Connected Device news and trends

Dr. Alexa? How Voice Assistants Can Cure Patient Billing’s Ills
Intelligence of Things // September 25, 2019

Fifth generation (5G) networks are slated to be in use around the world by 2020. These networks offer higher data processing, lower latencies and more reliable connectivity, which will support intelligence of things (IoT) applications that require vast amounts of data to be processed rapidly....

Wallets Versus Stored Credentials: How Consumers Shop And Pay With Smartphones
Mobile Commerce // May 20, 2019

Mobile commerce might just be the key to saving brick-and-mortar stores. Consumers use their smartphones to shop for everything, everywhere – including using them to help them shop in-store. What’s more, consumers who use their smartphones while shopping in-store visit them more often than consumers...

Is Voice The Glue Of The Google Ecosystem?
Ecosystems // November 28, 2018

Five years ago, a voice-activated device was mostly something that existed in the realm of science fiction. Siri had been around for a year or two on Apple devices, but was more a novelty than a frequently used tool, and it would be a year before Alexa made...

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Wallets Versus Stored Credentials: How Consumers Shop And Pay With Smartphones

May 20, 2019
Mobile commerce might just be the key to saving brick-and-mortar stores. Consumers use their smartphones to shop for everything, everywhere – including using them to help them shop in-store. What’s more, consumers who use their smartphones while shopping in-store visit them more often than consumers who don’t. As much as 81.5 percent of consumers who […]