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2.3KInternet 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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2.0KRetailGoogle 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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3.1KInnovationHearables: 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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1.9KGoogleGoogle 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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2.2KAmazonAmazon 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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2.6KGoogleNest 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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5.6KRetailFIS: 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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2.5KIntelligence 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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4.5KVoice 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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3.0KRetailFossil 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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2.6KAmazonWelcome 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...
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6.1KVoice ActivationThe Past, Present And Future Of Voice Banking
It’s been a little over a year since our Digital Banking Tracker heralded the “Dawn of Banking Voice Technology.” Now it’s more...
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2.0KApplePros And Cons Of The Generation 3 Apple Watch
Will the ability to make phone calls with the next Apple Watch be enough to boost its sales? The tech world is...
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3.6KDigital PaymentsTap To Give To Charity – Yes, It’s A Thyng
People don’t write a check to pay for their dinner, movie tickets or groceries, so why are they still writing them for...
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3.9KGoogleGoogle Hires Former Essential Exec For Home Improvement
As much as Google would like users to believe there’s no device like Home, the smart speaker is not exactly delivering an...
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5.8KInternet of ThingsThe Connected Commerce Network Effect
The world’s not ready for the Internet of Things (IoT). Oh, consumers are excited, and they have embraced connected commerce with both...
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3.4KRetailAlibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
In its latest effort to keep up with its American big brother Amazon, China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba has announced the debut of...
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5.3KInternet of ThingsSizzle/Fizzle: The IoT Is Sizzling, Household Debt Is Fizzling
Sizzle Cash in Japan: We’ve spoken in this space before about how cash is not dying but merely slowing down in certain...
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3.3KRetailConnected Consumers Won’t Trade Security For Efficiency
The more connected devices consumers have, the more concerned they are about the security of their financial information. That’s according to the...
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2.4KRetailCentric Software Makes Fashion Designers The Real VIPs
Fashion design needs an artist’s touch, so Centric Software made a platform that lets designers create and collaborate on apparel collections, even...
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3.9KInternet of ThingsVisa Adds 13 Partners To Its IoT Mobile Commerce Network
Credit card company Visa announced Wednesday (June 7) that it inked deals with 13 new partners to participate in its token service provider program....
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9.2KInternet of ThingsVisa Study Shows 83 Percent Of Consumers Want New, IoT Ways To Pay
Picture a car that’s smart enough to know it’s running low on gas and prompts the driver to stop at the nearest...
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2.9KCommerceTony Fadell And Jim McCarthy Talk Our Connected (Commerce) Future
Digital, to be sure, is one path commerce is taking and will take. The question is, what else does the future hold...
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1.7KSecurity & FraudHacked Medical Devices Make Cybersecurity Life or Death
There’s a growing trend of cybercriminals targeting medical devices in extortion schemes. Many of these embedded devices have lax cybersecurity protections, Wired noted,...
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5.6KInternet of ThingsWhen IoT And The Automotive Industry Collide
Connectivity is giving the automobile industry a new lease on life. With the Internet of Things, vehicles are becoming smarter and more...
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4.6KInternet of ThingsThe Dawn Of The Connected Baby?
It seems it may never be too early to get connected. IoT technology has saved consumers both time and money over the...
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4.1KInternet of ThingsPink, Blue — And IoT?
It seems it may never be too early to get connected. IoT technology has saved consumers both time and money over the...
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10.1KInternet of ThingsHow The Internet Of Things Is Already Influencing The Retail Industry
The term “Internet of Things” has become a big buzzword in business lately, but what exactly is it and why might it...
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3.6KInternet of ThingsiDevices Smart Home Gadgets Welcome Amazon Alexa Compatibility
Smart home product company iDevices announced on Monday (July 11) that its connected home gadgets and app are compatible with Amazon Alexa....
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7.7KSecurity & FraudIs IoT The Next Ransomware Victim?
Cybercriminals are turning the attention of ransomware attacks to target the burgeoning market of connected devices. According to the Institute for Critical...
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32.0KPayments InnovationSleepless In Payments
The world is increasingly sleep deprived. Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S., 75 percent in the U.K. and nearly a third...
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Payments Innovation
MasterCard’s Fashion-Forward Digital Payments Hackathon
MasterCard is collaborating with The New School’s Parsons School of Design to bring together the worlds of payment technology and fashion in...
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10.6KInternet of ThingsIoT Ushers In A New Wave Of Automation
The Internet is automating everything. From preventing water wastage to lighting streets and making machines work remotely, the environment around us is...
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8.2KMobile CommerceWhen It Comes To Payments, The Customer Rules
As digital continues to disrupt the payments industry, consumers are starting to look beyond payments transaction and demanding payment experiences. As part...
