A primary challenge of the connected economy is continuously building out and then enhancing the billions of connections powering popular omnichannel experiences that shoppers, merchants, payments providers and technology partners all now have a stake in. In a PYMNTS interview, PayPal Senior Director of Developer...
When General Motors announced Wednesday (Oct. 6) that connected services will play a large role in its plans to double its revenue by 2030, the forecast marked the latest iteration of the ambitions that Detroit’s “Big 3” automakers — and others — have in this...
In the aftermath of Amazon’s annual fall preview of its new hardware and voice-activated capabilities, the online retailer’s Alexa platform is set to become the operating system that connects it all. That growing commitment to voice was followed shortly thereafter by another update on Oct....
It was a busy week of new developments as automakers continued their drive to add vehicle technology that will engage consumers in multiple ways and enable them to easily use their favorite tech while on the road. This emerging digital ecosystem of new offerings creates opportunities for subscriptions to keep vehicle owners tied to the automaker long after they’ve paid for their car or truck. Built-In Amazon...
By 2025, 100 million connected vehicles will be transmitting 10 billion gigabytes of data per month. A new report by the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium offers insight into a cross-industry solution to meeting this demand. As the number of connected vehicles in operation rises, the...
As consumers get more comfortable doing all types of different transactions on their phones, they’re bringing those same connected expectations for convenience and security to their cars and trucks. For Michigan-based Gentex Corporation, that path forward comes in the form of three “transactional vehicle offerings”...
Alexa and voice AI is to the connected economy what Microsoft was to the PC in 1990 and what iOS and Android were to smartphones in 2008: the operating system that will help it scale. Microsoft’s Windows 3.0 operating system turned computers with DOS and...
The car — that steel horse that’s the main way we get to where we need to go — is rapidly becoming a conduit of commerce. And as that happens, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), or car manufacturers in this case, have the ability to deepen...
You’ve heard it many times before. After 18 months of lockdowns, social distancing and other restrictions, people are eager to go back into the physical world again. What’s changed is that before heading out, consumers are now checking online to make sure the business they’re headed to has what they want and is going to be open. According to the 2021 August Global Insights released...
