Every three months, like clockwork, earnings season settles in. As May dawns and the first quarter is behind us, investors get to take stock of the state of the U.S. consumer, enterprise spending — and what’s to come. To that end, the CE 100 Index...
Earnings season has begun in earnest, and a cavalcade of income statements and webcasts with analysts will mark the next few weeks. Volatile stock price movements drove the CE 100 Index to a virtual standstill, off 0.5% for the week. Communications names were 5% lower,...
The creator economy is apparently leaving a bulk of creators out in the cold. In an opinion piece published Saturday (April 22) by the Financial Times, Leo Lewis argues there is a “stunning concentration of revenues” on a small number of Gen Z creators, and...
Bumble. Tinder. Hinge. MeetMe. Grindr. Plenty of Fish. Every month, 73 million consumers across the United States log in to dating apps like these to search for dates, hookups and partners, and 25 million of them log in every single day. Meeting via app is...
The tech guru’s newest venture aims to be everything to everyone. But is it possible? Months of rumblings kicked off in November with Twitter reportedly filing with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to begin the registration process for processing payments. This first step for the...
Earnings season is here. And as is always the case, big banks kicked things off. The CE 100 Index gained a scant 0.63% through last week, as quarterly reports from JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, part of our pantheon of connected economy stocks, helped drive the...
Last month, General Motors tapped Google to help create electric vehicle infotainment systems. Google, but not the company’s Android Auto, or Apple’s CarPlay. This decision, the focus of a Sunday (April 16) Wall Street Journal report, is one that surprised the auto industry and marks...
Focusing on just the youngest digital-native generations or only high-earners when describing the connected-tech consumer misses the big picture when it comes to this demographic within a demographic. The connected-tech consumer owns an average of seven to eight connected devices. These may include computers, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, gaming consoles, smart home technologies...
With connected appliances, home cooking is becoming as convenient as takeout, according to technology company Fresco. In an interview with PYMNTS, Ben Harris, CEO and co-founder of the connected cooking platform, explained that the goal is to make cooking so intuitive and convenient that consumers...