Tag: The Butler Economy

Chuck Martin Electric pickup-truck startup Rivian is receiving an equity investment of $700 million in a round led by Amazon. The Michigan company is working […]

Walmart has teamed with Dreamworks Animation to create an immersive virtual reality experience to promote the upcoming release of a new dragon movie. The VR […]

By Chuck Martin General Motors has announced its new electric bike brand called Ariv and introduced two new integrated and connected bikes. The Meld is […]

By Chuck Martin The Lego Group is launching an augmented reality feature integrating the technology with buildings created with the iconic Lego bricks. In the […]

By Chuck Martin In yet another twist on the road to autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars are being taught to recognize and predict pedestrian behavior. By […]

                  By Chuck Martin The Mayo Clinic has added its first-aid voice application to Google Assistant and […]

By Chuck Martin Expanding its rollout of 5G technology, AT&T is adding two more cities to the seven markets previously targeted for 5G this year. […]

By Chuck Martin Self-driving cars are racking up the miles in test mode but in many cases, the backup drivers in those cars have had […]

By Chuck Martin The Kroger Co. is launching its own mobile payment system providing shoppers with a single-use QR code on their phone for checkout. […]

By Chuck Martin Another self-driving truck startup has raised funds to increase production. TuSimple announced it has raised $95 million in Series D funding, giving […]

By Chuck Martin The wearables wave continues. Driven by smartphone sales, wearable device growth reached shipments of 105 million devices last year, based on a […]

By Chuck Martin Dollar sales of smartwatches in the U.S. increased 51% totaling nearly $5 billion in sales, according to a new forecast from the […]

By Chuck Martin The number of digital voice assistants in use will grow to 8 billion by 2023, according to a new forecast by Juniper […]

By Chuck Martin Even before self-driving vehicles hit the market in any kind of mass numbers somewhere down the road, researchers are already looking at […]