco de Talking Heads, combina gráficas estadísticas, obras de arte, objetos y piezas de vídeo Leer