Uniqlo parent company Fast Retailing and 7-Eleven operator Seven & i Holdings are expected to say they have been facing headwinds when they report their latest earnings next week, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Jan. 2). Bloomberg said this while reporting analysts’ forecasts for these and other...
Select Samsung refrigerators will use artificial intelligence to help consumers manage their food inventory, place grocery orders through the refrigerator’s screen and receive those groceries via same-day delivery through Instacart. These capabilities will be enabled by a new multiyear partnership that brings together Samsung’s food...
Samsung says startups from its C-Lab will display a range of products at CES 2025. The startups will showcase efforts in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), digital health and robotics at the Consumer Electronics Show, kicking off next month in...
The connected economy might be making a jump from end-users’ hands to their faces. That is, if Big Tech’s biggest representatives are to be believed. On Thursday (Dec. 12), Google introduced a new Android operating system (OS) built for extended reality (XR) devices like headsets...
October 07, 2024
The CE 100 Index slipped 0.6% as October’s first few days of trading brought investors firmly into the fourth quarter while reversing some of the gains seen in the past few weeks. The continuation of a trend — where Chinese names had led advancing issues through the past several sessions — was not enough to […]
March 07, 2024
Led by names like Google, Apple and Samsung, the wearables category of the connected economy has become a study in contradictions. New, high-profile introductions have accelerated due to recent events...
January 03, 2024
If next week’s Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, artificial intelligence is moving from the world of engineering and technology to the province of consumers, commerce and the connected economy....
August 20, 2020
Though the great consumer shift to digital is often seen as a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s not entirely accurate, Mike Cowen, Mastercard’s head of digital payments for the...
January 19, 2025
Will audio tech company Sonos soon have a new owner? If so, which tech giant will it be? A report Sunday (Jan. 19) by Bloomberg News examines the company’s trouble and uncertain future. After a messy app rollout in May, Sonos’ market valuation is roughly $1.7 billion, down from more than $5 billion during the […]
January 03, 2025
Uniqlo parent company Fast Retailing and 7-Eleven operator Seven & i Holdings are expected to say they have been facing headwinds when they report their latest earnings next week, Bloomberg...
January 02, 2025
Select Samsung refrigerators will use artificial intelligence to help consumers manage their food inventory, place grocery orders through the refrigerator’s screen and receive those groceries via same-day delivery through Instacart....
December 26, 2024
Samsung says startups from its C-Lab will display a range of products at CES 2025. The startups will showcase efforts in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things...
