Category: Tech

March 19, 2019

As Instagram’s parent company Facebook plots a controversial pivot to focus on private and encrypted messaging across its suite of products, the Checkout on Instagram news signals that the popular photo and video sharing app will continue to pursue its […]

March 14, 2019

This offering is the latest example of how PayPal’s partnerships with traditional financial institutions and payment card companies are paying off. It first partnered with JPMorgan Chase in 2017, and the companies have looked beyond just broadening acceptance of PayPal […]

March 13, 2019

Retailers continue to lead the way in AI investments, as personalization becomes a more important driver of e-commerce sales and consumers demand better customer experiences, including those delivered by automated agents like chatbots and business messengers. Several recent case studies […]

March 8, 2019

The earnings revealed the best traffic and sales since 2005 for the retailer, with digital initiatives at the heart of the growth. Large retailers like Target are having to answer to the demand of digital, home and store to stay […]

March 5, 2019

Macy’s updates to its mobile app are geared to appeal to shoppers when they’re on the go or visiting its department stores. At the Shoptalk conference this week in Las Vegas, Jill Ramsey, chief digital officer at Macy’s, said two-thirds […]

March 1, 2019

Affirm already is available as a payment option through Walmart-owned brands Hayneedle and Allswell. Walmart and Affirm were first reported to be working together more than a year and a half ago, when Walmart was said to be piloting Affirm’s […]

February 15, 2019

This announcement comes a little over three months after Western Union said it was working with Amazon on a new payment service that would leverage the financial company’s presence in more than 500,000 physical locations in more than 200 countries […]

February 14, 2019

Android smartphones and iPhones currently are the biggest platforms for voice assistants, but the smartphone market has matured and shipments have slowed as consumers hold on to their handsets for longer periods. That means the growth for virtual assistants will […]

February 13, 2019

Amazon’s various endeavors in the smart home market are becoming almost too numerous to track. It has its Echo family of devices and Alexa virtual assistant leading the way, but it also has other services, such as Key by Amazon, […]

February 1, 2019

The Puma announcement comes just a couple of weeks after Nike debuted its latest self-lacing shoe. While it is tempting to suggest that Puma’s Fi offering is a hastily-assembled reply to Nike’s announcement, it takes longer than two weeks to […]