Retail

Retail

New Study: Hey Alexa, 95% of Consumers Don’t Want to Talk to a Robot When Shopping

Retail

VMware Modernizes Retail IT to Deliver Exceptional Customer Experiences in the Intelligent Store

Cloud

Oracle Retail Omnichannel Suite Innovations Power New Consumer Experiences

IoT Devices

The number of active GPS pet trackers in Europe and North America to reach 3.8 million by 2022

Mobile

Qualcomm granted permanent injunction against Apple in Germany

VR & AR

Impressive growth opportunities identified for AR, VR and security analytics markets

Mobile

Smartphone assembly volumes dropped 4.4% in the third quarter, driven by weakening market conditions, according to IDC

IoT Devices

Smart speaker sales explode in EMEA with more than 3.3 million devices shipped in 3Q18, according to IDC

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AI & ML

Where are they now? Blippar's journey ends in car crash

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Transformation

'Rapidly-digitising industries' to drive double-digit growth in cloud spending

Unified Communications

Avaya launches online store: a simple swipe and buy experience for SMB and mid-market customers

Mobile

AT&T to add second Samsung smartphone to mobile 5G portfolio in 2019

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Business Models

EU introduces geoblocking ban, claims it will boost single digital market

VR & AR

VR at a mobile fork in the road; ABI Research lowers 2023 forecast

AI & ML

MTS integrates startup hub technologies into online retails

AI & ML

NTT develops non-rigid object recognition technology with a small number of database images

Retail

2018 Holiday Retail Index by Verizon tracking digital commerce

Device Software & Apps

Tech shoppers ditch desktop PCs and DVDs

Transformation

Americans like to buy online, but also expect in-store experiences, SAP study says

Mobile

Strategy Analytics: Global smartwatch shipments leap 67 percent to 10 million units in Q3 2018

AI & ML

Intel and Tencent YouTu team on artificial intelligence products to deliver customer insights

Mobile

Tablet market sees modest decline of 8.6% as slate and detachable categories continue to struggle, according to IDC

IoT Devices

Two million children now using smart speakers in the UK: Strategy Analytics

Mobile

Samsung introduces two new 0.8μm ISOCELL image sensors to the smartphone market