Now WeChat Lets You Gift a Starbucks Coffee to Friends
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New Analysis Proves Trump’s Tweets Attacking Companies are Mostly...
When now-US president Donald Trump took aim at Boeing on Twitter in December, the internet gasped...
(Patent) Nike Scores With Record High In Patent Grants in 2016
Last year saw Nike earn patent approval on over 690 filings, including fitness tracking sensors,...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Case for Digital Reinvention
Digital technology, despite its seeming ubiquity, has only begun to penetrate industries. As it c...
(Patent) Amazon’s Latest Drone Patent Features Foldable Wings for...
Amazon has sought patents for hitchhiking drones, mini-drones that can sit on shoulders, drones t...
(PDF) BCG - How Batteries and Solar Power Are Disrupting Electricit...
The battery pack may be the least glamorous component in the electricity delivery network, but it...
(Video) H&R Block with IBM Watson Reinventing Tax Preparation
H&R Block will roll out technology that incorporates IBM Watson at approximately 10,000 branc...
Winning Diverse Shoppers in a Digital Retail World
For consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers, knowing how consumers go from want...
How Marketers on Facebook Can Convert in a Mobile Minute
2016 was the first year that Facebook saw more mobile conversions than desktop conversions for th...
(Video) Nike Has Found a Novel Use for AR for Marketing Shoes - Sma...
Augmented and virtual reality are slowly but surely being integrated into shopping experiences wo...
Data and Digital Channels Key to Customer Retention
Financial institutions are realizing that they must capitalize on vast data and relationship adva...
Worldwide App Downloads Grew 15% and Revenue Soared 40% in 2016
Downloads, revenue, and time spent in apps all grew by double digits during 2016, according to a...
(PDF) BCG - Competing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Until recently, artificial intelligence (AI) was similar to nuclear fusion in unfulfilled promise...
After Mixed Year, Mobile AR to Drive $108 Billion VR/AR Market
Our new Augmented/Virtual Reality Report 2017 base case is that Mobile AR could become the primar...
A Human Capital Challenge in Information Technology
A large number of job openings, low unemployment, and decreased matching efficiency in the labor...
Apple is Already Winning The Wireless Headphones Market with AirPods
Despite delays, Apple’s AirPods had a great holiday season according to a new report on wireless...
(Video) Barcode Scanning Startup Scandit Raises $7.5M from Atomico
Mobile barcode scanning company Scandit has closed a $7.5 million Series A round from Skype cofou...
(Video) Kino-mo's Hypervsn Puts a Different Spin on Holographic Dis...
Kino-mo's Hypervsn displays uses LED-based technology, which allows the "holograms" to be clearly...
(Video) Smartphone Add-On Sees Into Your Skin - Nurugo SmartUV
The SmartUV is an ultraviolet camera for smartphones.Visible light – the light that we see with...
Mattel's Aristotle is Like an Amazon Echo for Kids
Her name is Aristotle, and she has eyes, and ears, inside your child's bedroom."What do you want...
(Video) Why Alexander Wang's Adidas Collection Was Sold In Unmarked...
For the first time, Johannes Leonardo creative director Ferdinando Verderi talks about the strate...
5 Things That Could Make Amazon Even Stronger In 2017
Amazon's 2016 has been record breaking on many fronts. The company recorded its sixth consecutive...
(Video) Tiny Activity Tracker Gets Into The Ring - Motiv Ring
Motiv Ring tracks activity, sleep and heart rate.A major shortcoming of fitness trackers is that...
(PDF) Comsocre - The Future of Retail Is Mobile
How Mobile Marketing Dynamics Are Shaping the Future of Retail.comScore in Journal of Advertising...
(Video) Remote Controller Has Your Fingerprints All Over It
Tapdo should begin taking preorders next year.Perhaps you own multiple devices that can be remote...
(Patent) Amazon Drones, Meet Your Mothership
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's -- Amazon. The online retailer has its head in the clouds with pl...
Drone Air Traffic Control System Being Developed in Singapore
NTU Professor Low Kin Huat (left) and Air Traffic Management Research Institute's Deputy Director...
Portable Vision Testing Kit Puts an Eye Doctor in Your Smartphone -...
Attach the mini microscope to your smartphone to take the test.Despite the fact that many of us s...
(Video) Motion-Sensing Wall Panels Animate Boring Interiors
ENESS is looking to add touch sensors to the Lumes system.Interior walls can be a bit on the bori...
Fast-Fashion Brands Defy Slowdown in China's Apparel Market
Popularity of global casualwear brands rises in second- and third-tier cities. Growing popularity...
Kellogg Pivots To Boost Sales of Morningstar Farms
More meatless options are hitting retail shelves.Much has been made in recent years about how dec...
3D-Knitted Furniture Arrives at IKEA
After appearing in trainers and high-end furniture, 3D-knitting has arrived at IKEA in the form o...
