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2.9KSecurity & FraudComcast Launches AI-Powered Cybersecurity Service
Comcast is releasing an artificial intelligence-powered service that will monitor, block and tell customers about online threats to devices connected to home...
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1.9KToday In DataToday In Data: The Transforming World Of 2019
The world of 2019 is quickly gearing up to become quite a different place than the year we just left behind. Rules...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudHackers Exploit Google Chromecast Bug
Despite being warned years ago about a bug in its Chromecast media streaming stick, Google has yet to fix it and hackers...
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8.4KPayments InnovationDid Payments 2018 Predictions Come True?
In about two weeks, 2018 will be one for the history books. And from a payments and commerce perspective, it really has...
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2.2KRetailOffice Depot Unveils Smart Home Installation Services
To help customers create a smart home or office, Office Depot is now an installation partner for Nest and Google smart home...
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2.7KRetailHow Five Retailers Are Catering To Smartphone Shoppers
Consumers are tethered to their smartphones, and their affinity for connected devices extends into commerce – they are using these tools when...
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5.5KRetailFrom Appliance Repair To DIY Commerce Platform
It was usually a weekend joy or an after-work nightmare for the person assigned the task: fixing the broken washing machine or...
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4.8KToday In DataToday In Data: Keeping Current In An Always-Connected, On-Demand Ecosystem
The world may not feel like a radically different place than it was at the turn of the last century – but...
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2.0KToday In DataToday In Data: Capitalizing On The Connected Future
From speakers to cars to video game consoles, it feels like every device is becoming a connected device. The opportunities that come...
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9.2KMobile CommerceWhat Black Friday Tells Us About The Future Of Retail
The verdict is in. Black Friday was a boon for online retail. Nostalgia still drove consumers to physical stores to snag and...
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3.7KPayment MethodsConnecting The Dots On Paying With Connected Devices
Black Friday looms. The holidays loom. Time to take stock, then, of How We Will Pay – in the retail setting, of course,...
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2.0KToday In DataToday In Data: What The Start Of The ‘Smart’ World Means
There is no shortage of things in the world claiming to be “smart,” though what that actually means varies in context. It...
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2.7KSizzle/FizzleThe Big Sizzle: Winning Week For Wearables
It was a good week for wearables and their future, as the devices continued to show indications of strong promise on the...
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5.5KToday In DataToday In Data: A Whole New Connected World
In what feels like the blink of any eye, the Internet of Things has gone beyond smart speakers and a handful of wearables on...
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6.8KIntelligence of ThingsCan Brick-and-Mortar IoT Capture eCommerce-Level Customer Data?
Using overhead cameras, scanners and weight sensors to track customers in-store may be the future of physical retail, but what starts as...
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5.3KIntelligence of ThingsTRENDING: Tracking Customers Without Giving Them The Creeps
By 2020, 30 billion Intelligence of Things (IoT) devices are expected to be connected worldwide — a figure anticipated to skyrocket to 100...
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5.1KSecurity & FraudHackers Target IoT-Enabled Appliances To Spark Blackouts
A new study has found that hackers can use appliances that are connected via the Internet of Things (IoT) to set off...
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4.3KArtificial IntelligenceIt’s Not Smart Tech If It’s Foolish
When English mountaineer George Mallory was asked in 1923 by The New York Times why he wanted to attempt to climb Mount Everest...
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5.9KPayment MethodsMerchants And Tokenization’s Sea Change
Merchants must manage billions of tokens – easier said than done. Nitin Prabhu, PayPal’s senior director of issuance, tokenization and loyalty platform, offers...
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2.2KToday In DataToday In Data: Creating – And Securing – The Next Generation Of Customer Touchpoints
With the vast majority of American adults carrying a supercomputer in their pockets all the time, the opportunities to reach out and...
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4.0KToday In DataToday in Data: Filling Needs, Fixing Vulnerabilities
The IoT market is growing exponentially – but in the lives of consumers, it’s on an industrial scale. The good news: It’s mostly a “more...
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3.9KToday In DataToday In Data: Changing The Technology And Evolving Preferences
Normal operating procedure for consumers on the eve of the 2020s is incredibly different than it was on the eve of the...
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6.8KInternet of ThingsKeeping Smart Homes Safe And Secure
Bad actors are increasingly targeting connected devices, and network providers are fighting back. But when it comes to protecting the IoT, a...
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6.3KIntelligence of ThingsTRENDING: IoT’s Big Security Fail
Over the next five years, some 40 billion connected devices are expected to be installed by consumers and businesses around the world....
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3.0KToday In DataToday In Data: Going Big, Thinking Small
The marketplace of 2018 and its many opportunities are the favored fodder for optimists in the digital age. But a fast-growing world...
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2.9KToday In DataThe Multifaceted Future Of Self-Service
Consumers, while generally desirous of good service in general, are these days increasingly willing to serve themselves. In fact, a growing number of...
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9.0KInternet of ThingsWhy It’s Time For Retail To Stop Experimenting With IoT, And Start Implementing It
Building out the future of retail Internet of Things (IoT) is complicated work, according to Mastercard SVP of Internet of Things Partnerships...
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5.5KInternet of ThingsIoT Security Solutions To Hit $6B By 2023
The Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity solutions market is poised to hit $6 billion globally by 2023, according to a new study...
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2.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsArm Acquires Steam Technologies As More IoT Devices Get Connected
Arm, the semiconductor company, announced on Tuesday (June 12) that it is acquiring Stream Technologies to enable connectivity management of every device,...
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3.6KVoice ActivationAlexa Snafu Raises Concerns For Smart Speaker Skeptics
Many have worried that Amazon’s Alexa is spying on them through their Echo device. Others, like this Oregon family, merely joked about...
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7.6KStartup Check-InA Payments And Music Machine And Cryptocurrency Dreams
Smartwatches are getting smarter. Instead of linking to the user’s phone to power GPS, fitness tracking, music and payments, this one houses...
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3.5KVoice ActivationAlexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
The 2018 Amazon Alexa Voice Challenge is a different competition than in years past — naturally, since the voice-activated assistant herself has evolved...
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3.7KSecurity & FraudWhat Toymakers Can Learn From VTech Breach And Settlement
It was like stealing data from a baby. In 2015, electronic toy company VTech learned from a journalist that a hacker had...
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9.8Kweird commerceThe Most Unusual Connected Devices Of 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) may have jumped the digital shark this year. Of course, some would say this happened a long...
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3.1KVoice ActivationNow Entering The Connected Device Arena: Jim Beam
Beam me up, Jimmy. Whiskey maker Jim Beam has entered the connected device arena with a smart decanter for its popular Kentucky-style...
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6.3KInternet of ThingsA Holly, Jolly – And Connected – Christmas
There will certainly be many sales to choose from once the Thanksgiving dinner dishes have all been cleared and the Black Friday...
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6.8KRetailRebecca Minkoff Has Connected Commerce In The Bag
There are few things more fashionable in 2017 than a progressive woman — but why stop at politics? Rebecca Minkoff’s connected handbag line...
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3.3KInternet of ThingsVodafone Enters The Multibillion-Dollar IoT Market
Vodafone announced news on Tuesday (Nov. 7) of its entrance into the Internet of Things (IoT) consumer market through the launch of...
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7.2KVoice ActivationTwo-Factor Voice Authentication: Now We’re Talking
Between smart speakers, smartphones and smart cars, speech has become an accepted and natural way to interact with electronics, both at home...
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4.2KInternet of ThingsSmart Appliances Find A Home Among Consumers
“Smart House” used to be just a Disney Channel Original Movie; perhaps you watched it back in good old 1999, or remember...
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3.5KRetailGoogle Tracker: Toeing The Line And Stirring The Pot
Google is really taking control of its own destiny this week. It made moves to appease the European regulators who slapped it...
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5.2KInnovationHearables: Taking Voice Control Beyond Smart Speakers
What’s better than being able to boss Alexa around at home? How about being able to boss her around everywhere else, too?...
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3.2KGoogleGoogle Tracker: Keeping Its Frenemies Close
The lines are blurring between competition and collaboration as Google reaches across enemy lines to partner with Apple. Or, if “partner” is...
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3.7KAmazonAmazon Tracker: Strategies And Partnerships Deliver
In this week’s tracker, Amazon slowly spreads into trickier territory: prescription pharmaceuticals, smart glasses, and shipping alcohol (which is a logistical nightmare)....
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5.4KGoogleNest Cam IQ Integrates Google Assistant
In an early move to leverage its relationship with Google, Nest has announced its latest indoor security camera, the Nest Cam IQ,...
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8.0KRetailFIS: Why Retailers Must Put Payments At The Tip Of The Spear
As consumers, payments and channels evolve, many traditional merchants have been holding onto solvency by their fingernails. Most would not call the...
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5.1KIntelligence of ThingsThe Smarter Car: Who Will Get There First?
Apple won’t be building that self-driving car — or, at least, not the way it originally envisioned. It came to light last month...
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7.2KVoice ActivationArtificial Intelligence, Artificial Empathy
Paging Dr. Alexa: How are you feeling? It may not be long before virtual, voice-controlled assistants can tell and answer accordingly. Mattersight...
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5.0KRetailFossil Banks On Wearables To Reset The Sales Clock
There is a time for everything under the sun – a time to be born and a time to die. According to...
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4.0KAmazonWelcome To Alexa City
Amazon’s Alexa is overqualified for ordering a pizza or a Lyft, so a few pioneering cities are putting her to work on...
