By Chuck Martin The future is coming — and consumers have some ideas about what it might look like a decade from now. Consumers have […]
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Top Driver for Smart Home Device Purchasing: Saving Money
By Chuck Martin The next wave of smart home device growth could be driven by the device makers marketing to consumers who want to save […]
Continue readingVolvo Sells Connected Car Unit to Volkswagen
By Chuck Martin The Volkswagen Group is purchasing a majority stake in Volvo’s wholly-owned subsidiary WirelessCar for $123 million. The Volvo Group has signed an […]
Continue readingArtificial Intelligence, Virtual, Augmented Reality Adopted by Retailers
By Chuck Martin Many shoppers seem to want technologies including augmented and virtual reality to be provided by the stores from which they shop, and […]
Continue readingWaiting for the Promise of 5G
By Chuck Martin With CES just around the corner, a wave of new technology and gadgetry is getting set to hit the market. One of […]
Continue readingGoogle Assistant Voice Payments Added by H&M
By Chuck Martin H&M is launching a voice application for holiday gift purchasing on smartphones. The H&M Home Gift Guide is available on Google Home […]
Continue readingMagic Leap Mixed Reality Added to Cheddar Live News
By Chuck Martin Augmented reality is being added to live news. The business news network Cheddar has teamed with Magic Leap so live news can […]
Continue readingSmart Speaker IQ Test Won by Google Assistant
By Chuck Martin Even though they’re called smart speakers, anyone with a device such as Amazon Echo or Google Home realizes their speakers may be […]
Continue readingSelf-Driving Cars of Uber Return, But With Drivers
By Chuck Martin Autonomous vehicles from Uber are back on the road in San Francisco and Toronto, but the cars are being operated in manual […]
Continue readingAmazon Alexa Voice Ordering Added to Atom Tickets
By Chuck Martin The social movie ticketing platform Atom Tickets has added Amazon Alexa voice ordering for movie ticket purchasing. Consumers with an Alexa-enabled device […]
Continue readingNew In-Car Tech for ‘Emotive Driving’ Future Planned by Kia
By Chuck Martin In a move aimed at a post-autonomous driving era, Kia Motors plans to show new technologies including an analysis of a driver’s […]
Continue readingGoogle Trails Amazon in Smart Speakers
By Chuck Martin Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers has been on a tear, though its market lead may be starting to take a slight […]
Continue readingIntel Sells AR Glasses Patents to North
By Chuck Martin North, the makers of Focals augmented reality glasses, has acquired the smart glasses technology portfolio of Intel. The deal includes the sale […]
Continue readingSelf-Driving Cars of Uber Back on the Road
By Chuck Martin Uber has received approval to get its autonomous vehicles back on the road. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has given the ride […]
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