Increased uncertainty is one of the greatest impacts the pandemic has had on businesses, and it weighs heavily on the treasurers and chief financial officers (CFOs) responsible for making sure companies have the liquidity and working capital to meet their daily obligations and adapt to...
It’s happened to all of us over the course of the last year. Zoom fatigue sets in. Too much time looking at distracting backgrounds, too many hiccups in connections leaving participants frozen, too much frantically logging on for the 10th meeting of the day. Even...
One of the world’s biggest smartphone makers is apparently getting into the electric vehicle business, Reuters reported Thursday (March 25). Citing several unnamed sources close to the project, Reuters says China’s Xiaomi Corp plans to manufacture its electric vehicles at the Great Wall Motor Co....
The connected home is the current commerce command center. This next decade seems like it’s set to belong to the connected car. As reported in this space Tuesday (March 23), smart car tech startup ECARX has teamed up with Volvo to develop in-car software systems....
The international recorded music market expanded by 7.4 percent last year while much of the globe was on lockdown and live, in-person music was not available. That’s according to IFPI, which represents the recording industry and reported that the sector raked in $21.6 billion in...
The Swedish automaker Volvo has joined forces with the smart car tech startup ECARX to develop in-car operation software, the two companies announced on Tuesday (March 23). According to Reuters, the project — which will be headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden — will develop software for...
It’s the era of a lot of things. Some impressive (Brady, LeBron) some tragic (COVID) and some obsessive (social media). It’s also the era of algorithms — and it seems there’s nothing they can’t solve for, from painting a Monet to minting money. And now,...
According to a Thursday (March 18) press release, supply chain technology startup project44 has launched Supplier Visibility, which will give shippers a new way to see prepaid freight from suppliers. The release said the real-time information about the prepaid shipments from suppliers will let the shippers manage...
Have you seen a targeted ad on Facebook and thought to yourself, “It’s like they’re reading my mind?” The social media behemoth wants to take things a step further. Facebook this week unveiled a new wrist device that it says can read the neurological signals...
