In the mid-1970’s Visa introduced one of the most memorable corporate slogans of all time: “It’s everywhere you want to be.” Those five words are a simple and easy way to remember the value proposition of their product: ubiquity. Fast forward to a digital world, and being...
There’s nothing quite like the anxiety from a draining smartphone battery, and even though mobile battery packs have made massive advances over the last few years, it can still be inconvenient to have one big enough poking out of a pocket. How convenient, then, that...
Intel may be looking to shed its Intel Security business, according to a Financial Times report. While the sale of its cybersecurity unit hasn’t been confirmed by the company, the report indicates that Intel may also look at selling McAfee, an antivirus software maker that it...
Of all the hot takes on the coming of automation to the retail sector, opinion pieces on all of the soon-to-be out of work employees can come off as greatly exaggerated. While that outcome may come to pass in some degree, it’s much more likely...
By now, it’s a well-accepted fact that brick-and-mortar retailers will do just about anything to turn uncommitted buyers both online and on the sidewalk into in-store conversions. How far each merchant will go to win the hearts and minds of these fickle consumers varies from...
Being able to chow down on some greasy but oh-so-finger-licking-good KFC fried chicken while the box that you eat it out of also doubles as a USB charging station lends itself to all manner of fast-food jokes (after all, this is the company that brought...
You can chalk up another talent acquisition to the folks at Pinterest, this time the team behind a shopping app entirely curated by real fashion experts. After acquiring the custom keyboard app Fleksy last week, news broke this week that Pinterest had acquired the team...
Most libraries have a no-food, no-drink policy on their premises to limit the likelihood that precious volumes of classic literature end up drenched in Mountain Dew and cheese sauce. However, one of the largest brick-and-mortar booksellers in the country is hoping food and drinks are...
When news broke months ago that ride-hailing service Lyft and Big Four automaker GM had signed a deal to jointly invest in a future of self-driving cars, the very idea of these two companies working together seemed anathema. However, aspects of that partnership are already...
