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1.7KToday In DataMonetizing An Increasingly Connected World
The universe of smart devices and connected things is undeniably growing by the day – name a common household item and there...
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7.0KIntelligence of ThingsBlackBerry On 5G And The IoT Security Problems That Must Be Fixed
The promises of 5G include faster connectivity and more opportunity for Intelligence of Things (IoT) providers, but security threats from unregistered IoT...
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5.5KIntelligence of ThingsNEW REPORT: With 5G Anticipation Building, Security Threats Loom
The 5G network is rapidly being deployed in markets around the world, and the advance of the network could mean profound changes...
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2.0KNewsREPORT: How Consumers Want To Connect To Pay
Consumers have a bad case of app fatigue. There was a time when consumers were eager to download and experiment with apps...
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3.7KPayment MethodsA Day In The Life Of The Bridge Millennial
After three years of intensive research into the connected shopping habits of more than 5,000 U.S. consumers, PYMNTS published its third annual...
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2.9KInvestmentsParticle Lands $40M To Become ‘All-In-One’ Solution For IoT Devices
Internet of Things (IoT) platform Particle announced that it has raised $40 million in a funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures and...
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2.0KToday In DataHow Connected Devices Are Changing Retail And Commerce
The share of consumers who own voice-activated devices has doubled as of 2017, with more of them using those devices to make purchases, listen...
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6.0KVoice ActivationWhy Voice Is Connected Commerce’s Killer App
Consumers have experienced the convenience of shopping with their voices, and they cannot get enough. The share of consumers who own voice-activated...
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2.6KInvestmentsCybersecurity Firm Firedome Lands $10M To Expand Into Business Protection
Firedome, a New York- and Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round with investment from...
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2.0KToday In DataConnected Devices And Everyday Purchasing Experiences
The physical and digital worlds are converging, as consumers own and use connected devices more than ever before. These technologies provide consumers...
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2.5KRetailHow Consumers Are Upping Their Connected Device Usage
Increasingly, the physical and digital worlds are converging. Consumers own and use connected devices more than ever before, while brick-and-mortar retail is...
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2.1KInternet of ThingsSmart Rosary Beads And Other Ways Churches Are Building Their Digital Flock
According to data released by Pew this week, America’s churches have an attendance problem. In a telephone survey conducted between this year and...
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4.6KIntelligence of ThingsBringing Autonomous Smart Shuttles To the Masses
There will be 41.6 billion Internet of Things (IoT)-connected devices around the world by 2025. Consumers and businesses have increasingly employed the...
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4.9KRetailHow Voice Will Capture The Connected Commerce Frontier
A massive sea change has happened in the world of retail – albeit so subtly and swiftly that most consumers probably never...
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2.2KToday In DataConnected Consumers And The Future Of Commerce
Connected devices are contextualizing commerce for consumers as they go about their daily lives, and bridge millennials provide profound insights into the future of connected commerce. In subscriptions, it seems MoviePass has...
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2.7KRestaurant innovationDeep Dive: QSRs Find Their Voice
More than one-quarter of all U.S. consumers who own voice-activated devices have used them to order food. These consumers commonly rely on...
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5.5KPayments InnovationNew Report: How Consumers Use Connected Devices To Shop And Pay
Voice is connected commerce’s killer app. That is just one of five critical findings highlighted in How We Will Pay 2019, a PYMNTS, Visa collaboration...
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4.1KRestaurant innovationHow Domino’s Works To Deliver On Customer Loyalty
An unsatisfying restaurant ordering experience can turn long-term customers into last-time patrons. So how can restaurants know which tech and services will...
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3.0KToday In DataThe Future Of Fitness With Connected Devices And IoT
Peloton combines its own hardware, software and subscription model in a bid to win over fitness-minded consumers – an effort that could shed light...
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6.3KIntelligence of ThingsiRobot On Cleaning Up Smart Home Security
With more than 8.6 billion connected devices in use worldwide, the appetite for IoT is only growing, with the technology being put...
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4.8KInnovationCan Elon Musk Turn The Human Brain Into A Connected Device?
It can never be said that Elon Musk has a problem thinking big. That can be seen from his early days as one...
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4.2KIntelligence of ThingsHow The Z-Wave Alliance Is Balancing IoT Interoperability And Security
States like California and New York are now regulating connected device security to give consumers much-needed protections. But state-by-state piecemeal legislation can...
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4.1KIntelligence of ThingsThe Case For Federal IoT Regulations
Smart technology is unlocking supply chain efficiencies, providing emergency alerts and much more. But despite intelligence of things (IoT) solutions being put...
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2.9KInternationalChina Surpasses US In Smart Speaker Shipments
China has surpassed the United States to lead the smart speaker market. According to new data from Canalys, China’s smart speaker shipments...
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9.3KMobile CommerceWallets Versus Stored Credentials: How Consumers Shop And Pay With Smartphones
Mobile commerce might just be the key to saving brick-and-mortar stores. Consumers use their smartphones to shop for everything, everywhere – including...
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6.1KIntelligence of ThingsHow Bonbouton’s Connected Insoles Track Health And Keep Data Secure
From fitness bands to heart rate monitors, consumers have a seemingly endless number of healthcare trackers from which to choose, but their...
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10.0KIntelligence of ThingsCan Regulating Wearables Protect Data Privacy?
The Intelligence of Things (IoT) has become a fixture of everyday life, with more than 14 billion connected devices expected to be...
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9.5KIntelligence of ThingsNew IoT Security Bill Exposes Rising Data Protection, Safety Concerns
Approximately 20 billion IoT-enabled devices will be connected by 2020. These items are fast, handle an increasingly large amount of personal and...
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11.2KIntelligence of ThingsThe Move To Regulate IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) has firmly taken hold, with new applications — focusing on the support of consumer, business and industrial...
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3.7KToday In DataThe Next Frontier In Connecting Across Channels
It might be a bit of a cliché to note that we live in an increasingly connected world – though given that...
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15.2KIntelligence of Things‘Alexa — Is My Data Secure On Connected Devices?’
By 2020, there will be an estimated 26 billion Intelligence of Things (IoT)-connected devices active around the world. As the IoT market...
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10.3KIntelligence of ThingsHow Autonomous Cars Will Upend The Grocery Industry
From connected cars to smart ovens, the Intelligence of Things (IoT) ecosystem is projected to grow into every area of consumer life...
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6.5KSecurity & 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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3.3KToday 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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6.3KSecurity & 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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108RegulationDeep Dive: The Costs, Complexities Of Managing Consumer Data
These days, consumers are almost always walking around with at least one, if not more, connected device. Whether they’re smartphones, tablets, wearables...
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19.3KPayments 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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4.0KRetailOffice 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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3.9KRetailHow 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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7.4KRetailFrom 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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6.2KToday 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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3.0KToday 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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19.3KMobile 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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6.4KPayment 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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3.5KToday 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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3.5KSizzle/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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6.9KToday 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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8.9KIntelligence 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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6.7KIntelligence 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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7.3KSecurity & 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...
