Ridesharing is one of those modern miracles apt to leave a population that could really be well-served by it — senior citizens past their driving years, who are otherwise pretty independent — behind for a simple, and kind of stupid, reason. Said simply: The older Americans get,...
From ride-hailing apps like Uber to traditional manufacturers like General Motors, change is coming to the old-fashioned automobile from more directions than the Model T. Between turning cars into Wi-Fi-connected hotspots and integrating computers powerful enough to drive vehicles on their own, Motor City executives...
Uber has a new friend in public transportation. TransLoc, a transportation technology provider, announced yesterday (Jan. 11) a partnership with Uber for what appears to be the next-generation partnership between public transit and the private ridesharing market. What the partnership will enable is integrating the Uber...
In FinTech, as in politics, circumstances can make for some strange bedfellows. Consider the evolving relationship between big banks and FinTech firms. Not long ago – think back, oh, only several months – FinTech was slated to eat traditional lenders’ lunches. Now, increasingly, they’re nibbling...
For an unsuccessful sports franchise, it can be hard to win fans back to the hometown cause. In California’s professional basketball scene, the game is almost rigged against the Sacramento Kings — not only do the Los Angeles Lakers draw more national fans on legacy...
It’s somewhat ironic that though the Consumer Electronics Show regularly brings thousands upon thousands of new gadgets to the floors of Las Vegas’ convention centers, it’s usually journalists rather than consumers that get to tinker with all the digital toys the rest of the market...
In a world filled with smartphones and self-driving cars, the barcode seems like an archaic holdover of some other digital retail age. However, the scaling needs of retailers have uncovered some weaknesses in how merchants process barcodes, as well as some promising solutions. The Wall...
For the most part, companies take CES as an opportunity to show all the ways they’ll be different from their competitors over the next year. However, Microsoft and Samsung decided to bury at least one hatchet during a conference speech. During Samsung President Dr. Won-Pyo...
The Federal Trade Commission earlier this week released a report focused on Big Data. The report, titled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding The Issues,” offered what Forbes said was a glimpse into the agency’s views on data and its management, especially...
