Retail

(c) Alibaba

Digital Platforms & Services

Ant Group, the world's largest-ever IPO, will launch in China and ignore New York and London

Emerging Tech

Drone industry powers on in a post-COVID-19 world: will be worth US$92 billion by 2030

Security

Online Threats Retain Sky-High Levels as Pandemic-induced Cyberattacks Persist

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Work from home/remote desktop

Out to lunch: At first working from home was good; then it wasn’t. Why?

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Security

A browsing history is like a fingerprint - very easily identifiable

Digital Platforms & Services

Canalys: Google Cloud is top cloud service provider for retailers worldwide

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AI, Analytics & Automation

Ofcom is taking a look into 'personalised pricing'

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Coronavirus

Stand by and prepare for a “Decade of the Home”: profound implications for services

Coronavirus

O2 backs campaign to support front-line customer service workers

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Digital Platforms & Services

While the US prevaricates, Australia, EU & UK move to bring Facebook, Google & Amazon to heel

Digital Platforms & Services

<a href="https://newscentre.vodafone.co.uk/news/curve-first-signature-iot-tracker/">Vodafone launches first signature IoT tracker</a>

Optical

ADVA teams up with OTN Systems to provide end-to-end industrial connectivity

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Policy & Regulation

CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to testify before the US Congress

Retail

Retail returns – O2 reports strong customer demand with promising signs for the high street as stores in England reopen

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5G

Mobile operators fall short in enterprise 5G considerations

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Coronavirus

Just how advantageous is being ‘digital’ in the current crisis?

Cloud

Microsoft, Workday announce strategic partnership to accelerate planning for today’s world

5G

Telia Sweden’s first major 5G network up and running in Stockholm with Ericsson gear

Transformation

SAP Offers Free Trials for Employee Communication and Customer Engagement Solutions

AI & ML

IDC Introduces an Interoperable Framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Infrastructure Stacks and Assesses the AI Infrastructure Stacks Currently on the Market

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Policy & Regulation

US starts to wonder "Is Google too big for its cowboy boots?'

Smartphones

India smartphone market posts 1.5% YoY growth In 1Q20 with 32.5 million units shipped, IDC India reports

Google Meet and Zoom meetings will likely become emblematic reminders of 2020. Source: Google

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: How is the DSP scorecard measuring up?

Coronavirus

Gartner finds tech CEOs were not prepared for an economic downturn prior to the pandemic