Category: Mobile

Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall Joined by Intel Drones

By Chuck Martin The 2018 production of the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City will include 100 Intel Shooting Star drones. The mini drones will be […]

Smartphone Shipments Around the World Slowing

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By Chuck Martin The bad news for the global smartphone market keeps coming in. Worldwide smartphone shipments fell by 7% last quarter, the fourth consecutive […]

Lime Launches $3M Campaign For E-Scooter Rider Safety

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By Chuck Martin Lime, a connected e-scooter company, is launching a multi-channel educational advertising campaign called Respect the Ride. The $3 million campaign will include […]

Shoppers at Amazon Go Return To Store

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By Chuck Martin As more retailers add payment technologies that allow shoppers to skip checkout lines, all eyes are on the state of Amazon Go. […]

Self-Driving Vehicles on the Way; 5 Million Projected by 2022

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By Chuck Martin Worldwide revenue of autonomous vehicles reached $3 billion last year and is estimated to grow to $103 billion by the end of […]

Smart Cart by LG Follows Shopper

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By Chuck Martin LG Electronics and South Korean discount chain operator E-mart agreed to develop a smart shopping cart that can follow a shopper in […]

AR Price Checking Added by Walmart

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By Chuck Martin Augmented reality has been tapped for quite a number of functions, from chasing Pokémon Go characters to digitally visualizing furniture in a […]

Customer Self-Checkout Tested by 7-Eleven

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By Chuck Martin Retail chain 7-Eleven is launching a self-checkout feature so customers can bypass the cashier on the way out of the store. The […]

Tablet Shipments Decline 9%, Apple Leads

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By Chuck Martin The worldwide tablet market declined 9% last quarter, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). The number of tablets […]

Automakers Add Networked Services; AT&T Connects 24 Million Cars

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By Chuck Martin There’s a lot of ongoing activity related to autonomous or driverless vehicles with some of the most well-known brands behind them. These […]

Virtual, Augmented Reality Going into Retail

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By Chuck Martin About a third of retailers are planning to implement augmented and virtual reality in the future, according to a new study. Four […]

Smartphone Shipments Drop 6%, Samsung Retains Lead

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By Chuck Martin Worldwide shipments of smartphones, still the most dominant of internet-connected devices, declined 6% compared to last year, according to the International Data […]

What Consumers Would Pay For 5G

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By Chuck Martin As new Internet of Things technologies enter the market, the typical first question is what the product or service will cost. The […]

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ from Disney Launches In-Theater AR Game

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By Chuck Martin To promote Disney’s coming “Ralph Breaks the Internet” movie, audiences showing up early at movie theaters nationwide will have a chance to […]