By Chuck Martin In response to the business impact of the global pandemic, Uber is reducing its workforce by 3,000 and closing or consolidating 45 […]
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Tech Spending Dropping 3%, Professional Services Growing 2% Due To COVID-19
By Chuck Martin Worldwide tech spending is projected to decline 3% due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new forecast by […]
Continue readingBMW, Mercedes, Porsche Infotainment Systems Rated Least Distracting
By Chuck Martin In a rating of 20 in-car infotainment and air-con systems conducted by car-buying platform What Car, BMW’s iDrive system was ranked as […]
Continue readingApple Stores Reopening, With Face Masks, Temperature Checks
By Chuck Martin Apple is reopening its stores, but with new in-store health and safety measures. The company already opened 100 stores globally as it […]
Continue readingSmartphone Users In Top 50 States Spend More Time On Wi-Fi
By Chuck Martin Smartphone users in all of the top 50 cities in the U.S. are spending more time at home on Wi-Fi, according to […]
Continue readingAmazon’s Alexa Learns Long-Form Speaking Style
By Chuck Martin Amazon is adding three new Alexa speaking capabilities, including a long-form speaking style. The Long-Form Speaking Style can be used by developers […]
Continue readingDespite Pandemic, 31% Still Plan Tech Product Purchases: CTA
By Chuck Martin Despite the global pandemic, plenty of consumers still plan to plunk down some dollars for smart devices over the next 12 months. […]
Continue readingOnline Commerce Startup Raises $600 Million
By Chuck Martin Despite the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, payments startup Stripe just raised an additional $600 million in new capital. Stripe now […]
Continue readingFord Tests Buzzing Social-Distance Wearables
By Chuck Martin To help in the social distancing of auto workers, Ford is testing wearable wrist devices that buzz when workers get too close […]
Continue readingDigital Commerce Spending To Drop 14% This Year
By Chuck Martin Worldwide spending on digital commerce is estimated to fall by 14% this year, according to a new study by Juniper Research. Driven […]
Continue readingWaymo Raises $3 Billion For Self-Driving Cars
By Chuck Martin While self-driving cars are not expected to be a mass-market item anytime soon, that doesn’t mean that all funding heading that way […]
Continue readingConsumer Confidence Seen As Great Unknown Post COVID-19
By Chuck Martin While the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting some supply chains, the great unknown for the future is consumer confidence, according to a new […]
Continue readingFitbit Consortium To Research COVID-19 Detection By Wearables
By Chuck Martin Fitbit, Stanford Medicine and The Scripps Research Institute are conducting research aimed at using Fitbit data to help detect, track and contain […]
Continue readingWalgreens Adds COVID-19 Bot To Telehealth Service
By Chuck Martin Walgreens is expanding its Walgreens Find Care platform, including the addition of a COVID-19 risk assessment powered by Microsoft Healthcare Bot. The […]
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