It’s not only shopping that is getting more visual via new and emerging technologies, a trend that promises to get more intense in the 2020s, especially with the deployment of 5G mobile network technology. Indeed, the entire commerce experience is getting more visual, and that...
When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift toward younger consumers, particularly millennials. That focus isn’t unwarranted, as there are 75 million millennials, and the older half of that generation (the group PYMNTS...
One of the new realities of augmented reality is this: the technology is attracting more investment from China than from sources in North America. This trend happens as activity around AR heats up, with major players in the digital economy apparently positioning themselves to profit...
There could be so much more to a cashier-less checkout experience — and for so much less than what Amazon is spending to do it at its bespoke Amazon Go convenience and grocery stores. That’s not to say Amazon Go is a bad system; it...
November 20, 2019
It’s not only shopping that is getting more visual via new and emerging technologies, a trend that promises to get more intense in the 2020s, especially with the deployment of 5G mobile network technology. Indeed, the entire commerce experience is getting more visual, and that will not only impact retail and retail logistics in the […]
January 09, 2019
When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift toward younger consumers, particularly millennials. That focus isn’t...
October 27, 2017
Shopping on eBay just got easier. The auction site has announced the launch of two new visual search tools that will allow people to use photos they snap, have saved on their phone or find on the web and social media sites, in order to find matching products from among eBay’s 1.1 billion listings. The […]
October 04, 2017
Amazon has announced further expansion, this time through the acquisition of Manhattan-based artificial intelligence (AI) 3D body scanning startup Body Labs, according to Tuesday (Oct. 3) reports from TechCrunch. The...
February 09, 2017
Facebook stock (FB) was trending upward in midweek trading, with mid-day values on Wednesday (Feb. 8) rising 1.68 percent from the previous day’s close, up to $134.06. Though the numbers...
