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China Emerging As Key Competitor In … India
China Emerging As Key Competitor In … India
March 30, 2017  |  International

American companies looking to break into India’s burgeoning digital marketplace are time and time again running up against stiff competition from local startups and their...

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Samsung Pay Goes Online With Visa Checkout
Samsung Pay Goes Online With Visa Checkout
March 30, 2017  |  Mobile

“Evolutionary, not revolutionary.” That’s been the typical reaction to just about every smartphone release of the last several years, reflecting, more or less, new features...

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Domino’s Is Delivering Pizza Via Robot In German, Dutch Cities
Domino’s Is Delivering Pizza Via Robot In German, Dutch Cities
March 30, 2017  |  Innovation

Domino’s Pizza is teaming up with Starship Technologies, a U.K.-based company building a fleet of autonomous robots designed to deliver food and goods locally, to...

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Amazon Staffers Part Ways With Quidsi Following Profit Stagnation
Amazon Staffers Part Ways With Quidsi Following Profit Stagnation
March 30, 2017  |  Amazon

In the startup atmosphere, there are a few signs that point to success. Raising enough funds and making enough profit to file an IPO or...

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Consumer Confidence Surges As Americans Are Hopeful For Tax Reform, Stimulus
Consumer Confidence Surges As Americans Are Hopeful For Tax Reform, Stimulus
March 30, 2017  |  Consumer Insights

A new report by The Conference Board, an economic research firm, has found that consumer sentiment surged this month to its highest level since December...

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Apple Pay Is Now Live In Taiwan
Apple Pay Is Now Live In Taiwan
March 30, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Apple Pay is now available in Taiwan, making it the 14th market in which Apple’s payment app is available. According to a report in The...

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Say Hello To Call Commerce
Say Hello To Call Commerce
March 30, 2017  |  Mobile

There are a bunch of people who’ve reinvented the phone - but not a single one that’s actually reinvented the phone call. Alan Truitt, chief...

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What WikiLeaks Disclosures Really Say About US Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
What WikiLeaks Disclosures Really Say About US Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
March 29, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The revelations from WikiLeaks about the U.S. government’s hacking tools are reported to have sent Cisco reeling earlier this month, Reuters reported. WikiLeaks documents revealed that...

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Uber of X: Linguists On-Demand With Interpreter Tap
Uber of X: Linguists On-Demand With Interpreter Tap
March 29, 2017  |  uber of x

The United States is known as the “melting pot.” From all over the world, people from various backgrounds come together to both visit, work and...

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