The spikes in new coronavirus cases, notable in pockets across the U.S. and Europe, is having ripple effects across the entertainment industry, pushing back content production and, by extension, leaving theaters dark. Which opens up the doors, so to speak, for even more of a...
Google says that six months of COVID-19 restrictions have produced changes in shopping habits that in typical times would have taken 10 years to transpire – and the company today is touting offerings for brick-and-mortar small businesses as a way to help. One change, Google...
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday (Sept. 15) announced that its game-streaming service XCloud is now available to users of Google’s Android service, but not to Apple iPhone users. CNBC wrote: “Think of xCloud as the ‘Netflix of gaming.’ Microsoft’s game-streaming service lets you play high-quality games,...
We’re all doing, well, everything from home, so it makes sense that home should be a bit easier to deal with. In what might be a roadmap drawn at least in part by Big Tech — with, specifically Apple, Amazon, Google among those names —...
Avanci, which has positioned itself as the tech clearinghouse for automakers and others looking to incorporate the Internet of Things (IoT) in their products, is now rolling out a 5G automotive licensing program. The Dallas-based company, which aims to serve as a hub between IoT...
Facebook announced on Thursday (July 23) that users of its Messenger Rooms group video feature can now live-broadcast those meetings to traditional Facebook pages. The feature should make it easier to invite people to join online group video chats than has been the case with...
Utah officials estimate that new vehicle-to-everything, or V2X, technology could reduce the severity of traffic crashes by 80 percent, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. Motor vehicle crashes claimed the lives of around 36,120 people in 2019, WSJ reported, and the V2X technology has been...
Google’s bold move earlier this year to eliminate the cost for merchants to sell on its Google Shopping platform appears to be working. In a blog post on Monday (June 29), Bill Ready, Google’s commerce president, wrote that the switch has produced a “significant increase”...
GE Appliances (GEA) has introduced what it’s calling a smart technology to improve a product’s life cycle. SmartHQ Solutions, GEA said in a Thursday (June 25) announcement, is the first solution in the industry to connect these technologies. “In today’s world, we are digitizing our...