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1.1KPayment 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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1.3KToday 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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2.2KSizzle/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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2.6KToday 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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4.3KIntelligence 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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3.9KIntelligence 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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3.6KSecurity & 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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3.8KArtificial 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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4.9KPayment 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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1.8KToday 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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3.7KToday 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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3.7KToday 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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6.0KInternet 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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5.7KIntelligence 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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2.4KToday 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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2.3KToday 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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8.2KInternet 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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4.9KInternet 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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2.3KPartnerships / 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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3.3KVoice 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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7.4KStartup 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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3.4KVoice 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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3.5KSecurity & 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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8.5Kweird 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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2.8KVoice 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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6.1KInternet 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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6.5KRetailRebecca 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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3.1KInternet 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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6.9KVoice 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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4.0KInternet 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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3.3KRetailGoogle 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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5.1KInnovationHearables: 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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3.1KGoogleGoogle 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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3.6KAmazonAmazon 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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5.2KGoogleNest 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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7.8KRetailFIS: 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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4.8KIntelligence 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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6.8KVoice 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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4.6KRetailFossil 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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3.8KAmazonWelcome 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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9.2KVoice 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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13.2KApplePros 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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5.3KDigital 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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5.2KGoogleGoogle 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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9.2KInternet 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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4.8KRetailAlibaba 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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9.8KInternet 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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5.1KRetailConnected 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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4.3KRetailCentric 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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5.5KInternet 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....
