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InnovationSignify US CEO (Formerly Philips Lighting): Lighting Up The Connected Economy’s Innovations
Founded as Philips Lighting 128 years ago and spun off as Signify in 2016, the company today considers the sun to be...
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AppleApple Patent Shows Self-Configuring Smart Home
A new Apple patent application outlines the way a truly independent smart home would function. The patent application — titled “Object tracking...
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Voice ActivationSensory Teams With Appliance OEMS For Smart Voice Platform
With a specialized model of its TrulyNatural vocabulary speech-recognition and natural-language-understanding platform, Silicon Valley firm Sensory unveiled the release of its domain-specific...
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Payment Methods12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2020
Past is prologue. For the annual holiday exercise at PYMNTS (describing the 12 main or most exciting ways to pay in 2019),...
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Today 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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Intelligence 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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AmazonAmazon To Expand Amazon Go Tech To Other Retailers
Amazon wants to bring its cashierless Go technology to other places, like airport stores and movie theaters, in a bid to expand...
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RetailToday In Data: Challenges And Advancements In Smart Technology
The smart technology field continues to be hampered by security issues even as solutions in the space are put to use in...
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Intelligence 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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Intelligence 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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InnovationHow 45 Pct Of Old-School SMBs Plan To Innovate
In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have...
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Internet of ThingsVodafone: How 5G Will Impact IoT’s Future
There is a tendency when talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) — and all the miraculous things it will power in...
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Unattended RetailHow Unattended Retail Is Getting Smarter
The rise of smart vending machines is helping unattended retail get a new lease on life, changing everything from the way we...
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InnovationWhy Hotels And Restaurants Struggle With POS Innovation
When it comes to implementing innovation, trying and succeeding are two different things. This is a fact that hotels and restaurants know...
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Unattended RetailHow Smart Kiosks Are Solving Retail’s Last-Mile Problem
When it comes to fulfilling consumers’ need for instant gratification, physical retailers might have an upper hand, but they can struggle to...
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Merchant InnovationCan Smart Carts Make Grocery Stores Smarter?
The shopping cart has been a part of the grocery store checkout experience for nearly 152 years. It’s first use is attributed...
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Artificial IntelligencePandora Debuts Voice Assistant
Streaming music provider Pandora has announced the launch of Voice Mode, a smart assistant that allows listeners to control its mobile app...
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InnovationCherry Home CEO: The Future Of Smart Homes And Independent Senior Living
When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift...
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Security & FraudInfoSec CTO: How To Improve The Privacy IQ Of Smart Devices
When it comes to the world of cybercrime touching the connected smart devices that consumers are increasingly using, it is easy to...
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AppleApple HomePod Plans 2019 Chinese Debut
Apple’s HomePod wireless speaker is set to go on sale in China next year, beating Amazon and Google speaker offerings into the country....
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Security & FraudHow OfferUp Works To Safeguard Both Buyers And Sellers
Digital marketplaces have become beloved by buyers and sellers — and fraudsters. Nick Huzar, CEO of OfferUp, says most current authentication standards...
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WearablesWearable Use To Grow 26 Pct Globally In 2019
A new report estimates that worldwide shipments of wearable devices will reach 225 million in 2019. In its report, “Forecast: Wearable Electronic Devices,...
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Security & FraudOfferUp CEO On Making Marketplace Authentication Smarter
The world is constantly getting faster. As a result, the speed of commerce and payments is coming closer to real time. This...
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Intelligence of ThingsTRENDING: Why Grocery Stores Want Autonomous Vehicle Delivery
Investment in Intelligence of Things (IoT) is expected to surge in the coming years, with companies projected to increase spending on the...
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EcosystemsTantalum CEO Talks What’s Working (And What’s Not) In The Connected Automotive Ecosystem
One might have to squint, but they can certainly see it coming — for real (not just hype) in some press release,...
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Today 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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Artificial 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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AppleApple Holds 41 Percent Share Of Smartwatch Market
As global smartwatch shipments grew by 37 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, Apple has maintained dominance in the category with a...
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GoogleNew Google AI Assistant Helps Users Stay Fit
Google might be getting ready to launch a new wellness product powered by artificial intelligence (AI). According to Venture Beat, there are...
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EcosystemsConnected Cars Hitch A Ride On Smart City Spending
They are siblings, the concepts of connected vehicles and smart cities. Tied together by data, sensors, algorithms, software and other technology, the...
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AlexaThe Mid-Year State Of The Voice Commerce Market
Predicting the future is hard work, and as we come to the close of the 21st century’s second decade, it is fair...
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Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17),...
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Internet of ThingsThe Global IoT Market Is Expected To Grow To $6.5 Trillion By 2024
Internet of Things (IoT) technology isn’t just for a smart fridge or a smart speaker in the home: It also has applications...
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GoogleGoogle Announces Wearable System For Android And iPhone Users
Google announced that it is launching a “wearables operating system for everyone” that will work for both Android and iPhone users. “Android...
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WearablesFitbit Falls As Smartwatch Demands Change
After Fitbit’s revenue and profit missed expectations, the company’s shares fell 12 percent to $4.90 in late trading on Monday (Feb. 26)....
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RetailApple Watch Sales Expected to Rise In 2018
The Apple Watch has been driving the wearables market – the company saw sales jump 60 percent in 2017, with 16 million...
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RetailWhen It Comes To Jewelry, Smart Can Be Beautiful
Usually the expression “you don’t know what you don’t know” is a warning. It’s meant to keep people, often entrepreneurs, from rushing...
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Payment MethodsWells Fargo Customers Can Now Pay With Fitbit Pay
Wells Fargo announced Thursday (Jan. 11) that it has inked a partnership with wearables manufacturer Fitbit through which its customers can make...
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RetailUnder Armour Unveils New Connected Sneakers
One year after Under Armour launched three pairs of connected running shoes at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the sports apparel...
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AmazonAlexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
Amazon has rolled out a new Alexa developer kit for on-the-go devices, making it easier for manufacturers to integrate the wildly popular...
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Intelligence of ThingsHow Philips Lighting Is Working To Light The Path Toward Smart Cities
Can new streetlights brighten more than just dark streets? In the latest PYMNTS Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker, Roger Karner, president of...
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MobileSamsung Partners Roll Out Business Wearable Solutions
At the Mobile World Congress Americas trade show on Monday, September 11, Samsung Electronics America announced news of several new partner solutions...
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MobileCTA Tests Out Night Game Alerts To Make Commuting Easier During Ballgames
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced news it is testing out a new notification program. Red Line customers commuting from downtown stations can...
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RidesharingLyft Assures Drivers Autonomy Won’t Completely Take Over
Innovation for self-driving cars has rapidly increased over the past few years. With companies like Tesla introducing its Autopilot, many others are...
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RetailFossil 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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Digital 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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Intelligence of ThingsRobot v. Food?
When it comes to building a better burger, can an IoT-connected robot cut the mustard? In the latest PYMNTS.com Intelligence of Things...
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Intelligence of ThingsNEW REPORT: When Robots Man The Grill
There’s been no shortage of speculation — including doomsday declarations — about the potential impact of automation, smart technology and artificial intelligence (AI) on...
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RetailChatbot Tracker: Weighing Your Options
Chatbots are everywhere these days and are hot topics of conversation among retailers. Learning how to best leverage this relatively new interactive...
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Merchant InnovationApple’s HomePod Firmware Leaks iPhone 8 Details
Apple has its HomePod to thank for leaks about the upcoming iPhone 8. That’s according to news from TechCrunch, which reported Apple...
